Porto Heli

Porto Heli is the perfect destination for keen dinghy sailors, whilst still providing excellent facilities and attractions for non-active family and friends.

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Porto Heli

At a Glance

Good For:

RYA Training Centre

All dinghy sailors

Dinghy race training

Beginner and intermediate windsurfers

Mountain biking

Flexible half board arrangement

Exploring the local area

What's Included:

Dinghy Sailing

Windsurfing

RYA instruction & courses

Mountain biking & guiding

Tennis

Try-dive

Children's clubs (supplement for Starfish & Hot Shots)

Flights from London Heathrow

Return airport transfers

Club Board

Club Type Beachclubs
Windsurfing Good
Dinghy Sailing Excellent
Mountain Biking Excellent
Scuba Diving Fair
Watersking & Wakeboarding Fair
Kitesurfing No
Kayaking Yes
Dinghy Sailing Tuition RYA Level 1-2, Seamanship Skills, Sailing with Spinnakers, Performance Sailing & Start Racing 
Windsurfing Tuition RYA Start Windsurfing & Intermediate (planing and non-planing) 
Tennis Courts Yes
Tennis Coaching No
Day Yachting Yes
Health Beauty Spa No
Children's Clubs Starfish (4-23 months)
Sea Urchins (2-4 years)
Surfbusters (5-7 years)
Sharksters (8-11 years)
Surf Squad (12-14 years)
Hot Shots (8-12 years)
TAG Team (15-17 years)
Departure Airport Heathrow
Departure Day Saturday
Flight Time
(From London)
4hr 0mins
Transfer Time 3hr 30mins
Rating
Official Rating 3 star
Beach Shingle
Twin Centre Stay and Sail



Porto Heli stretches around the head of a large bay at the tip of the Argolic Peninsula, opposite the island of Spetses. A pine-covered headland almost encloses the bay and creates a large, natural, safe sailing area, beyond which are attractive pine-fringed coves, quiet sandy beaches and waterside tavernas that can all be explored by mountain bike or dinghy.

As Porto Heli is our designated high performance dinghy sailing centre, we include in your holiday  price a full range of RYA courses and tuition taking you from the basics to Sailing with Spinnakers, Racing and Performance Sailing. 

The bay and area just beyond provides the perfect conditions and space to race and improve your technique and skills on our excellent range of high perfomance and asymmetric dinghies.

Our beach is across the road from the Nautica Bay Beahclub. The spacious hotel grounds and extensive facilities offer plenty of independence for youngsters of all ages who will quickly make new friends. Evening entertainment is mainly centred around the hotel bar and roof top taverna. For party animals, there are a couple of nightclubs and late bars in and around Porto Heli village.



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Sailing Porto Heli 13-20 sept
 by Jo Roberts - Kenya Beach Supervi

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Forecasts
Date:
21/03/2010
Overhead:
Sunny skies
Cloud Cover:
0-20%
Wind Direction:
S
Wind Speed:
9MPH
Visibility:
Good
Temperature:
20°C
Pressure:
1027
Neilson Forums
10/08/2009
Stay and Sail
09/08/2009
TAG
Neilson News Blog
03/05/2009 at 10:05
Porto Heli Fit Out Update.
22/04/2009 at 10:42
Porto Heli 2009
Meet the Team
Jo Staff - Resort Manager

Customer Reviews

Latest reviews (Click here to see all reviews)

StarStarStarStarStar by
Sorry, to only rate as "Nothing Special", but being an avid windsurfer, I firmly believe that this location should be downgraded per windsurfing from the current “three star” rating. Admittedly, we had a “low wind” week, but having said that, being asked to either build "sandcastles" or play "crazy golf" at the briefing just rubbed the frustration in. We are (were) regular Neilson guests, this was our third of four trips this year, either we were very unlucky, or standards are slipping.

StarStarStarStarStar by
Been back over a week now . and must say i had the best holiday in years. theres far to much to do in a week 2 weeks recomended to everyone. i done beginner dingy with JO and she managed to teach me everything i needed to no to get my level 2 well doen jo.
StarStarStarStarStar by Jon & Kate
We're currently on our way home from an absolutely brilliant holiday at Porto Heli. We were there for the first week of the 2009 season and the weather was excellent. The staff were great. We went from being beginner dinghy sailors to cruising a catamaran across the bay out on a trapeze wire! The instruction that we had gave us the confidence to really develop our sailing. I was very impressed by the friendliness and helpfulness of all of the beach staff. We also took a yacht out for a day with an excellent skipper who gave us a lot of local information and helped us find a restaurant for lunch in a beautiful bay. We tried a bit of mountain biking which was a really good way to see a bit more of the local area and the guided rides were good fun - although we were too chilled out to attempt any of the more challenging rides. The only problem on our holiday was that there was so much stuff to do we found it hard to choose between all of the activities on offer!

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