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Description
We're Fabio, Elisabetta with a 10 y.o. boy, Fermo. We live in a big old house with garden in the quaint and picturesque neighborhood of Laglio on the shores of Lake Como.
We are looking for English native speakers who are happy to share their time to be help in running our guest house as well as teaching English to our son while visiting one of the most beautiful destination worldwide.
Since 2004 we invested our resources to renovate the family's summer house, with the aim to create an environment where peace, comfort, friendliness and a good atmosphere can all meet.
In 2016 we had our first experience with workaway and from then on we were so lucky to have hosted so many wonderful people and great volunteers, from the youngest to the oldest, who helped us a lot and with whom we had the pleasure to share our house and day-to-day life as well as our experiences and thoughts.
More than anything, we are looking for someone who is kind, cheerful, nature lover, really open minded, sociable and enjoys being with children.
We provide a private duoble bedroom with wi-fi, tasty Italian food and enough free time to enjoy lake Como and our beautiful region as well as having the opportunity to meet a lot of people from different countries and walk of life.
We are much looking forward to hear from you out there!
Fabio, Elisabetta and young Fermo
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer the volunteer to live for a while on lake Como, enjoying the beautiful surroundings, experience the Italian way of life in a family atmosphere. Learn about gardening and growing vegetables as well as traditional italian cooking.
Also the volunteers will have the opportunity to meet peoples from all around the world.
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Help
the volunteers will help an estimated 5 hours per day and 5 days per week involving in various tasks from playing and teaching english to our child to help around the house, cleaning, prepare rooms for guests, serving morning breakfast and attending the new arrivals at check-in with helping with luggage and parking.
We have a vegetables patch and we grow our own organic products and there is always something to do: weeding, watering the plants and flowers in the morning, trimming, sweeping.No particular experience is required since we will be always in the nearby altough we appreciate those with some past experience and that can also work in autonomy.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis 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
We offer a private doubleroom with a superb lake view and free wi-fi and free meals.Sometime we might not be at home for lunch/dinner and volunteers are required to prepare their own meals using the provided products and with access to our fresh veg garden
What else ...
In his free time the volunteer can vist a territory rich in culture and history (Como, Milan, mansions and garden on the lake), but also engage in outdoor activities and sports (like trekking in the Alps, mountain biking, water sports) or simply relax on the lake’s beaches.
Lake Como is a well known and appreciated tourist destination so can expect to find much of the services and activities from cultural offers to great outdoor experiences.
Como is well connected with trains and buses to all the major cities in Italy.For istance, Milan is only 45 min and Florence 2 hours journey from Como.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Feedback (18)
You'd hardly find better helpers anywhere and we can't recommend them highly enough. They are young yet mature, responsible yet fun, discreet but yet a great company and thoroughly reliable in every… read more
Being a part of the guesthouse allowed us to work in many different areas from cleaning guest rooms, gardening, serving breakfast and making dinner for guests, house… read more
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You'd hardly find better helpers anywhere and we can't recommend them highly enough. They are young yet mature, responsible yet fun, discreet but yet a great company and thoroughly reliable in every… read more
Being a part of the guesthouse allowed us to work in many different areas from cleaning guest rooms, gardening, serving breakfast and making dinner for guests, house… read more
I cannot thank Fabio enough for making my first Workaway experience so special. I stayed in Laglio for around 5 weeks (end of April and through June) and I can honestly say it was the most amazing experience. This was my first time travelling far from Australia and as… read more
Sadly, I haven’t had the chance to meet Elisabetta and Fermo:(, since they only live there… read more
She really is one of the best helper I can imagine and she just fittted in perfectly in all the circumstances.
She is the most kind and caring person who has ever crossed my path and I'm sure lots of our guests might think the same
Fermo himself had… read more
The work was very reasonable and the… read more
Haley and Adam are among the best workawayers we ever had!
We got well from the very start and being them so adaptable easygoing and fast learner it took no time to get familiar with the daily routine and become part of the family.
They show initiative all the time and what was of great… read more
They did a great job in any aspect being reliable and capable in any circustances and trustwhorty while spending… read more
You'd hardly find better helpers anywhere and we can't recommend them highly enough. They are young yet mature, responsible yet fun, discreet but yet a great company and thoroughly reliable in every… read more
The work ranged from helping mind and entertain Fermo, breakfast service, cleaning and preparing rooms for guests, gardening and cooking. Generally the “work” was from 8/9am - 1/2pm (inc brekky & lunch). It hardly felt… read more
Staying… read more
We came to love them like family/friends and they are fabulous… read more
We helped to prepare the garden (weeding, pruning, fertilising) and b&b for the seasons first guests (changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming).
The tasks were fair and Fabio was always there to direct us.
We had delicious cooking every meal and got to… read more
You’ll hardly find better helpers anywhere and I can't recommend them highly enough. They are young yet mature, responsible yet fun, discreet but yet a great company and thoroughly reliable in every way. They were great with baby Fermo and we all miss them… read more
Fabio and Elisabetta were such great hosts and made us feel at home in their amazing home/B&B. As it was a quiet period at the B&B, we loved… read more
They did a great job in any aspect being reliable and trustwhorty while spending time playing and tutoring baby Fermo, Who… read more
They are very adaptable and work well either together or separately and they undertake any tasks with enthusiasm and attention to… read more
