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22 Mar 2026
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Hello everyone! We are a small group of men and women around 60 years old, living together in a forest with about 50 cats and 5 free-roaming dogs, surrounded by beautiful nature.
We are located about an hour from Rome, well connected by public transport, at the foot of the Monti Simbruini, a nature reserve, near the border with Abruzzo.
We try to be as self-sufficient as possible.
We gladly welcome volunteers who can help us with various tasks: caring for our four-legged friends, maintaining fences and gardens, collecting firewood, tending the vegetable garden, and daily chores.
We host guests in comfortable 2- or 3-person caravans, with an external shared bathroom and shower.
A fully equipped outdoor kitchen is available, with a pantry stocked with food for all tastes—vegan and vegetarian. No animal products are consumed here.
There are beautiful spaces to eat together and relax!
You can also practice yoga.
In the surrounding area, there are countless natural, artistic, and cultural attractions, as well as stunning walks through the nearby woods.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They can learn the Italian culture and language, how to cook delicious Italian food and taking care of pets
Help
Animal care, gardening, help around the house, general maintenance
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: 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
Caravans with comfortable beds with a community bathroom with shower (hot water)
What else ...
Opportunity to travel to Rome and little rural countries with natural attractives: Falls, mountains, Lakes...
Cultural attractives: Churches, Castells and medieval villages
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Host ref number: 486184824439
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31 Aug 2025
Left by Workawayer (Saachi) for host
I stayed here for one month, and it truly felt like a home away from home. The place itself has such a unique, beautiful energy – just being there, surrounded by nature, animals, and good people, was already special.
Maya and Stefania are incredibly welcoming and made me feel like part of the family from the first day. Their land is spacious and… read more
Maya and Stefania are incredibly welcoming and made me feel like part of the family from the first day. Their land is spacious and… read more
12 Aug 2025
Left by Workawayer (Ermes & Simona) for host
We stayed with Stefania, Maya and the rest of her family just for a week, but we had a great time taking car of the beautiful and cute animals, doing some manual work and enjoying meals and moment together. Their place is magical, full immersive in nature, we even had the pleasure to prepare and taste bambu together with the sweet nonna. We felt… read more
12 Aug 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Ermes & Simona)
Hermes and Simona are such a wonderful, young, and radiant couple, with truly unique personalities. I had a fantastic time with them — they are kind, fun, collaborative, and incredibly helpful with anything you might need. They have some truly beautiful projects in mind, and I genuinely hope to see them again very soon, because I had an amazing… read more
(Excellent
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12 Aug 2025
Left by Workawayer (Workaway member) for host
Worst Workaway Experience – Unlivable Conditions & Mistreatment
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We were supposed to stay here for nearly three weeks but left after two due to the unacceptable conditions, mistreatment, and false advertising.
Week 1 – Working Under Maya
The daughter, Maya, was in charge when we arrived. Work was heavy but… read more
Please read this before committing.
We were supposed to stay here for nearly three weeks but left after two due to the unacceptable conditions, mistreatment, and false advertising.
Week 1 – Working Under Maya
The daughter, Maya, was in charge when we arrived. Work was heavy but… read more
11 Aug 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Workaway member)
We hosted these siblings for what was supposed to be a three-week stay. Unfortunately, one of the sisters arrived already feeling unwell and soon developed bronchitis. From the second day, she was clearly sick, so we provided them with a much more comfortable chalet with a private bathroom, instead of the usual caravan and shared facilities. We… read more
(Good
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31 Aug 2025
Left by Workawayer (Saachi) for host
I stayed here for one month, and it truly felt like a home away from home. The place itself has such a unique, beautiful energy – just being there, surrounded by nature, animals, and good people, was already special.
Maya and Stefania are incredibly welcoming and made me feel like part of the family from the first day. Their land is spacious and… read more
Maya and Stefania are incredibly welcoming and made me feel like part of the family from the first day. Their land is spacious and… read more
12 Aug 2025
Left by Workawayer (Ermes & Simona) for host
We stayed with Stefania, Maya and the rest of her family just for a week, but we had a great time taking car of the beautiful and cute animals, doing some manual work and enjoying meals and moment together. Their place is magical, full immersive in nature, we even had the pleasure to prepare and taste bambu together with the sweet nonna. We felt… read more
12 Aug 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Ermes & Simona)
Hermes and Simona are such a wonderful, young, and radiant couple, with truly unique personalities. I had a fantastic time with them — they are kind, fun, collaborative, and incredibly helpful with anything you might need. They have some truly beautiful projects in mind, and I genuinely hope to see them again very soon, because I had an amazing… read more
(Excellent)
12 Aug 2025
Left by Workawayer (Workaway member) for host
Worst Workaway Experience – Unlivable Conditions & Mistreatment
Please read this before committing.
