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Description
I'm living in an ancient rural farmstay (with 16 hectares) located in Turi, in Bari province, trying to develop a dream project (create a cultural hub for events, workshops, cultural exchange, natural practises etc.)
I'm spending this time restoring the main farmhouse and organizing events (mostly music events) into a welcoming place to live and to relax.
I'm really interested in art, photography and videomaking!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
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
Our place in particular is a very quiet spot of land near the main town. You will have the chance to relax, work in the wild nature, but also make parties, explore our region and if you want also be part of our family and friends.
You will join a very fascinating region of Italy that is a melting pot of influences, with a huge number of medieval towns and cities, museums and ancient ruins, a really interesting variety of different arts.
We can also show you hidden seaside spots: we are located mid-way between the Adriatic and Ionion coasts and we know fabulous beaches on the two seas (only know by local people!).
You will be glad to taste our typical italian food too, and we are quite good cooks! ;)
Help
We are needing help to manage the renovation.
We did a lot of work like painting, cleaning, minor decorative repairs, but we always need help for the general maintenance of the house (help with the animals - dogs, cats).
The work will change depending on the priority and the season. As example during the summer season we are busy in harvesting cherries, but we also have wineyards. We also organize lots of events (mostly music events) and most of time there are activities connected to this!
We stared also an autosufficient vegetable garden project.
We really would like to host openminded people, kind, passionate, creative, with initiative and world caring.
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
You will stay in one of our main rooms with a shared bathroom. The room will be shared with a maximum of 2/3 people (mixed).
We have a separate shared dining area with the kitchen and the living room.
You will have an outside terrace to relax. The place is really wide so you can always have some personal space in the nature around. We also have a farmyard with our animals.
If you want you can stay in your own tent or caravan, we have plenty of space outside of the main house!
We can let you use our car and we will take you at our secret sea spot in our free time, enjoying our company.
What else ...
Some of the most known places to enjoy are: Matera, Alberobello, Monopoli, Polignano a mare, Gallipoli.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
3/4 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (12)
I found a new home and a whole new family in Gianmarco's masseria.
I stayed for 5 weeks working in the vegetable garden, feeding the animals, cleaning & preparing the areas for the music events and, last but not least, painting the walls and creating a lot of little… read more
We had a lot of flexibility with tasks. Gianmarco gave us certain tasks for everyday (feeding cats and dogs, watering plants) and… read more
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I found a new home and a whole new family in Gianmarco's masseria.
I stayed for 5 weeks working in the vegetable garden, feeding the animals, cleaning & preparing the areas for the music events and, last but not least, painting the walls and creating a lot of little… read more
We had a lot of flexibility with tasks. Gianmarco gave us certain tasks for everyday (feeding cats and dogs, watering plants) and… read more
I stayed for exactly one month, and was alone at the masseria housesitting for about 20 of those days. I worked in the fields collecting cherrywood to be used as firewood from around 7/8 to 12:00 every week day. After lunch I was able to take the car and explore all of… read more
We loved this place in the nature and we liked to be free to decide what kind of work to do: general maintenance, separate waste (plastic, glass, paper …) feeding the three dogs and the cats, cooking.
We loved the “spaghetti alla carbonara”… read more
Gianmarco is a great person, chill and understanding, his friends became our friends too, the dogs and cats were so damn cute, and the masseria itself was a beautiful place to be!
There's no fixed timetables, which was great as we could work when we felt like it… read more
They are very relaxed, friendly, and interesting people. We also loved meeting their friends on several occasions.
There are no fixed hours for work or meals but also no stress and lots of room for improvisation which is great.
The only thing that wasn't ideal for us was the room because it is… read more
We were free to work on several projects. We loved to make some furniture… read more
Maria e Gianmarco sono due persone eccezionali. Fin dall'inizio mi hanno accolta nella loro casa facendomi sentire parte della loro famiglia e del loro gruppo di amici.
Mi è piaciuto molto l'evolversi del progetto. L'idea iniziale era un'altra, però insieme abbiamo fatto un passo indietro e abbiamo… read more
He can speak fluently italian and he left us an uruguayan cake recipe.
We will surely contact him for future works if still… read more
