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Description
smallholding of 20000 meters just above the Village of Lanjaron, at 850 meters altitude over the sea level in Las Alpujarras región, near Granada,south Spain.. Adjacent to the cortijo there are two water streams coming down directly from Sierra Nevada mountains, the farm is surrounded by centenary chesnut , olive as well as a variety of fruit trees, from the farm there are beautiful views to the mountains and to the sea where you could even see the African coast on a clear day., Granada is 30km away, tropical cost also about 25km. next to the farm there are many official trecking paths to explore the area.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
From the farmhouse You can walk down to the Spa town of Lanjaron by a trecking path, it takes about 20 minutes, Uphill takes a bit longer. By car is about 10 minutes. We are vegetarians, we only provide vegetarian food, if you want to eat meat you would have to make your own arrangements. Our luxury here is the fact of being surrounded by nature, good vegetables, fresh crystaline pure water coming from the mountais as well as fresh clean air.
Help
we need help with building with stone and cob , preparing the clay to mix with straw, doing up stone terraces .Volunteers will also be involved in growing a wide range of fruit and vegetables, general land and building maintainance. All volunteers help with cooking, food preparation, shopping, cleaning and other household tasks.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
Currently we only have available a small cottage with dormitory type facility for sleeping , also there is plenty of land to put a tent up. Electrics are by solar power. town library is 20 minutes away with free wify, there are many cafes in town where you can connect. you can load up your mobile smartphone with internet credit for 7Euros per month. WE have a good phone signal up in the farm.
What else ...
There is plenty of activities to do in the area, beautiful surroundings, near the land is possible to connect to many official trekking paths which can reach the famous Sierra Nevada. , location is a perfect gateway to nature., the famous multicultural town of Orgiva is nearby at 7kms distance.the University town of Granada which is only 45 minutes by coach or 30 minutes by car. You can also go to to the beach in Motril or Salobrenya , in the tropical cost of Spain which is about 30 Kim's away.
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.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (11)
It was such a great pleasure to meet Jamel! He is an attentive, calm, caring & flexible host, a tough, experienced, relaxed & warmhearted person with a sense of humour. I immediately felt comfortable and safe staying with him as a female solo-traveler. He respects privacy a lot. We had a nice balance… read more
The smallholding is really fantastic place with… read more
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It was such a great pleasure to meet Jamel! He is an attentive, calm, caring & flexible host, a tough, experienced, relaxed & warmhearted person with a sense of humour. I immediately felt comfortable and safe staying with him as a female solo-traveler. He respects privacy a lot. We had a nice balance… read more
The smallholding is really fantastic place with… read more
it was pure pleasure to work in this peaceful place! Yamel is very kind, chill… read more
I really enjoyed… read more
I enjoyed staying a lot at Yamel's house for 3 weeks in Lanjaron. Location was amazing, it's surrounded by spectacular nature. I was able to see not only snow mountain, but also ocean and African continent if weather was very clear.
Work was not hard. I had experiences to build a wall with stone and mad. It was first time for me but very… read more
She spent nearly two months with us, it was the beginning stages of the project so there was a Lot to do. She Washed all the bedding in the bath, organised the house with all things in place to take pictures,cleared the garden… read more
