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18 Apr 2024
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Hello everyone! We are an Italian family of 4 people, dad, mum and two children of 28 and 23 years old. We have a farm with 50 horses, one dog and two cats and 70 chickens. We live in Cavedine, a small village located in the country side between the city of Trento and Garda lake. We are an active family, dealing with different activities: mum works in the office in Trento, Andrea ,Giulia and dad work in the farm, raising and training horses, and organising riding tours. We try to keep horses in a natural way, all together in a herd. Furthermore, we train them using natural techniques: communication, respect and leadership allow to establish a friendly relationship with the horses.
We also deal with organic agriculture: vegetables, patatos, corn, eggs. Giulia speaks Italian, German and English, whereas dad and mum only Italian. We are open-minded, friendly and interested in discovering new cultures and way of living. We are vegetarians, but we also cook vegan! We love experimenting different recipies with vegetables! We would like to share with you our love for nature and our philosophy of life! Join us and and experience the country life!
We look for highly motivated people that are not afraid of hard work and of getting the hands dirty! 😉
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers will have the opportunity to discover the Italian culture, and learning how to deal with horses and training them in a natural way. Moreover you can ride.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help with horses.
We need help in growing organic vegetables.
In summer we also would like to have someone supporting us in the kitchen, because we have to cook for many people.
We also would like to improve our language skills, especially English and German.
We need people to speak basic Italian because mum and dad know just a few words of Englisch. Giulia and the other workers know Englisch and German but they do not live at home anymore.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
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
Independent single or double room with bathroom. In summer you have to share the bedroom with other workers. We live in the centre of the village, whereas the farm is above the village, all surrounded by nature. In summer we eat lunch and dinner at the farm. We sleep at home.
Though public transport you can reach easily the main city of the region.
What else ...
We live in Valle dei Laghi (Lake Valley) 25 km far away from Trento and Riva del Garda. This valley has 7 lakes, there are a lot of biking paths, climbing routs, and horse riding tracks.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week (max 25 hours/week)
Feedback (13)
Thank you a lot for your help at the ranch! You really worked hard. We appreciated a lot your cooking, expecially the carrot cake was delicious! :) and even you could not speak italian, you made an effort to learn the language and to communicate with Mario and Denise. You are very indipendent and alert. You understand immediately what… read more
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Thank you a lot for your help at the ranch! You really worked hard. We appreciated a lot your cooking, expecially the carrot cake was delicious! :) and even you could not speak italian, you made an effort to learn the language and to communicate with Mario and Denise. You are very indipendent and alert. You understand immediately what… read more
The works to be done are varied and really enjoyable, I even had the chance to be with the horses a lot of time and learn about riding techniques.
Denise and Giulia's meals were… read more
There were plenty of things to do at the ranch, the work with the horses was wonderful. I loved learning a more natural way of handling horses with Mario and Giulia, they were always eager to teach me everything they know. We also went on… read more
The dinners, the lunches, the self baked breads and cakes, which were prepared by your mother and you...... mhhmmm i still can taste the… read more
Let's start by expressing how extremely grateful I am that I found you and that I got to spend that much time with you. Turned out to be quite a long time and during those months I learnt so much about your life, your culture, your language, your family and your horses. I… read more
I loved getting up early in the… read more
Thank you for everything! We all had such an amazing time with you. From the first day you helped very hard. You are reliable, cherful and loyal. We hope to see you and we are happy to host you again! Ciao
Mario, Denise, Giulia and Andrea are a very lovely, open-minded family who work with passion and love for what they are doing. Their philosophy with the horse is the best! They treat animals like friends.
They live in a beautiful valley surrounded by the alpes and they cook… read more
We hope to see you again!
It was amazing to work with the horses and stay with these lovely people. From the first day I felt as part of the family. The work was about horse care in the beautiful nature and with panorama view of the Alps. Giulia teached me riding and how the family train the horses… read more
