BeyondBeach - Exeter

olympic0550

What a great time we had on our learn to sail holiday. The yacht was lovely and very well maintained. The instructors were excellent, Barry, Mick and then of course our instructor Shirley. What a lovely lady we had so much fun and laughter with her. Shirley has a wealth of experience and knowledge, she really knows her stuff and is a brilliant teacher. From the time of our initial enquiry to the office in the UK prior to booking the staff were very approachable and helpful. We can't fault our complete experience with Trek Adventures and definitely intend to go back. We would certainly recommend them to anyone looking for the very best learn to sail holiday.

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Steve

We stayed the week at the Lixouri Bay Lazaratos resort. Firstly the family run complex was excellent, the 4 inclusive meals were great. The Family couldn’t do enough to help you, rooms cleaned every day bedding and towels changed very regularly. The lunches were local produce homely cooked. Moving on to the Trek Adventures part of the holiday, can only say that the team and kit were excellent. All staff were keen and very able, the variety of watercraft was fantastic. There was always kit available to take out, even when staff were running courses. Trek team ran activities for guests into the evening on occasions. Both my sons were experienced sailors but have come home beaming about trapezing a RS500 or catamaran. Really enjoyed the wing surfing and windsurfing, kit for all abilities. We will be back.

Caroline G.

Just back from a wonderful week at Paliki - all the Trek staff were so helpful and really reassuring for the nervous! Loads of availability for equipment and some great opportunities to join in some fun activities. The kids learned to windsurf, my husband rediscovered sailing and I just loved kayaking with the sea turtles. Our rep Alex gave great advice, the hotel and all the staff there were so welcoming. Couldn't have asked for a better holiday - would recommend to anyone!

Henry O.

We did the 1 week Skipper sailing course in Lixouri Kefalonia and absololutely loved it. We all managed to get ouer Skipper Qualification in the end so many thanks to Barry for helping us get there.

We were 5 adults living in the boat so it wasn't the most spacious but we made it work. We were sailing 9-4 most days with it mostly going smoothly. I think we all learned so much from this experiance and I for one will definetly be furthering my skills going forward.

Although you have cooking facilities on the boat, we opted to have sandwiches for lunch and go out for dinner in the evenings. The local bakery does gorgeous pre made sandwiches but you have to get their around 8am as they are popular. The local town is actually rather big and has a huge variety of restaurants to choose from so we were pleasantly suprised as we could choose a different restaurant each night!

At the end of the course we were all shattered but had the most amazing time. We will more than likely be furthering are sailing experiance this year and then booking a flotilla holiday with Trek Adventures next year once we have a bit more experience.

Again big thanks to Barry and the team and we will hopefully see more of you in the future.

Michele C.

Amazing week on Intro to Sailing with our skipper Maddie on Elsa. She was an excellent instructor. Very patient, very nice teaching style and great mix of teaching and letting us work out the answers ourselves. Great support before, during and after. Great family holiday for all to get involved (we had a 13yr old and an 8 yr old with us). Super over night stop in a bay. Lixouri was lovely. Nice little fishing village. Nice restaurants. We followed up with a week at Paliki resort. Super water sports and instruction. Hotel itself a little tired but we stayed in the Villas which were amazing.

Catriona F.

Customer service from start to finish was exceptional both in the UK & at Lixouri Bay Beach Club. The beach & hotel teams were amazing and were, like all Kefalonians, super friendly. We had a truly fantastic, fun holiday; met great, like minded people & are already planning our return trip with new friends!! Our 10 year old said it was better than a Disney holiday so what’s not to like? There is something for everyone plus some and the Beach Bites night is not to be missed…

T R.

Just returned from an Introduction to Sailing week in Kefalonia. Absolutely amazing!!! Great location, but most importantly fantastic training and support from the Team. Shirley was a patient and wonderful teacher with so much experience and she gave us the confidence to go further! Hoping to book a Flotilla next, thanks to Shirley and the whole team in Lixouri!!

Steve E.

We had a fantastic week of flotilla sailing in the Ionian Sea. Thanks particularly to the lead boat crew who were super organised, helpful and friendly. Great first experience of a family sailing holiday.