Join our horse-mad family on our ranch near Mazara del Vallo, Italy

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  Description

  Ours is a ranch where we live with our quarter horses and our children, we are near the sea and from many naturalistic and historical beauties, as only in Sicily.
  
  We usually get up early, especially in the summer, since it gets hot and doing chores becomes difficult. We have many animals besides the horses that depend on us for food, care, and so on; so, if you aren't the type to get up early and/or are squeamish about 💩, this experience is NOT for you. We do plenty of other things too—like cooking together, going to the beach, and heading out to festivals—but you must remain committed and attentive to the task that needs to be done.
  We provide accommodation in a container unit with a private bathroom (sleeping two guests per room), a shared living area with a fully equipped kitchen, and an additional shared bathroom outside the unit. Two electric scooters and two bicycles are available for your use. We do not offer monetary compensation; instead, we exchange the stay for activities such as Western-style horseback riding lessons, traditional (and modern) Italian cooking classes, and hands-on experience making gelato, granita, preserves, pizza, focaccia, cookies, pastries, and much more

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Pets

  

  Farming

  

  Events & social

  

  Charity work

  

  Plant care

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Art & design

  

  Animals

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Beach

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Horse feeding and management, barefoot horse trimming, learning Sicilian and Italian, Sicilian cuisine, horse riding lessons, visiting the many archaeological and naturalistic sites in the area.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  You can look after the animals—feeding and cleaning them—and even ride the horses, whether in the riding arena or out on trail rides. There are also gardening tasks, fence building, minor painting tasks, and so on.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  English: Intermediate

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  You will have a 20mq prefabricated house with bathroom where sleep and a living room airconditionated whith kitchen ,hoven and washing machine at your complete disposal. you will cook independently, but there will be no shortage of opportunities to share meals.
  It is important to us that the premises are kept clean, and it is the guests' responsibility to do so.

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  What else ...

  the area is rich in numerous archaeological parks, works of art and historic cities like all of Italy, the sea is 10 minutes away by car, we are close to a commercial area that you can reach by bicycle (you will have two available), and two elettric scooters ,unfortunately public transport is not very efficient but we will help you. you can still ride a horse.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  we have a good connection that we can enhance please let us know first if you do this work. abbiamo una buona connessione che possiamo potenziare avvisateci prima se fate questo lavoro.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  the estate is approximately 2 hectares and there is space for one or more campers. la tenuta e di circa 2 ha c'è spazio per uno o più camper.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  You can bring your dog, cat, horse or pet dinosaur.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Tonno

  Carezzina

  Fragoletta

  Pony

  Solo

  Nutella

  Tigrotto

  Merlino

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