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5 Mar 2025
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Our farm in sicily is about 15 hectares, is 3 km far from the small town of Calatafimi-Segesta and it is just 3 km at eastward from the ancient town of Segesta. You can see the ancient town and the theatre looking at the window of many rooms. We can give hospitality to young people who wish a work-holidays experience in Sicily: English speaking young people are preferred but French and Spanish ones are welcomed too. I am in my 60's, my soons come sometime as my wife.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Sustainable life in one side and an insight on the millenarian Sicilian culture.
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Help
We produce olive oil, honey and a little of wine, vegetables and fruits. The house is confortable, we have 3 rooms for guests and 2 for a voluntiers. Between October and November we accept many voluntiers for the harvest of olives. In Springer voluntiers work mainly with bees and honey while in summertime (especialy August) with guests.
Meals are served all together and are the same for all guests. I am a physicist so I speak English and a little French. Whenever is possible I like to live with my guest. I have good knowledge of the Sicilian west side territory and if you like I can drive small group by Land Rover to discover unusual archaeological places on the mountains around Segesta.
I am looking a voluntier for a long period able to survive alone in the farm. He/she has to maintain the house during my absence and have care of eventually (rare) guests.
From October up to midle November we accept many voluntiers for the harvest of olives.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
On the farm, in a room
What else ...
The wood and the valley of the farm are very clean so you can walk or cycle, The farm is suitable for sport activities. Spring and autumn are the best seasons, the weather conditions are perfect, the land is green and you can pick up mushrooms and eatable wild vegetables or beautiful flowers.
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
Feedback (18)
I cleaned the house and did some cooking and weeding around the house, but that wasn't really working...In fact I felt like a relative of the hosts, meeting their friends, having long talks, going for… read more
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I cleaned the house and did some cooking and weeding around the house, but that wasn't really working...In fact I felt like a relative of the hosts, meeting their friends, having long talks, going for… read more
We learned many different things there. E.g. he took us to his bees and explayned many things about… read more
What can I say... I had an incredible time in Sicilia! I arrived in april with the idea of staying for 3-4 weeks and left in august after 4 months.
The place, the town, the familiy, the people there... everything is very special. It's a particular place, very… read more
