Santana AdventuresReviews of santanaadventures.com

Absolutely beautiful location. Great food and accommodations. Biking planned as well as possible.

The ship and food were excellent. We appreciate the thought and experience that goes in to planning the rides but yet allows us to travel at our own pace.

I've been on many bike tours, but this is easily the most memorable! The Windstar ship, Sea Breeze, was excellent with all-suite accomodations, superb food, and great friendly crew. Santana owner, Bill, goes all the way with making the tour memorable, with his fantastic staff, the great excursions, fun entertainment, and super handling of loading and unloading bikes. These islands were stunning with flowers everywhere, gorgeous beaches, happy residents, welcoming dancers on several islands, and incomparable snorkeling. Truly an unforgettable experience!

Positives: 1. The routes were breathtaking 2. The boat crew was exceptional 3 For a small boat, the food was good. Suggestions: 1. Washing was great but wet clothes

The cruise line and staff did a great job. As was pointed out the entire crew were Portuguese. There was a lot of climbing but mileages were less to take that into consideration. Douro River valley is beautiful and the food delicious. The area history is amazing and hard to believe the river was used for transportation of the wine back in the day before the river was tamed

Can't say enough about the company. They go out of the way to make sure you have the best bike experience. Many added logistical issues on their end to make it all work as best as possible. Always an adventure with them and worth it. Not really sure who would be a close second in this type of trip category. They have support vehicle but expectation for you to manage minor things like a flat tire. Lots of people to help if needed.

This is for families considering a trip with Santa Adventures - My daughter turned 7 on a Santana adventure, and she is now 15 and has a few under her belt. So we have had a number of different "bring the whole family" experiences. I highly recommend it, but with a caveat - know your family, and know your limits. It is a truly rewarding experience, your kids (and you) will see the world at the perfect pace, learn valuable skills, possibly history, culture and a few words of a foreign language, and maybe even what you hoped they would learn on such a trip. You get to eat with reckless abandon, having cycled off a zillion calories. Plus, there typically enough flexibility in a given day for families to venture different ways to satisfy their own vacation needs. These variations have differed as the age and needs of our daughter have changed Don't go on this trip if you are not bicyclists, as mentioned, the best experiences are seeing the world at a cyclists pace, but they cannot be enjoyed if you are uncomfortable on a bicycle. You don't need to be an Olympic athlete, but you need to be able to manage yourselves and your children, which might mean towing them up a very long hill on a tag along after you say, "power up the jets" and you hear in response, "the jets are broken" (followed by the continuation of the epic story of magical rainbow kitty that seems endless or charming) But then, you know your kids. Which brings me to type 1 fun and type 2 fun. Any trip that requires physical exertion results in both type 1 fun and type 2 fun. I recently learned about this - type 1 fun is where it is both enjoyable in the moment, and at the retelling. Type 2 fun is not as fun (and maybe at times not fun at all) in the moment, but is fun after the fact. Probably more fun than type 1 in the retelling. Guaranteed both types of fun on a Santana Adventure. I am happy to talk with any families if they have questions. Just ask Bill (Mr. Santana Adventures himself) for my info.

We have been on many adventures with the Santana crew and all have been amazing. We do multiple trips each year and all have offered their own version of magic. Bill is masterful when it comes to dealing with all that Mother Nature throws our way and I am always so happy to have him at the helm. We have done one already this year and have 2 more on the books. Can't wait.