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Hi travelers, my name is Lori and together with my husband Tim we are the owners and managers of our family-run Farm holiday in Umbria (Perugia). We speak English, French, Dutch and and Spanish. Our property is located in a small village called Fratticiola Selvatica on the hill around Perugia at 600 mt above the sea level. We manage 4 hectares of land, 1 of it with olive trees (150 trees), the rest is for seasonal crops. The house consist of 4 independent apartments fully surrounded by nature and with a 180 degree view of the Chiascio river valley. You can reach the center of the village in 10 minutes walking where you can find a mini market, bar and a bakery or just start a nice hiking.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
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
We are an Italian-Belgian couple, been working on tourism field for over 20 years, friendly and open minded to all cultures and traditions. We would like to transfer our knowledge so if you come and stay with us you can experience how to cook… and of course, eat… traditional and tasty dishes typical from Italy ( risotto, homemade pasta, ragout, tiramisu,…) and how to recognize edible wild herbs and fruits, how to cook and use them in several recipes. You can also help with some small carpentry and mechanic jobs which my husband loves to do.
You’ll have time also to visit the nicest cities nearby as Gubbio and Perugia well connected with public transports (600 mt the nearest bus stop) and have the opportunity to join us and discover new places rich in history, art and nature, since we always look for new attractive places and try activities to be offered to our guests during tourist season. During your stay you will have the opportunity to participate in several events that are running all over the region: food and wine events, musical, medieval historical re-enactments, fairs and village festivals.
Projects involving children
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Help
We're looking for some help every year during tourist low season (from October till April) to give us a hand to collect olives from our 150 plants during the harvest season (November) prune trees, gardening, wood collect, little maintenance of the 3 apartments, cooking and cleaning, take care of our 3 dogs and chickens. We have also 3 daughters (22, 20 and 18 years old) which most of the time are out of the house.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Dutch: 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
You'll have a bedroom with private bathroom at your disposal , that you can share with a friend or a companion, in an independent flat composed by others 2 bedrooms, always with private bathroom where sometimes we host tourists, family or friends during weekends or holiday periods. We could eat all together if you like and we can switch each other to prepare lunch and dinner. Breakfast time will be on your own but I will provide you for all the necessary. You should share your time with us for little help at least 4 hours per day especially in the morning from 9 to 1pm, after lunch you will be free to do what you prefer. Work commitments are flexible and the scheduled timetable could change depending on the weather conditions. Now and then we will be away for a few days, but we will provide you with all the necessary so you don't have to go hungry.
What else ...
It’s important you respect few rules in the house such as: no smoking inside , do not eat in the bedroom, keep clean and tidy the area you use (bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette), no noise during sleeping time.
We only started working with workaways last octobre 2018 but I think we're getting the hang of it and our workaways have been very happy until now.
Our guests that come here on holiday always say they feel at home, some of them are coming now for over 16 years.
Umbria region has lots of beautiful sites to discover: Perugia and Gubbio are only 20 km away very well connected by public transport (600mt the nearest bus stop). From Perugia you can reach any destination,by bus or train, inside the region like Assisi, Spoleto, Orvieto, Narni and Marmore Waterfalls and out the region such as Rome, Pisa, Siena, Florence, etc reachable by train.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (19)
She helped us a lot with our seasonal duty and she is not afraid to get wet under the rain while she's working.
During her stay we could really appreciate her kindness, politeness and availability to give us an hand on any kind of duty,… read more
we spent very good time all together with the other 2 workawayers as well.
They are very polite, reliable, good workers and joyfull and allthough at the beginning we were a bit worried about the language comprehension they… read more
She came during olive's harvest season working together with other workawayers and showing her attitude on working as part of a team, reliable and responsable.
She was always ready to ask if she could help us with something even after her worktime.
We really appreciate… read more
WORK: We… read more
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She helped us a lot with our seasonal duty and she is not afraid to get wet under the rain while she's working.
During her stay we could really appreciate her kindness, politeness and availability to give us an hand on any kind of duty,… read more
we spent very good time all together with the other 2 workawayers as well.
They are very polite, reliable, good workers and joyfull and allthough at the beginning we were a bit worried about the language comprehension they… read more
She came during olive's harvest season working together with other workawayers and showing her attitude on working as part of a team, reliable and responsable.
She was always ready to ask if she could help us with something even after her worktime.
We really appreciate… read more
WORK: We… read more
The work was not so hard, mostly easy cleaning jobs and the accomandation was very pretty, the food just delicious! We learned about a lot of typical Italian recipes and how to make limoncello 🍋
They also teached us about… read more
He prepared meals for us several times, some typical from his country but also some special pesto with cocked wild herbs we usually harvest from the fields around the… read more
I had a great winter retreat at Loredana and Tim's place. Very peaceful time in the hills of Umbria. Lots of walks around the lake and forests sorrounding the house connected with Via di Francesco. They were very friendly from the first moment, we were eating great food together most of the time, if not then I was allowed to use the kitchen well… read more
He is such a great guy, available and committed, respectful and ready to help with anything you need.
He mostly helped us on sanding and painting the shutters of our place and run the daily commitments such as refill and clean the pellet boiler, feed chickens and dogs, take care of… read more
E' rimasta con noi per 3 settimane condividendo l'appartamento con altre 2 workaway, aiutandoci con la raccolta delle olive, cucinando piatti creativi, accudendo i cani e le galline.... le sue preferite. Di sicuro non le piace stare… read more
Even though of young age she had no problem integrating and socializing with the other "old" workaways and us "old" hosts. :-P
She kept herself always busy with something even without asking and we had no problem the… read more
Leur ferme se trouve dans un lieu magique, en pleine nature, loin des bruits et vacarme de la ville, avec une vue imprenable sur les vallées ombriennes. Plusieurs sentiers environnent la ferme et permettent de découvrir la région à pied.
Concernant les activités à la… read more
Insieme ad altri workawayer si è occupata della gestione della casa durante la nostra assenza ed al nostro ritorno tutto era in perfette condizioni.
Rita è una persona tranquilla, molto discreta e disponibile, ama… read more
He gave us a big hand on finding out unfunctionality of our external lightenings system, repairing and replacing electrical wires.
We also needed some gardening, animals cares and help with turists which he had… read more
We spent 2 1/2 weeks with Tim, Lory, the 3 girls, the three dogs and another volounteer-couple. We are happy, we had the chance to be there.
Work was pretty relaxed, we could set our time table on our own. Ushually we worked from 8:30… read more
Very responsible and available, very well informed so it was always nice to have conversations about almost anything, hard worker whom didn't need to be told what or how to do things all the time.
He actually worked more then we asked from him and often… read more
I have learned many different things. Lory and Tim are always ready to fulfill your request. I appreciate… read more
Vini stayed with us for a few weeks last October and was very helpful, talkative and had a lot of interesting questions.
Very, very precise in every job he did for us even when they weren't always the most pleasant ones.
We hope he will live in Italy one day so we can go visit him, if not, we'll go to his Island in… read more
My tasks included pruning, picking olives, smoothing out (with dirt and gravel) the end of the… read more
That's what's so fine about these experiences, it's also about getting to know other people and cultures, habits and bad habits :-P.
We enjoyed there company and hope to see them back one… read more
Very calm and composed personality, very keen to learn new things and discuss any topic.
We had great conversations whilst working (and not :-) ), she's very intelligent and well informed.
Thank you for staying with us!
He is very tidy and helped with whatever was necessary, even under the very hot sun.
We'd have him back any time!
