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Host rating
100 %
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Last replied
17 Jun 2026
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Reply rate
77.8 %
Usually responds within 3 days
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Feedback
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Min stay requested: at least a week
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Description
Hi, my name is Giggi, and I have a great love: Ireland. And a great dream: to be part of an Irish community, even if only for a limited time. This love was born many years ago thanks to its music, strengthened by knowledge of its history and its struggle for independence, and exploded with my first trip to the Emerald Isle. I've visited Ireland three times, and now the prospect of returning as a tourist no longer appeals to me. I've been hosting since 2011, and now I'm finally in a position to take the plunge and give back some of the help I've received from workawayers over the years. I was a musician for about fifteen years, until I was able to purchase a trullo (a typical stone building) with four acres of land, mostly olive, almond, and other fruit trees. (If you're curious, visit my hosting profile "music and yoga in an eco-trullo in Puglia.") This is how my second life began, a life of self-production, healthy food, reducing my needs, and the awareness that "we lack nothing of what we have." For what I can't produce, I'm happy working as a handyman or, in the summer, cooking or making pizzas in villas for tourists.
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Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Light maintenance
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Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Pets
Farming
Events & social
Culture
Plant care
Music
Languages
History
Gardening
Books
Cooking & food
Carpentry
DIY & crafts
Architecture
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Outdoor activities -
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Yoga, music, organic gardening, tree care, building, carpentery and other house manteining, coocking and all the things we do (see description).
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Help
we need help in a organical agricolture garden and in a lot of eco project
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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Irish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
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Accommodation
We can host helpers in a van close the house or in a tent, also in winter the van has heating system. They can use bathroom and kitchen in the house. The meals are sharing together.
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What else ...
This area Is full of Historical and Natural Place and between Adriatic sea and Ionian sea. In the day off we can give you a ride to the train or bus.
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A little more information
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Internet access
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Limited internet access
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We have pets
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We are smokers
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Can host families
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Space for parking camper vans
There is a lot of space to park
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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My animals / pets
Giovanni Maria Gingillufero
Biscia
Roku
Pipa
Camilla
Toph Beifong
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Thanks for everything!
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Thanks for everything!
Fheiceann tú go luath
Although our visit was short, we loved our time with the family! Giggi is a great musician, one day his friend visited and … read more
I learned about, Italian Pizza, "Trullos" (A kind of house), how to cook bread in oven wood, how to grow eco vegetables. I enjoyed "Oustuni", a beautifull city and the sea.
Thanks for your time
