Experience our rural life and help with small projects in Paniperi, Greece

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  Description

  Dear friends!
  We are Nicole (a yoga teacher) and Fio (a practitioner of alternative medicine). Together, we live a simple, natural, and sustainable life tucked away in a peaceful olive grove near Petalidi (Messenia).
  Our home is a cozy yurt with a breathtaking view of the blue sea of the Messenian Gulf.
  
  We built our entire off-grid infrastructure ourselves with a lot of love: look forward to a fully equipped outdoor kitchen, a warm shower under the open sky, and an eco-friendly composting toilet. If you are looking for a true, nature-connected adventure in Greece, you've come to the right place!
  
  🍂 The Magical Olive Harvest (starting around October 23rd)
  From late October on, everything here revolves around our "green gold"! We are looking for nature-loving people who want to experience a traditional Greek olive harvest firsthand.
  
  Duration: Ideally for 2 to 3 weeks.
  
  Your schedule: 3 days of helping, 3 days off!
  This gives you plenty of time to explore the beaches, waterfalls, and castles, visit the local olive mill (including a tasting of our own olive oil!), or simply chill in the shade of the trees and unwind.
  
  🔨 Exciting DIY Projects (outside the harvest season)
  Things never get boring around here, even outside the harvest season. If you enjoy hands-on work, you can support us with some great projects:
  * Building wooden terraces and shelters
  * Small electrical installations and infrastructure projects.
  
  🏡 Accommodation & Life with Us
  We love spending time outdoors and cooking fresh, healthy, and delicious meals in our outdoor kitchen.
  
  Where you will sleep:
  In our cozy, fully equipped caravan on-site, or in your own campervan directly inside the olive grove.
  > Our motto: Shared straight from the heart. ✨
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  Just send us a message – we are looking forward to welcoming you!
  
  **Nicole & Fio** 🤍

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Our olive grove is not far from the beautiful Polylimnio waterfalls and the Oxbelly Bay. We are surrounded by a blossoming nature that invites you to hike and walk. The various beaches, sand, pebbles, stone can be reached by car or bike (about 10 km away). You can learn the traditional olive harvest with us and of course you can take part in the oil pressing.
  
  Unser Olivenhain liegt nicht weit entfernt von den wunderschönen Polylimnio Wasserfällen sowie der Ochsenbauchbucht. Wir sind umgeben von einer aufblühenden Natur die zum wandern und zum spazieren gehen einlädt. Die verschiedenartigen Strände, Sand, Kies, Stein sind mit dem Auto oder dem Fahrrad zu erreichen(ca 10km Entfernung)
  Sie lernen bei uns die traditionelle Olivenernte und können natürlich beim Ölpressen dabei sein.

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  Help

  It's almost that time again; our olive trees are bearing fruit and are ready to be harvested in October.
  
  October 2026 Olive Harvest:
  
  We have room for two people in our caravan and we have room for two camper van.
  We are also looking for someone who would like to cook for everyone during our harvest season.
  
  And this is how we harvest in October/ November:
  25nd/26rd/27th Harvest
  28th: Mill Day
  29th: Break
  30th: Break
  31th/1st/2nd Harvest
  3rd: Mill Day
  4th: Break
  5th : Break
  etc
  
  All year round:
  -Expansion or improvement of the island solar system (it would be nice if you know about electrical things)
  -Help with building a wooden platform

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  Greek: Intermediate
  English: Intermediate
  Spanish: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  We offer space for 2 people in our caravan, with an warm outdoor shower and dry toilet. There is a solar power system for electricity. We also offer WiFi on our property. We also offer 2 parking spaces for vans and camper.
  
  Food is of course provided. Whether vegetarian or vegan, we are happy to accommodate our guests' wishes, we cook traditional Greek dishes with local products and of course our own olive oil. Drinks are also provided, of course. There are also snacks and plenty of fruit in between.
  
  We will also go shopping together and cook together, here you can cook your own dish with us in our specially designed outdoor kitchen.
  
  
  
  Wir bieten Platz für 2 Personen in unserem Wohnwagen, warme Außendusche und Trockentrenntoilette. Für die begrenzte Stromversorgung gibt es ein Solarstromsystem. Wir bieten auch w-lan auf unserem Grundstück.
  Außerdem bieten wir 2 Stellplätze für Vans oder Kastenwägen.
  
  Für Essen wird natürlich gesorgt. Ob Vegetarisch oder Vegan, wir richten uns da sehr gerne nach den Wünschen unserer Gäste, wir kochen traditionelle griechische Gerichte mit Produkten aus der Region und natürlich unserem eigenen Olivenöl. Für Getränke wird natürlich auch gesorgt. Für Zwischendurch gibt es natürlich auch Snacks so wie reichlich Obst.
  Wir werden auch einmal gemeinsam einkaufen so wie gemeinsam kochen, hier kannst du dein eigenes Gericht in unserer extra dafür angelegten Außenküche mit uns zusammen kochen.

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  What else ...

  If you are looking for activity as well as peace and quiet: The next larger city - Kalamata - with cultural offerings as well as an interesting nightlife can be reached in 45 minutes by car. A very interesting archaeological site that is not yet so well known is Ancient Messene, about 45 minutes away.
  
  
  Wenn du neben der Ruhe auch Aktivität suchst: Die nächstgrößere Stadt -Kalamata- mit kulturellen Angeboten so wie einem interessanten Nachtleben ist in 45 Minuten mit dem Auto zu erreichen.
  Eine sehr interessante Ausgrabungsstätte die noch nicht so bekannt ist, ist das Alte Messene, ca 45 Minuten entfernt.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Da die Straße zu unserem Olivenhain sehr eng ist, ist es nur für Kastenwägen bis 6,4m möglich auf unser Grundstück zu gelangen. Auf unserem Grundstück kannst du mitten im Olivenhain stehen und natürlich Strom begrenzt, Frischwasser tanken und Grauwasser entsorgen, aber kein Schwarzwasser.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Since we have three female dogs, we accept female dogs that are not dominant. No cats

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Ella

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