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Our home is a beautiful Tuscan house, located in the amazing valley of Casentino.
This is Agnese and Michele, after coming back from a long trip around the world where we had many workaway experiences, we decided to take over Agnese's parent's farm.
Mom Carla, dad Pippo, are living not far from the farm and most of the time they came over to help us or share a beautiful meal together.
Uncle Carlo and Mora (the dog) are living with us in this traditional house.
The farm, where we want to start our new life, includes a small apple orchard, a vineyard, some cats, chickens, pigs, and a small vegetable garden.
The house is in the heart of the Casentino Valley, not far from Arezzo and Firenze. Public transportations are available to reach both cities. By the way, Casentino has a lot to offer: beautiful hikes, amazing rivers, delicious food, and stunning monastery are located nearby.
Volunteers will spend most of the time at the farm together with Michele, who is mainly taking care of the farm and the house. Volunteers will not be involved in any business activity.
It is a truly warm place, there are always people around for a visit or a homemade stone oven cooked pizza. You will definitely find yourself part of a big family. We are not new to Workaway, as volunteers, while it is a pretty new experience as hosts. Our aim is to make your experience in our house so unique.
We need volunteers that can work also independently, carpentry skills and DIY enthusiasts have extra points :) during the picking season (Sept - Dec) we look for volunteers that are happy to help us in the field.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
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 came back from a long trip around the world, so we can share so many info and travel tips.You will learn a lot about Italian cuisine and preserving food, from jam to sausages, we love it. Carla has done many Italian courses for foreign people, so she is a big resource for learning a new language. Pippo has been a farmer for more than 15 years, so he has a lot to share.
Help
Living in a farm requires a lot of tasks to be done: feeding animals is part of the daily routine, and help in the house is more than welcome. We are a volcano of ideas, so we always have something in mind to do. Some specific project will be listed when scheduled.
Helpers are not required to have any specific skill, just willing to learn from each other and mostly have fun.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
You will have your own private room with queen size bed and a share toilet next door.
The room is located in the main house, so all the other spaces are shared with the family.
Meals are always shared with the family. The diet is very varied. Meat is a solid component of it, mostly organic (from our farm). We can always find a compromise for specific food restrictions.
What else ...
The farm is located in the heart of the Casentino valley. Bibbiena and Poppi are very close and easily accessible by public transportation. Arezzo is 25km far, but the train station is less than a km far from the house. Firenze too is close enough to be visited in a day trip, you can reach it by bus or train. It may take a couple of hours to get there, perfect for your days off.
We are very flexible and we can give you a lift to town or the closest train/bus station.
Stunning Monasteries are located in the valley (La Verna, Camaldoli, Romena) and beautiful hikes are nearby.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We would love to host Digital Nomads, since we have been for a while. Our aim is to create a perfect space for digital nomads from all around the world, so we are accessorizing our home in order to make it as comfortable as possible. We have free wifi connection inside and outside the house and possible working spaces. We will appreciate any suggestion to make our rooms even more functional.
Space for parking camper vans
We already hosted some volunteer with its own camper van. Electricity can be given as well as the full access to the house.
Can possibly accept pets
We are already surrounded by dogs and cats, but we can find a solution for volunteers with their own furry animals.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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They’re also very independent, we assigned them some… read more
We ask them to empty, clean and paint the very messy and dirty workshop, they worked most of the time independently and took care of the entire process. They are both very responsible and reliable.
A part from work we clicked immediately with them and… read more
Agnese/Mitch/ Carlo & their relatives welcomed us as if we were part of their family for about two weeks - With a huge sense of hospitality !
We had the… read more
It was so nice to have them around… read more
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They’re also very independent, we assigned them some… read more
We ask them to empty, clean and paint the very messy and dirty workshop, they worked most of the time independently and took care of the entire process. They are both very responsible and reliable.
A part from work we clicked immediately with them and… read more
Agnese/Mitch/ Carlo & their relatives welcomed us as if we were part of their family for about two weeks - With a huge sense of hospitality !
We had the… read more
It was so nice to have them around… read more
It was a moment of hard work but also cultural exchange, they blend immediately with our friends and family and we considered them as part of our big group.
They are very skilled and they helped us in so many small other activities, very independent and… read more
I worked in the beautiful vineyard they have and I loved putting my music on, accompanied by sweet Noce🐶 and sometimes… read more
The work that we did was extremely interesting for us and very… read more
They accepted happily all the tasks we assigned with the willing of learn something out of their comfort… read more
We are happy that we could help them on the farm -… read more
Our tasks were very varied, we fed the chickens, helped in the vineyard and the outside areas, as well… read more
They spent few weeks at our house and they helped us so much, they are very mature, efficient, and very independent. Seeing them go was really a pity.
Lisa and Tim are also very talented, they are able to fulfill any task you assign to them, we really hope to host them again VERY SOON!
They become part of the family as soon as they enter in the house. Apart for being good helpers they are also very good cook, we were having so much fun preparing meals together. We are… read more
Sarah and Josh are very responsible, respectful, and hard workers. We didn't have any problem assigning them any tasks to do on their own, and the result was always satisfying, more than that, we shared amazing moments together, most of them cooking… read more
There was a very open way of communicating and we had a lot of fun while helping out. We left,… read more
They came with tons of energy and good vibes, so it didn’t matter how hard or dirty a task was, they were always up to it with big… read more
But mostly, she became part of the family in no time, even if my family and my family’s friends… read more
If you wanna experience the real Italian lifestyle, this is the place to be.
I’m a solo traveler and only speak English, at the farm… read more
They are a nice and quiet couple, it was a pleasure to spend few weeks with them. Gokhan and Pippo immediately clicked even if they could only communicate in their own language: Italian/Sicilian Pippo and Turkish/English Gokhan. Such a great mix ;)… read more
