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9 Apr 2024
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Description
We are living in a tourist area along the South-east coast of the Sicily. Here the sea is splendid, the water is crystal clear and clean, the beach of fine and golden sand. There are many reefs and natural area. We have a farm with lemon gardens, olives trees, vineyard and a lot of tropicals fruits (close to Noto Marina. We are preserving the original features and natural character with stone walls, old well, a lot of different fruits and trees.
We have some animals: one donkey, some bees, some chickens and geese. We tried to respect the nature starting from the way to take energies. We have photovoltaics and solars panels. Hour agricultural activities is bio. We also rent our 6 accommodation to the tourist.
We always need some small mason work, wood works, painting.
Eco home,, eco-friendly villa:
heating and cooling with heat pump, storm windows, double glazing, 100% utilization of energy saving lamps, photovoltaic panels produce more than 100% of the energy absorbed by consumption, waste recycling, composter, burning of pruning of our trees as fuel for stove,
During your stay you can harvest for free: bio lemons (all year around), oranges, grapes, pomegranate, grapefruit, white mulberry, kaki, plums, apricots. Some tropical fruit: bananas, feijoa, guava, white sapote, mango, avocado, macadamia, water berries. Vegetable: tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, lettuce, zucchini and more.
We have a small bio production of honey, extra virgin olive oil and “Nero D’Avola” wine.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
travellers benefit from a cultural exchange and could they learn Italian
Projects involving children
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Help
All year around we need a maintenance of grass and garden, painting walls, cleaning home, general maintenance.
From 15 September to 15 October: olive harvest
From December to March-April: lemons harvest
The next goal is restore some dry stone wall in the property. Build a new fence for donkey
Please contact us for more info and web sites addresses.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
The accommodation can be an apartment at our place a entire house or Villas
What else ...
We are a family of 4 people (2 adults born in 1967, 1 girl born in 2001, one boy born in 2006)
We teach in the school. We have a 3 floor home with apartments sea side and two "Villas" with pools in the country, near the beach, only 350 mt. The land around is about 25,000 sqm.
The apartment and the two villas are for rent, normally weekly all year around. Half of our guests are from Germany the rest come from all Europe. We want try this barter. Little works for hospitality.
We will offer you, like for our tourist guest : all furnished apartment, electricity, gas, water, linens, towels, air condition or heating, wi-fi area for free, bike. The apartment is sea view, 40 meters from the sand beach.
We can't promise food because we offer a high value apartment. But you can try our wine...and the product of our land (lemon, almonds, olive oil,...)
For now the work consist helping us with maintenance of house (painting gates, fences, walls, woods), cleaning and washing in the homes, and some others little gardening works (wood cutting..). We have a lemons farm then we need harvest the lemons. .
We look forward to your application...
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
from 100 to 180 MB wifi connection (in the different place where I can accommodate workaway)
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 a day for 5 days
Feedback (6)
Gioacchino and Benedetta are lovely people and excellent hosts. from the beginning they were welcoming and kind, always willing to help and solve any problems.
we had great accommodations and really appreciated the… read more
It is a wonderful place, quiet… read more
Given that they already have a lot of skills, they are also very quick to learn new… read more
The place is just like paradise. Gioacchino created a very big nice and lush garden, full of (mainly) tropical fruits and nuts. All year round there is some fruit or nut ready to eat straight from the tree. We started with mandarins, oranges and… read more
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Gioacchino and Benedetta are lovely people and excellent hosts. from the beginning they were welcoming and kind, always willing to help and solve any problems.
we had great accommodations and really appreciated the… read more
It is a wonderful place, quiet… read more
Given that they already have a lot of skills, they are also very quick to learn new… read more
The place is just like paradise. Gioacchino created a very big nice and lush garden, full of (mainly) tropical fruits and nuts. All year round there is some fruit or nut ready to eat straight from the tree. We started with mandarins, oranges and… read more
Given that they already have a lot of skills, they are also very quick to learn new… read more
Aside from Gioacchino's generous and helpful nature, we also got to profit from his knowledge of Sicily and his advice on what to see like Noto, Syracusa, Modica, Etna... And also what to eat!! Like Modica's typical… read more
