Beach Break Hotel & Surf Camp de Playa Venao

The dorms are amazing! Nicely furnished and decorated, very comfortable and well maintained. The kitchen is beautiful too, well equipped and really comfortable for cooking. Of course there is a restaurant that has a really good selection and great food! The staff is very friendly! + You must try the Yoga classes with Roni (the Yoga & Pilates instructor) she is amazing!

The were some issues with the WiFi - sometimes the connection was off but most of the time it worked fine. And I wish there was a larger dining table in the kitchen (especially needed for people who stay at the dorms and have less space to eat at.

Its location and restaurant, pizza and staff are good.

No TV, but understandable😎

What a place! I really enjoyed my stay at Beach Break. The location is perfect; right on the beach next to awesome waves. Their restaurant is really tasty. There is also a kitchen on site if you want to cook as well as a gym and an area to do yoga. I love how they have hammocks hanging in front of each room!

Nothing! I loved.

We took a surfing lesson with Brent. It was my first husband’s first time surfing and my second. Brent got us both surfing right away and helped me to learn what to watch for to be able to surf on my own. He was super friendly, would take more lessons from him or just say hi.

Consider staying elsewhere, this past week my 12yo daughter, dog & I were harassed by the daughter of the owner of this place, we were just passing through to go to the beach, her great Dane and another real big dog approached us and we got really scared due to their size and ask the owner to please hold the dogs and from there everything went ballistic. We were screamed at, the owner of the dogs threw her dogs onto to us on repeated occasions even though we asked her to stop, to make story short, I was spit on, also the passenger side window, my sunglasses were torn and a rock was thrown at my windshield (see pictures). Its INSANE how a person can treat another like this, specially harassing a minor. Went to press charges and at the station I was told this wasn’t the first time. I have stayed in Marina and the new WAO, its safe and people are kind. We are equal beings and deserve respect. P.S. The dogs were nice dogs who thank GOD did not do anything to us, but sadly the animal was the owner.

*This is long--sorry* We couldn't have asked for a better trip! We came to Beach Break Playa Venao wanting to learn how to surf for our 20th anniversary. We weren't expecting much from this tiny town of 800 people that takes 6 hours to get to from the airport, but it has everything and more! Our flight was delayed 7 hours but the driver of our airport transfer was still cheerful and friendly. We didn't arrive at Beach Breack until 1:30 AM but we were greeted with an immaculately clean room, soft bed, large rain shower, comfy hammock, all just steps from the pool and beach. Morning brought a perfectly relaxing yoga class, delicious breakfast at Pizza Gavilan, and meeting Brent the surfing instructor. Brent was great! We had 5 days of instruction where he not only got us up consistently with his help, but he also taught us how to catch waves on our own. I was incredibly impressed since we were two 45 year olds from the middle of the US with zero surf experience. On day 6 we were able to swing by the shop, pick up boards, and actually catch a few waves! We did the inclusive package which included breakfast every morning (we tried every option at least once, it was all great). Paddling through the Mangroves was peaceful plus visiting the town of Isla Canas wasn't a weird, awkward tourist thing like we've experienced in Mexico and St. Lucia. We did yoga every morning, each class was just unique enough to be fresh and the instructors were kind and knowledgeable. We took one jiu jitsu class (everyone there was kind and and knowledgeable also). Jiu jitsu is a full body workout and much harder than it looks and we know our limits so one class was enough! We hiked to the waterfall and lookout at Eco Venao. It's completely worth the effort. We went in the middle of the day do no monkeys on that hike. They are active early morning and later afternoon. We took the "path" (also a hike) at the end of the beach past the Villa Marina Condos to Playita at 4ish and saw tons of monkeys! And the food! Everywhere we at was delicious and very reasonably priced. My favorites were La Hummuseria and Coleos Cafe. El Sito was beautiful and a perfect place to enjoy our last night with great drinks and relaxing upscale atmosphere. Almendro was a cute little restaurant tucked away in Selina River resort that has amazing vegan pizzas. We went during "rainy season" which meant everything was quiet and peaceful. Many times we were the only people in a restaurant, or at the pool, or walking along the shore. Rainy season meant mostly clouds or partial sun, and tiny patches of rain that passed quickly. The temp was still 80-85F so cloudy days were perfect to walk around and hike and not get too hot. With just enough sun to tan and not burn. This place is truly paradise. It's definitely being "discovered" with new construction all over. I hope on 5 years Beach Break is still a quiet little resort in a quiet little town that has everything you could need. I wouldn't change a thing.

Everything really nice!

Well, the breakfast was not that good