We were supposed to stay here for nearly three weeks but left after two due to the unacceptable conditions, mistreatment, and false advertising.
Week 1 – Working Under Maya
The daughter, Maya, was in charge when we arrived. Work was heavy but… read more
Please read this before committing.
We were supposed to stay here for nearly three weeks but left after two due to the unacceptable conditions, mistreatment, and false advertising.
Week 1 – Working Under Maya
The daughter, Maya, was in charge when we arrived. Work was heavy but… read more
11 Aug 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Workaway member)
We hosted these siblings for what was supposed to be a three-week stay. Unfortunately, one of the sisters arrived already feeling unwell and soon developed bronchitis. From the second day, she was clearly sick, so we provided them with a much more comfortable chalet with a private bathroom, instead of the usual caravan and shared facilities. We… read more
(Good)
15 Jun 2024
Left by Workawayer (Leonie) for host
We spent 4 weeks with Maya and her family and friends and it was one of the best Workaway experiences we ever had! They treated us like part of their family and encouraged us to spend time with them and to use the common spaces like their beautiful winter garden. You instantly see that they enjoy welcoming people into their home and share stories… read more
10 Feb 2024
Left by host for Workawayer (Adam)
We had the honor to have Adam as a workaway for more than a month.
In addition to having always been collaborative and participatory, the quality that makes him unique is his joy in doing things and his magnificent smile that he always brings with him towards all people, animals and nature.
He helped us build a wooden house for the cats from zero,… read more
In addition to having always been collaborative and participatory, the quality that makes him unique is his joy in doing things and his magnificent smile that he always brings with him towards all people, animals and nature.
He helped us build a wooden house for the cats from zero,… read more
(Excellent)
4 Jan 2024
Left by Workawayer (Adam) for host
I had such an amazing time with Maya & Stefania in the Italian countryside. I stayed with them for 2 months and time really flew by, I learnt a lot of new skills as we built the 'Gatthouse' (a shelter for the 50 cats that they look after!), feeding and cleaning the cats, building a dry wall and chopping, collecting and storing wood for the winter… read more
17 Oct 2023
Left by Workawayer (Lilia) for host
Me and my friend Anna stayed with Stefania for 12 days and had a really great time!
The workaway is in a stunningly beautiful rural area, the views and walks are lovely. Stefania has built a great eco-village made up of nice, hard-working people.
I’d recommend coming with at least basic conversational Italian so you can better interact with… read more
The workaway is in a stunningly beautiful rural area, the views and walks are lovely. Stefania has built a great eco-village made up of nice, hard-working people.
I’d recommend coming with at least basic conversational Italian so you can better interact with… read more
14 Oct 2023
Left by Workawayer (Laura & Shehab) for host
We had a wonderful time with Stefania and the people living there. She lives in a great peaceful place, surrounded by nature. We helped in interesting projects like construction, painting, wood work. Stefania made sure that we enjoyed what we was doing and made us feel at home from the beggining. She also gave us amazing yoga lessons, that helped… read more
19 Aug 2023
Left by Workawayer (Lene) for host
I had a wonderful time staying at Mayas place! I hope to get to visit them again some day :) If you like cats (there are 40), dogs, nature and good food, this place is for you. Maya and the family were so kind and warm and very inclusive of us workawayers so I felt at home quickly. The work was versatile, they always made sure that we liked the… read more
1 Aug 2023
Left by Workawayer (Selin) for host
It's been a week and I missed this place so much! <3 My stay at Maya's place was amazing and so much fun! House is located around 1 hour from Rome and it is literally into the woods! I stayed in a caravan and it was pretty comfortable! (except naughty fairies ahaha) -After work we were wandering around villages, waterfalls etc.. and they were… read more
3 Jul 2023
Left by Workawayer (Manuel) for host
Ho trascorso circa 20 giorni in questo luogo a dir poco fantastico. Dal 2 giugno al 21 giugno. Mi hanno accolto calorosamente e mi hanno fatto sentire come a casa per tutto il soggiorno, ci sono tantissime cose da fare durante il giorno come fare l'orto, aiutare nella costruzione di tantissime cose, giardinaggio, dare da mangiare ai gatti e cani… read more
15 Jun 2023
Left by Workawayer (Francesco) for host
Sono stato per una decina di giorni, mi serviva un momento per staccare dalla vita quotidiana e stare per un pò in natura.
