Partnership

Casas da Helena wants to offer a lot more than just a Bed & Breakfast service.
Many people have nowadays a stressfull work/life situation. In trying to find a new balance, and to escape from daily routine, I selected various partners to work with and who will offer you the best in their specialty:

  • Mariana Sampaio Studio/ Mariana, a professional Portuguese artist
  • West Surf Project/ Antonio Henriques, founder
  • Buka Bike Rental
  • Helena Russo/ local Managing Partner for Casas da Helena

Mariana Sampaio Studio

Mariana Sampaia Studio: offers on demand packages for Ceramic Workshops. (half or full day)
These classes are organized onsite @casasdahelena and the customer decides upfront on what techniques he/she wants to learn and realize a personalized piece of art.

West Surf Project

West Surf Project: is a project that aims to provide children and adults with tools to safely read, assess and enter the sea. António “Topi” Henriques, its founder and mentor, has over 24 years of experience as a surfer and started his career as a coach back in 2003. Since then, he has worked with high-performance athletes who have won national titles and that, alongside the National Surfing Team. They have represented Portugal in European and world championships and have turned their passion about surfing into a profession. Today there are surf instructors and dozens of surfers of all ages and levels of expertise who have seen in this school the opportunity to face the sea with ease.
Antonio offers all year-round surf lessons, his company has a huge range of surfing material available, even in winter period, he can offer the right suits to be able to follow comfortable surf courses.  These lessons will be great for the sportive guests among us.

Buka Bike Rental

Buka Bike Rental: Foz do Arelho is the perfect location to, start your bicycle adventure. Therefore I have aligned with Buka Bike Rental, where you can rent a MTB or a city bike for about 20 €/day(rate 2022).