Tour Overview

Welcome to the Aspire South-East Portugal Tour 2021. This tour provides a perfect mix of leisure and basketball in a country known for exceptional food and weather. The basketball experience for our tour will be centred on the exceptional facilities at the Sunlive Basketball Academy and Sangalhos Desporto Basketball Club, one of the oldest clubs in Portugal. The tour will feature skill development and games against local teams, as well as an exciting leisure and cultural experiences.

The hotel complex is an English-speaking hotel deep in the heart of the Bairrada region, with panoramic views of the surrounding landscapes. It features an outdoor pool, a games room and free internet access. The hotel serves traditional regional buffets for breakfast, lunch and dinner, ensuring our players wont go hungry. The air-conditioned rooms include private bathrooms with showers and bathtubs and some feature balconies that overlook the hills, garden or pool.

Our leisure activities will focus on an excursion to Aveiro, with a visit to the local town for lunch and an afternoon on the beach where the teams can do some surfing or take a boat trip through the town's canals. During the other days the players will be able to chill out in the pool and enjoy the games room.

This tour has a perfect mix of basketball, leisure and team building and will offer a tremendous amount of excitement for the players and coaches involved.

This tour is an ALL INCLUSIVE package featuring:

• flights from London to Porto
• airport transfers in Portugal and all in tour transport
• 6 days / 5 nights full board in a 4* hotel
• 3 basketball coaching clinics, 3 practices and 3 games
• breakfast, lunch and dinners
• excursion to Aveiro town and beach
• use of the hotel pool and other leisure facilities
• tour t-shirt
• a BTM rep with you throughout the tour

Flight Details

Your flights will be:

• scheduled flights from London to Porto

Group seat allocation will be requested and will be at the airlines discretion. All players will be restricted to hand luggage only. Coaches will have a hold bag.

Accommodation

Your accommodation is provided by:

• Hotel Estalagem de Sangalhos, a 4 star hotel located near Porto in Northern Portugal

The price is based on shared accommodation in twin or triple rooms. Single rooms can be requested at additional cost.

Payment Plan

The tour payment plan is as follows:

• £175 deposit per person within 2 weeks of confirmation of booking
• £180 interim payment by 28 February 2021
• £180 interim payment by 30 April 2021
• £180 final balance by 30 June 2021

Itinerary

On basketball days the team will have a chance to train in some great facilities, receive development clinics from outstanding foreign coaches and play games against quality local and international opposition.

The leisure options are great with the hotel pool being available every day to relax in. An excursion to the local coastal town of Aveiro will allow the players to enjoy the beach and soak up the Portuguese culture.

Health & Safety

We ensure the tour is safe and secure by providing:

• location specific risk assessments
• health & safety processes including traveling, hydration, heat, excursions, accommodation and basketball
• tour operator public and employee liability insurance

We are also a UK ATOL licensed tour operator and your tour payments are protected via trust accounts operated by Protected Trust Services (PTS). We have tour operator public and employee liability insurance which ensures your peace of mind with BTM as an organiser.