Maya, Stefania, Paolo, Ida e Sofia mi hanno accolto fin da subito come se fossi già della famiglia e li ringrazio molto, è stato davvero bello condividere le giornate insieme tra: lavoro, lo yoga (Stefania è davvero una… read more
Maya, Stefania, Paolo, Ida e Sofia mi hanno accolto fin da subito come se fossi già della famiglia e li ringrazio molto, è stato davvero bello condividere le giornate insieme tra: lavoro, lo yoga (Stefania è davvero una… read more
6 Jun 2023
Left by Workawayer (Ayako) for host
Maya! The beautiful being and my funny sister! Finally, i am here to say grande "Grazie" per te.
My stay at Maya was about two weeks in July (or was it August?^^;) , and all works, including cutting trees, taking care animals, was such fun! What I liked the most here was that we all worked together and you can get the feeling of harmony, so I… read more
My stay at Maya was about two weeks in July (or was it August?^^;) , and all works, including cutting trees, taking care animals, was such fun! What I liked the most here was that we all worked together and you can get the feeling of harmony, so I… read more
30 Jan 2023
Left by Workawayer (Gabrielle) for host
I loved my time in the forest. I spent just over a week there in July 2022, and I stull think fondly about my time and memories made there! Maya and Stefania were incredibly welcoming, and I felt at home almost instantly. The work varied each day which made the experience interesting and enjoyable. Maya’s so friendly and you’ll always be laughing… read more
10 Jan 2023
Left by Workawayer (Mariajosé & Belén) for host
How to descrive those wonderful days... We had an amazing first experience as volunteers here, we think "Crogiollo" was the best place ever to start this adventure... Stephania and Maya was so nice and welcoming from the very first day. Also Paolone (a friend of the family who was there working with us) We felt like we were part of the family… read more
25 Nov 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Cerys)
Heeeello! we are near Rome , and we had the pleasure to have with us Cerys for two weeks !
She’s really a lovely person, fun and available for help with everything !! She is a free spirit that loves to talk and share with everyone ; clean and really tidy , I really hope for her a new beautiful experience !! Hoping too se you soon wonderful woman !
She’s really a lovely person, fun and available for help with everything !! She is a free spirit that loves to talk and share with everyone ; clean and really tidy , I really hope for her a new beautiful experience !! Hoping too se you soon wonderful woman !
(Excellent)
24 Nov 2022
Left by Workawayer (Cerys) for host
Wooowww!! I had the pleasure of staying here for 2 weeks in October with Maya and her mum. Beautiful souls,so caring and made me feel so at home! Had some lovely days out with Maya and some wonderful yoga sessions with Stefania.
The caravans are comfortable and super cosy,I’d definitely recommend taking warm clothes in the evening as it can get… read more
The caravans are comfortable and super cosy,I’d definitely recommend taking warm clothes in the evening as it can get… read more
22 Nov 2022
Left by Workawayer (Neamat) for host
Hey hey :D
I stayed with Maya and her amazing mam for around a week. From the first moment I felt like I'm staying in a heaven I was totally in love.
I love Maya and her mom lifestyle and after returning home I'm now adapting some of their healthy habits from the vegan and healthy food, their love the plant and how they appreciate the personal… read more
I stayed with Maya and her amazing mam for around a week. From the first moment I felt like I'm staying in a heaven I was totally in love.
I love Maya and her mom lifestyle and after returning home I'm now adapting some of their healthy habits from the vegan and healthy food, their love the plant and how they appreciate the personal… read more
18 Nov 2022
Left by Workawayer (Niki) for host
I cannot recommend this place enough!
I was here for just under two weeks and it wasn't nearly long enough. There are 6 dogs, too many cats to count, and friends and visitors are always coming and going, so it's a very lively and community oriented space. From the beginning I felt very welcome and throughout my stay everyone I met was friendly… read more
I was here for just under two weeks and it wasn't nearly long enough. There are 6 dogs, too many cats to count, and friends and visitors are always coming and going, so it's a very lively and community oriented space. From the beginning I felt very welcome and throughout my stay everyone I met was friendly… read more
27 Oct 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Sarah)
Hello to everybody !!
I’m writing from the place, Italy, 40 km from Rome at the end of Lazio, near the Abruzzo !
