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Hello everyone...
Our farmhouse has been hosting workawayers for more than ten years by the owner Gonzalo and he is happy to say: always different, always great!!!
We, Désirée & Markus, are continuing Gonzalo's work and look forward to continuing the work with workawayers while Gonzalo retires to write a book and play chess.
Our place is a magical, hidden oasis with a charming, playful Andalusian country house and a lush green garden amidst the Andalusian dry vegetation, situated on a fresh river and surrounded by babbling water canals.
We are located near the village of Zahara de la Sierra in the province of Cádiz in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, which offers great mountain and hiking areas. It's a great place to reconnect with nature.
Our project is a conscious and mindful place with the intention of living in a sustainable way in harmony with nature and to open a space for people to find inner balance.
We are a vegan, alcohol-free and smoke-free place and ask people who come to our place to respect those principles.
We normally need help to keep the surroundings of the farmhouse nice and clean and to do gardening work, construction and maintenance. Nature is always telling us what to do....
We are looking forward t hear from you!
Déirée & Markus
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Since I am Spanish you will definitely have the opportunity to improve your Spanish if you wish, if not English or Italian will be the language to communicate.
Help
We are looking for somebody who would like to support our project and who can help with general gardening, land clearing, digging, watering, weeding, wood cutting, collecting stones to build dry stone walls, restoring fences, working with wood, planting seeds and plants, pruning and maintenance of olive and fruits trees, olive harvest, cleaning around, etc.
As we are a mindful place for inner transformational work and we are looking for a a conscious and reflective person who is also familiar with own inner work and is able to reflect and to maneuver themselves through own processes. You should be willing to eat vegan or at least vegetarian during the time of your stay (at least at our place) and we are a alcohol-free and smoking-free place.
We accept only workawayers for a minimun of 3 weeks, who are willing to work 5 hours per day, and 5 days per week.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation would be in a room in one of our guest rooms in our main house. There is also a shared living room and a shared kitchen and shared bathroom.
In your free time you can enjoy the garden, the river, the little pool (in summer time) or you can make hikes in the area.
Food is provided and usually one of the team or workawayers cooks or we cook together. If you want to eat out, the bars, cafés and restaurants in the area are very reasonable priced.
What else ...
We ask for 5 hours help a day, usually from Monday to Friday. In exchange, we can offer you a stay in a beautiful surrounding and a warm and welcoming atmosphere at our farm. Please consider that the farm is 2 km (40 min walking) away from our village Zahara de la Sierra, and that we cannot provide a car, although you can go shopping with one of the crew members or somebody can give you a lift.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have Internet connection and Wifi, which usually works, but as we are in the Spanish countryside and we receive the signal by antenna, it's always a possibility that the connection is not so strong when the weather is very rainy and cloudy.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a space for one camper van.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours daily, 5 days weekly
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We agreed that in the near future we will build their house together in Brazil. Muito obrigado
Gonzalo is a very patient and fair person.
We work with gardening, cleaning, weeding etc. We also spent very pleasant moments in our free time, as close friends and even family members.
The Finca has a river of crystal clear fresh water. That… read more
Get up with the sound of the river flowing next to your… read more
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We agreed that in the near future we will build their house together in Brazil. Muito obrigado
Gonzalo is a very patient and fair person.
We work with gardening, cleaning, weeding etc. We also spent very pleasant moments in our free time, as close friends and even family members.
The Finca has a river of crystal clear fresh water. That… read more
Get up with the sound of the river flowing next to your… read more
What can I say! My best work away experience so far! I’ve been for 3 weeks at Gonzalo’s little paradise. I’ve worked on the garden, flowers and vegetables. And painted every little wall Andalusian white! After work we had lunch together, Gonzalo is a great cook!! And then siesta time. But on Friday it was always different. Then I… read more
Gonzalo m'a accueilli parfaitement. L'espace dans lequel il vit est vraiment calme, reposant, bien entretenu.
La qualité des logements où nous dormions est vraiment bien ! j'ai pu redécouvrir la vie au calme, dans un coin typique de l'Andalousie.
Gonzalo nous met vraiment à l'aise, il est très ouvert, nous prenions la… read more
Gonzalo… read more
Their guesthouse is a beautifully renovated traditional… read more
The farm house that they have put so much thought and attention into has great character and is a great place to stay. We shared some meals with the family but also… read more
There were different kinds of work to do like gardening, painting, cooking, babysitting...a variety of activities.
It's a beautiful, quiet place in the countryside with an eye for details - amazing! Thanks a lot for your warm hospitality!!!
