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Host rating
80 %
Last replied
14 Jul 2025
Reply rate
61.3 %
Usually responds within 6 days
Feedback
5
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Description
I am 64 years old man, I run a farm stay with 6 apartments and a small restaurant. we have bees, Lavender and a garden.
In the past I have been working as machine inventor near Florence, but in the last 15 years I have moved in the country side to run this farm and farm stay (agriturismo)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
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 agriturismo on the appennins mountains,we have bees, chicken, garden, we have plenty of customers from north of europe and north america in our farm stay, we speak german, italian, Portuguese, russian and english, staying here is a good opportunity to learn languages.
I have installed solar systems (photovoltaic and water solar) and I can explain how all this works.
I have a salt water pool, a sauna and jacuzzi to be maintained, I can teach how to do this.
living and helping in our farm is a mix of technology and tradition, we have restaurant, we make our own pasta, bread, and traditional and innovative kitchen we can teach how to cook and organize a restaurant, we organize cooking classes, we have 6 apartments that we rent.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
Last minute, looking for someone collecting lavender ! helping in veg garden helping in cleaning apartments
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Accommodation
a caravan in our camping
Food is of course included, we eat all together and is a moment of integration with all the people here.
What else ...
we have a pool and a sauna that helpers can use, nearby there is a train station (10km) to florence or bologna, lot of hiking around us, we have mountain bikes that you can use,
we have bus station 1 km away from our farm. and the village is also 1 km away
we are in the center of Italy and nearby we have the most important city to visit, as Firenze, Verona, Venezia,Bologna etc
We have archery, pingpong, bicycles, trampoline, sauna that the workawayers can use
nearby is very nice to have hiking, we are near the "via degli dei" pad
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?
One
My animals / pets
Feedback (5)
This is an amanzing place to stay, and have a conection with the nature.
For sure we will come back there, or as a workaway or as a friend.
The work tasks varied for me between garden maintenance, animal care, hotel cleaning, and there was a lot of space for learning and creativity (bread making, ect.)
Fresh produce was consistently provided, and meals were… read more
Mauro was very attentive,and give me a chance to meet a real Italy.
I had a chance to learn Italian, practice my poor english, to cook regionals foods and learn something about the real life in Italy. Unfortunately, i arrived in the second wave of COVID, and I decided to return to Ferrara, whereI have a… read more
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This is an amanzing place to stay, and have a conection with the nature.
For sure we will come back there, or as a workaway or as a friend.
The work tasks varied for me between garden maintenance, animal care, hotel cleaning, and there was a lot of space for learning and creativity (bread making, ect.)
Fresh produce was consistently provided, and meals were… read more
Mauro was very attentive,and give me a chance to meet a real Italy.
I had a chance to learn Italian, practice my poor english, to cook regionals foods and learn something about the real life in Italy. Unfortunately, i arrived in the second wave of COVID, and I decided to return to Ferrara, whereI have a… read more
Vitor and Maria, the other staff, were super welcoming and nice, showing me… read more
I just wanted to say how much of an amazing time I had here! Thank you for a wonderful experience.
To other workawayers:
The work is a real mix. I helped on the land, in the kitchen, cleaning the pool, helping with preparing the rooms for guests. I met some amazing people who were travelling through. The property has some great walks… read more
