El Palmar surf school is a fraud in my experience, I would highly advise against booking anything with them!
Short story:
I made a reservation online, paid 96€ via credit card. On the day of surfing, nobody was there, nobody answered the phone until later that evening. They promised to pay the money back. After a few months of polite e-mail back and forth (every 14 days I would get a: "you will get money next monday, don't worry" e-mail), I called them out on the fraud, writing: "you stole my money, I will report this". That was it, I never heard from them again or got any refund. It is now 6 months after the surfing lessons were supposed to happen.
Additional details:
On the telephone call in the evening of 1.5.17, they told me they sent some e-mail few days ago asking to move the lessons to another week (together with some other clients), because the conditions were not ok to surf (not really true, other surf schools were open, we took lessons with their neighbours in the end). I explained my girlfriend and me were travelling, so we weren't able to move the lessons in any case. We agreed that they will give me a refund. I send them my bank account details immediatelly on 3.5.17. I have send to them kind reminders app. every 1-2 weeks, asking when I can expect the refund. They kept sending me excuses every time, saying they will refund me next week. This was going on for about 2 months. After that, I called them out, saying this is fraud, and I should report it. They stopped communication then.
As of today 31.10.17, we haven't received any refund
No realizamos curso pero la chica de la tienda fue muy amable y simpática. Tienen muy buenos precios de alquiler de material. Disponen de duchas donde lavarte y enjuagar tu neopreno después de hacer surf.
¡Una gran escuela de surf! Los profesores son unos cracks y están siempre pendientes de que aprendas al maximo. Muy buen ambiente y lo pasamos genial. ¡¡Para nosotros todo un acierto!!
Fuimos en Julio una semana a Conil, y después de probar el primer día, terminamos madrugando todos para ir a las clases de por la mañana !!
El personal es muy agradable y hacen que sea una actividad muy entretenida. Si vuelvo al sur, tengo claro a dónde volver para coger olas
Es bonito