Stoke Travel’s Portugal Surf House, Santa Cruz

Our newly renovated Portuguese style casa in Santa Cruz is the perfect crash pad for wave-chasers, salty vagabonds, and beach bums alike. Whether you’re here to rip through the world-famous breaks along Lisboa’s coast or just need a spot to kick back and recover from last night’s antics, we’ve got you covered. Santa Cruz isn’t just an epic name – it’s also an underrated surf mecca, and we’re here to give it the street cred that it deserves. 

With dorm style accommodation for the social butterflies looking to make new mates, private rooms for the shred heads that need a comfy place to recharge, and a dog-house out the back for furry friends (or the damp-towel ex that managed to leach along on the Mediterranean holiday), we’ve got space for you and your mates. Unlike other accommodation in the area, we’ll make sure you’re well-fed at the end of the day – healthy homemade breakfast and dinner daily, plus an optional packed lunch. All ingredients are locally sourced or from our very own veggie garden (feel free to grab a snack, and introduce yourself to our resident donkey while you’re down there) and all dietary requirements are catered for on request!

After you’ve gotten baked on the beach, wander back down to the house and cool off with a cold one from our fully stocked, pool-side bar, where a €15 drink ticket will get you 8 drinks (however many tickets you go through a day – up to you!). With weekly BBQ nights and a pizza oven to entice you back in from time in the waves, you’ll start your days wave-chasing and end them stretched out by the pool or on a yoga mat. Or, head into town for a wild night in the palm-tree-lined Santa Cruz – our Stokies have scoped out the town for the best places to retox after a day spent detoxing in the green room.

Meet Santa Cruz – Portugal’s underrated hub for surfing

Santa Cruz, Portugal, is an underrated surfing mecca in Portugal that has yet to hit the tourism map. Smack bang in the middle of world-renowned breaks – Ericeira and Peniche – Santa Cruz is still catching the powerful Atlantic swell while holding onto the quaint, fishing-village heritage where the beers are poured generously and the locals are welcoming (translation: near-empty lineups & fewer tourist traps than neighbouring towns).

With famous wave breaks like Nazare just a short drive up the coast, if a 60 foot wave spectacle is underway, you’re only a stones throw away from the action. In a similar vein, if you’ve lucked out and booked your stay for a week that the WSL is in town, we’ll make sure you don’t miss a thing; qualifying series have been held at Santa Cruz beach (that’s us, baby) in previous years. 

We don’t just push you into the water and wish you luck – our experienced surf guides are up early every morning scoping out where the swell is pumping, all to make sure you’re in the right place at the right time. Whether you’re chasing slabs or foamy white-wash so that you have the space to learn, we’ll make sure you’re out there, laughing, learning, and having the time of your life.

When you’re not getting salty, there’s plenty to keep the stoke rolling. Hit the local wineries (Santa Cruz was coined the European City of Wine in 2018), feast on some fresh, locally caught seafood, or sit back and take in a sunset so good that it’ll have you googling “Portugal long term visas”. We also offer horse-back riding options and can point you in the direction of nearby hikes – for the beach bums sick of the surf and sand.

Portugal Surf Camp For Groups

We’ve got ample space available for large groups to buy out space in the house and tailor experiences during your stay for your group. Whether you want to get amongst the waves, chill out and lounge around together, or pack it all in and explore all the area has to offer, our home can be the base for you and your mates/club/team/colleagues. We have certain activities available upon request for an extra cost for large groups (or if we’ve got a hoard of solo travellers keen to get up to some fun), including nights out in Lisbon, motorbiking and mountain biking excursions, horseback riding, and wine tours to indulge in some of the best wine the area is known for. To enquire about availability, group prices, and itineraries, reach out to info@stoketravel.com for more info.

Stoke Travel’s Digital Nomad-Friendly Destination

As notorious sesh-gremlins, it’s not always easy to find an excursion with us where you can pull yourself away from the chaos and slow down – whether that means logging in, or logging out and detoxing. While we’ll still make the most of the nearby nightlife in Santa Cruz and Lisbon, and our backyard poolside bar, at our Santa Cruz retreat you’ll have ample time, peace, and wifi signal to log into Slack or Teams, and clock your hours. With a chill living area or our poolside sun terrace to clock in from, it won’t even feel like you’ve done a day of work before you have to clock out and join us at the beach, on a day trip, or head into Lisbon – whatever you want to do when you’re off the clock!