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Host rating
80 %
Last replied
26 Feb 2024
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Description
Hi! My name is Marco, i am 30 and i am planning a farming project (with different specific agro-ecological methods) here in Maremma (Riotorto, Tuscany) in the next years. It's a family house (typical tuscan "podere") but i leave alone because my family lives in Paris, France, where i grew up and lived for twenty years (mother french, father italian). My intentions are to start the full activity in maybe two years so i am learning a lot of different things regarding the farming activities. The final project should be 23 hectares of many different activities as olive oil, cereals, vegetables, fruits and maybe some wine. For now i am planning all this the best i can and start also to get to the practical aspects. I studied music for ten years and i am now also studying Viticulture online with the Pisa university. I enjoy eating, drinking, playing music and spending time with people!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
It's an occasion to discover a wonderful region and its culture, Maremma, the coast of Tuscany with hills and the sea (4km from the house), and to live in a beautiful house in the countryside learning (as i am learning myself) a little bit of everything depending on the season. I speak french, italian, english and a little bit of spanish. I also studied for many years music and i have a lot of instruments here to practice.
Help
I live in a "podere" (farm) in Tuscany and i am planning to set up an agricultural project in the next years, at the moment i am learning many different things about the farming life in general. Getting some hens, planting trees, pruning fruit and olive trees, starting a vegetable garden, work with mechanical tools etc... I am actually studying at the university online in Viticulture and Oenology. Beside of that i used to be a musician so i spend some of my time also playing music.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will have a personal room in the house and access to a beautiful garden and the fields around, possibility of using bikes. You have a little town with all the commodities 5 minutes driving from home and a lot of natural and cultural sites and spots to enjoy in the countryside and along the coast. Car needed if you intend to move when you want by your own. For the food i can provide it and the meals should be shared or not as it pleases to everybody! Internet works very well, enough space for privacy, two cats around the house, piano, guitar and other instruments, garden.
What else ...
You can visit all the villages around, like Campiglia Marittima, Populonia Suvereto, Scarlino, Massa Marittima. You can take a boat to go to Isola d'Elba from Piombino, or go in the Montioni natural park, enjoy all the beaches along the coast, visit the Etruscan archeological sites of Baratti etc... A train station ( 12 mn from home) can take you directly to Rome, Pisa, Genova etc... You have the airports of Pisa or Rome that are easy to get to.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
Marco introduced us to a lot of friends, helped us with our Italian and made us feel at home.
This is a good… read more
We planted fruit trees, and I did a lot of weeding, garden work around the house, which sometimes was tiring, but in a healthy way, never… read more
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Marco introduced us to a lot of friends, helped us with our Italian and made us feel at home.
This is a good… read more
We planted fruit trees, and I did a lot of weeding, garden work around the house, which sometimes was tiring, but in a healthy way, never… read more
