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Enjoy outdoor help in southern Tuscany, Italy

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  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Enjoy outdoor help in the autumn in southern Tuscany, Italy

    Our place is a big house with 20 ha of land in the hills behind the town of Cortona in southern Tuscany. We are a German/English couple and have owned the house for 40 years. we could do with the help of one or two practical guys with a bit of muscle and some experience. There is for example the vegetable garden to dig over, hedges to cut , wood to stack and lawns to mow, and general maintenance. We can host people from mid October onwards, min. stay one week, maybe longer.
    John is very practical and has a lot of skills in building, carpentry, plumbing, gardening, but is a bit handicapped at the moment due to a knee operation. He used to be a model maker and Sabine a language teacher. We both love to have people around and had many very good experiences with helpers from all over the world.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We speak english, german and italian and french. We are happy to share our experiences with you and to take you along to places and cultural events and to meet interesting people.

  • Help

    Help

    We plan for help 4-5 hours 5 days a week. It will be mainly outdoors and physical.

  • Languages spoken

    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent
    French: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    The house is divided into 2 apartments, the helpers stay in the upstairs apartment ,each with their own room and good wifi. We will provide 3 meals a day, mainly Italian cooking, vegetarian mostly, but also meat and fish sometimes. We are also curious to experience new dishes from your country!

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Cortona is on the main train line from Florence to Rome and near to many interesting cities and sights, such as Montepulciano, Arezzo, Siena, Perugia, Lake Trasimeno. There is a school bus to Cortona that stops right by our house. There is good hiking on old roman roads right from the house and everywhere in the area.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 859339534558

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