This summer we started, me and my mom, to host people with workaway and we had really a lot of people from a lot of Countries
Sarah (called Sazy too 🥰)
She is been one of the most special workaway that we never had
Her energy is… read more
I’m writing from the place, Italy, 40 km from Rome at the end of Lazio, near the Abruzzo !
This summer we started, me and my mom, to host people with workaway and we had really a lot of people from a lot of Countries
Sarah (called Sazy too 🥰)
She is been one of the most special workaway that we never had
Her energy is… read more
(Excellent)
16 Oct 2022
Left by Workawayer (Sarah) for host
Where do I begin?! I've just spent a magical 3 weeks at this place and I feel like I've left my second home. I can't thank Maya & Stefania enough for this experience. From the first day, I felt very comfortable and at home already. I was welcomed with smiles, lovely animals and gorgeous food!
As my main skill & interest is in Animal Care, my… read more
As my main skill & interest is in Animal Care, my… read more
30 Sep 2022
Left by Workawayer (Hannah) for host
You're curious about having dinner in an exquisite cat cafe/ restaurant and dancing with dogs as an entertainment program at a magical place amidst a cinematic scenery of green hills and picturesque villages? Then don't look any further.
I've spent two weeks at this beautiful place in which I felt like a part of the family ( animal family) from… read more
I've spent two weeks at this beautiful place in which I felt like a part of the family ( animal family) from… read more
26 Sep 2022
Left by Workawayer (Sarah) for host
I had such a beautiful and enriching experience at Maya's, Stephanie's and Alessandro's home! Maya is always making sure you feel comfortable, welcomed and taken care of...for her it's really important to build strong deep relationships with volunteers. She's very sweet and fun!
Stephanie, as everyone else says, is an amazing cook! She loves it,… read more
Stephanie, as everyone else says, is an amazing cook! She loves it,… read more
1 Sep 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Sina)
Sina was the for warkawayer that we had !
She came with a lot enthusiasm, and she had a good connection with everyone of us ! She is not scared for any job to do ! She helped us with the garden vegetable, prepare the table for the meals and she paint one wall and one gate too !
We think she is a really deep and strong woman, she loves to have… read more
She came with a lot enthusiasm, and she had a good connection with everyone of us ! She is not scared for any job to do ! She helped us with the garden vegetable, prepare the table for the meals and she paint one wall and one gate too !
We think she is a really deep and strong woman, she loves to have… read more
(Excellent)
13 Jul 2022
Left by Workawayer (Sina) for host
I had the great honor to be the first workawayer to set foot in this place. Maya and her mother Stefania were very welcoming from the beginning. I felt integrated in their life and daily processes and habits right from the start. Also all the others (friends who live and works there or came to visit) welcomed me with open arms. And not to forget… read more
19 Aug 2022
Left by Workawayer (Alexander Benjamin) for host
Stefania, Maya, Faruli and their friends are all beautiful people who I highly reccomend you stay with! They are such kind, funny and friendly hosts. They truly enjoy life and always live in the moment. I had an great stay that went by so quickly. I'll definitely be coming back and I've met amazing people that I won't forget.
Stefania is an… read more
Stefania is an… read more
17 Aug 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Alexander Benjamin)
Ciao a tutti !
E siamo un villaggio comunitario, dove Alex si è reso disponibile dal primo giorno ! Ci ha aiutato molto nelle faccende di casa , nel preparare la tavola , nel lavare i piatti, nel prendersi cura dei nostri animali e ci ha anche aiutato a pulire una parte di bosco ! È sempre molto entusiasta nel fare qualsiasi cosa !
È un ragazzo… read more
E siamo un villaggio comunitario, dove Alex si è reso disponibile dal primo giorno ! Ci ha aiutato molto nelle faccende di casa , nel preparare la tavola , nel lavare i piatti, nel prendersi cura dei nostri animali e ci ha anche aiutato a pulire una parte di bosco ! È sempre molto entusiasta nel fare qualsiasi cosa !
È un ragazzo… read more
(Excellent)
16 Aug 2022
Left by Workawayer (Eurus) for host
I definitely loved my experience there. Even I stayed there for two weeks I still have lots of things still wanting to do.
The family’s idea of building a community is so lovely and it makes me feel welcome at any time. And I’ve adopted my cat Fedra from them! They have rescued tones of cats and give them better food than to… read more
The family’s idea of building a community is so lovely and it makes me feel welcome at any time. And I’ve adopted my cat Fedra from them! They have rescued tones of cats and give them better food than to… read more
