Selina Peniche

We spent one night here, very cool surf house with amazing breakfast. Walking distante to both baleal beaches. Plenty of walks around and ideal place for surfing. Supertubos about 10 minutes by car. Value for price very expensive. A bit noisy during the night, if you come with your couple probably would not be your place.

GPS sent us to the wrong place at first but Selina is on the quiet side of town. It is a hostel so did not expect the Ritz Carlton. We booked two private rooms since we were two adults traveling with our grown children. Rooms were clean, simple and had everything you could need. Rooms were on the backside of the hotel so we were able to open the window with privacy to freshen the room. The Selina is not what I would typically book since it is casual and for younger adults but I never felt out of place. The staff is absolutely wonderful. Everyone is very friendly, helpful and they make you feel welcome. Like you are hanging out at their home. We were able to enjoy the wonderful breakfast and even took a surf lesson (which I highly recommend.) the instructors were patient, fun and made sure we caught waves. You can tell they love what they do. Only complaint is that it is a bit noisy at night but nothing a pair of earplugs can’t fix.

Hostel location is good - close to the beach. I stayed in a private room which was spacious and clean. Staff is helpful and friendly. The hostel is nice with many amenities. The walls are very thin and it gets really loud at night, so I did not sleep too well. The hostel is a good choice - clean, location etc.

Sooooo much love within these beautiful souls, willing to help with anything i needed! I also formed more connections here. The food was amazing - i had falafel & fries! Bar/restaurant, skate ramp etc.. All round, funky place with a chill vibe! Jah Bless

Great place to stay if you're need a place to work & surf. Friendly staff, knowledgeable about the area (do the free surf tip session!). It was the perfect place to get my surf in, and find good wifi and quiet co-working space to work afterwards. Would definitely recommend it!

Pros: you can meet lot of surfers, this is the minimum budget option they have affordable yoga and other courses they offer access to yoga room you can rent a surf board at place at very good price Cons: internet in the rooms is low quality, you will not be able to work from room (pay extra 10 eu or so for a desk) they use strong clorine to clean, so get used to every day cleaning the shared kitchen is scary place to eat (its partially cleaned by volunteers, read between lines) during covid times, one of the employee got sick, information was hidden from guest, that resulted in many covid cases. Some guess could avoid infection if they would be warned and choose other place, but instead they got checked in to a hostel with already known cases.

The name is a bit misleading at it is in Baleal/Ferrel not in Peniche. People got confused cause Peniche has a street with the same name. I recommend not to book the breakfast ahead because the restaurant opens quite late and you might not have the change to take it. I could not enjoy 2 out of 3 breakfasts I had already paid for - the restaurants opens at 8:30 am, meeting for the surf session in the morning was at 8:45 am. So I wasted my money here. The Mexican restaurant is amazing, loved very single dish there! The portions are quite small so you have to order 2, but the prices are not too high. Waitresses are very slow unfortunately, you have to wait a long time until someone finally sees you. Kitchen and dorm were not the cleanest. Nobody used the small pool as it looked quite ugly and dirty. What I disliked most was the huge locker obove the bed. You don't have a lot of space so I hurt my knee a couple times at the sharp edge. Interior is nice, Yoga session was for free and quite nice too. If you are sensitive with noise be aware that the halfpipe in front of the house is quite loud. Distance to the beaches is fine, there are amazing deserted beaches behind the house (walk inside the second street on the right and climb down the rocks). Would not stay there again, I think it is overrated.