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FYI: In order to be considered as a Workawayer, you must be a minimum of 21 years old, and your availability must be at least 1 month. We require European citizenship or permission to work. Also, we are not able to host couples or groups.
Ciao! I’m a 26-year-old guy who runs a tourist Villa in Tuscany, near Montepulciano, with my family and staff. The estate, located in a beautiful position, on a hill of the Tuscan countryside, surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, sunflower fields, and lakes, is one of the most famous in the area.
Every year, the Villa is getting busier and busier, since we are trying to improve as much as we can.
This year we opened our little restaurant for guests and visitors.
We are looking for someone to help us with various tasks.
The most important will be serving, maintenance, taking care of the guests, and garden care.
As the serving in our restaurant can be very intensive, we expect working experience in the restaurant sector.
This helps us to provide our guests with the best service possible.
> From NOVEMBER to MARCH the tasks will typically be (off-season/no guests):
Organizing:
- Organize Farming Equipment & Rooms
- Farmhouse Work in the garden
- Remove Mosaic from the Pool
- Clean common areas
Garden care:
- Collect & cut woods
- Plant Plants
- Seed & Cut grass
> From MARCH to NOVEMBER the tasks will typically be (season/guests):
Guests:
- set up tables for breakfast, lunch & dinner
- serving meals & drinks
- clean up the dining area
*Please note that sometimes dinners finish late.
Maintenance:
- cleaning (help in the kitchen and outside common spaces of the villa)
- help with the preparation of the suites (putting the products & checking the suite before check-in)
*Please note that the main cleaning of the suites is done by professional cleaners.
Garden care:
- watering the plants
- raking & swiping around the house
- taking care of olive trees and vineyards (sep-nov)
We’re always busy at the farmhouse, therefore we seek workawayers who have knowledge or skills in serving, house maintenance, guest care and gardening. We are hard-working people, so we’re also looking for workawayers who can get up early to make breakfast and go to bed late after serving dinner.
We require flexibility regarding the working hours per day since the tourism sector is very hard to plan. However, there will be one free day every week in which there is the possibility to rent a bike or Vespa or to take the train to explore the surrounding area.
I believe that having different points of view from people around the world is one of the most important things for a business. Maybe you can teach us something!
We are looking for a Workawayer, but mostly for a loyal and respectful friend, a new foreign member of our family!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The farmhouse is located near UNESCO heritage sites (Montepulciano, Val d'Orcia, Assisi, Siena) and many other famous cities and countries (Florence, Pienza, Montalcino, Perugia, Cortona, Città della Pieve, Rome, Castiglione del Lago, Orvieto).
Our guests come from all over the world (United States, China, Canada, Germany, Holland, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Spain, Austria ...) and we get fully booked since we open (April 1st) when we close (January).
The farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse and we collaborate with many famous wineries of Montepulciano. You will see how wine is produced (September) and you will know places full of history and tradition. You will make friends with people from all over the world.
You will live in Italy like a true Italian, we are fortunate to live in a beautiful area, near the Val d'Orcia and many UNESCO heritage sites, and we want to share it with you.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
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Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.
Help
Skills:
Previous experience in serving
Previous experience in house maintenance
Previous experience in guest-caring
Previous experience in gardening
Average experience in cleaning
Good level of English (if you’re intermediate or fluent in Italian, you will have an advantage)
Open-minded point of view
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Accommodation
We live in an apartment located 5 min drive from the farmhouse.
Normally we go to the farmhouse in the morning and come back in late evening, so you will spend both breakfast and dinner there. Since we have a restaurant, the everyday meals are prepared by our chef.
What else ...
We are situated straight on the border of Tuscany and Umbria, so you can explore the authentic villages of these regions by taking a train. We usually give a lift to the trains station.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 40 hours a week
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A smart, polite, hard worker and genuine person.
We did a lot together with him. He knows so many laguages and he is very knowledge in turism and farming.
He loves what he does, no matter what the task is, and he has a sincere passion for nature.
We are happy to have him as a good friend and to consider… read more
This is a wonderful place, with a particular magic that will remain in your heart forever.
Unfortunately I was unable to stay as long as I thought, however I hope to be able to get back to them soon!
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A smart, polite, hard worker and genuine person.
We did a lot together with him. He knows so many laguages and he is very knowledge in turism and farming.
He loves what he does, no matter what the task is, and he has a sincere passion for nature.
We are happy to have him as a good friend and to consider… read more
This is a wonderful place, with a particular magic that will remain in your heart forever.
Unfortunately I was unable to stay as long as I thought, however I hope to be able to get back to them soon!
Staying with them for only a week was an amazing experience where I learnt a lot about what life in small-town Italy!
Language was a bit of a barrier so if you can speak some Italian it will help a lot!
If you like to work hard and play hard I… read more
From working the hard ground, trimming the olive groves together and then sharing an amazingly simple yet delicious meal, to exploring the rustic towns of Tuscany. Manuel… read more
We immediately became good friends.
He helped us a lot and he was very kind to my parents.
He is a talented, sociable and friendly boy.
It was nice to know his culture and also his food.
For my birthday he prepared spicy noodles for me at midnight and he cooked a typical… read more
Amber is a wonderful girl, always smiling and willing to help.
In a short time she became a member of our family.
We had a lot of fun together and she helped us a lot.
We often had to tell her to stop working because she really liked to get busy.
With our guests she has been impeccable.
For a week I left her in control of the… read more
Iselin is a beautiful girl, smiling, friendly and an excellent worker.
We all love her!
She helped us a lot and she was always ready to learn new things.
My parents had a special relationship with her.
She was always kind to us.
It was nice to know her traditions and culture as she lives in the beautiful Lofoten islands in… read more
She has been our Workawayer for a month last summer and she helped us a lot.
The beginning was not the best since I was not present for the first week but after we met, everything was perfect.
We have worked well together.
Eden had a special relationship with my parents and she was always ready… read more
