Authentic Tuscan retreat with our family near Cinque Terre, Italy

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  Description

  We are a little italian family, living and working in Tuscany in a tiny Borgo called Quarazzana: me, Ilaria, my husband Stefano, all helped and worked together to create this beautiful special place high up in the mountains.
  We are an ambitious, active and hard working family, who likes to meet friends, go for a walk, take pictures, paint and read, but also enjoy to have some privacy moments on the sofa drinking tea.
  Our farmhouse is more than 500 years old, our garden is big and all our food is freshly prepared due to our biological vegetable garden. We like to cook with regional and local products.
  We run an authentic small bed and breakfast that is now converting in a Borgo for retreats in an Hamlet in the northern part of Tuscany overlooking the Apuan Alps. Stunning views! A tranquil and calm place with wild cows and donkeys crossing the roads. Slow and easy italian living.
  Between june to septembre we welcome our fantastic guests from all over the world, providing organic breakfast, typical tuscan dinners, beautiful individually designed rooms, hiking tours, cooking classes and first of all: all the relaxation and rest that is needed.
  We offer offer accommodation plus food .
  Ask more about it if you like to have details.
  Good to know the village is 8 km from the city. There are no buses . We can give you some lift if you like to visit the surroundings or maybe find a lift from locals !

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Help with Computers/ Internet

  House sitting
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  Interests

  

  Farming

  

  Culture

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Books

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Italian language and tuscan kitchen, organic and biological ways to cook.
  You can have a nice walk trough the beautiful forest, make some sport, visit the seaside, swim in a natural waterfall close to our house or visit beautiful villages like:
  Pisa 1.5 h drive
  Lucca 1.5 h drive
  Cinque terre 1h by car
  Porto Venere 1h by car
  La Spezia 45 minutes by car
  Genova 1,15h by car
  Florence 2h by car

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  Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

  This host offers accommodation and payment.

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  Help

  We would like to share our house with a cheerful, friendly, helpful and respectful GIRL that is happily willing to help every day :
  we search a help for 𝓌𝓪𝒾𝓽𝓇𝓮𝓈𝓼 or cooking class helper and clean the house , very easy job, not experience needed just a smily , positive and flexible person is requested.
  The most important thing for us is that you are friendly and cheerful!
  We are open-minded, so contact us and describe you and what you are expecting from this experience!
  Other skills important for us :flexibility , independence . Important to be a balances person that can enjoy Life even in tranquil places .
  We search for people that love to learn and help, we do cooking classes, sometimes , wine taste and so on ..sometimes we require and help more then 4 hours , sometimes maybe you will have 3 days free maybe depending on the schedule with groups are coming.
  We offer offer accommodation plus at least minimum wage in your country for every hour worked. Ask more about it if you like to have details.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  I love to learn your language and your food culture !
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  Accommodation

  Private Room with an own bathroom .

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  What else ...

  We live in a very little village (now just ten inhabitants) in the countryside, high up in the mountains , no bus or trains are available from here (Quarazzana). The next village is 8km, approximately 15 minutes by car, but more than one hour to walk, away (Fivizzano), there you can find a supermarket, a post office and some cafes and restaurants.
  So it would be better if you have a car. If you are happy with walking or taking the bike, great, too!
  Sometimes we could take you or pick you up from the nearest trainstation in Aulla.

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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 can host digital nomads as we have wifi, the line is pretty good ( we are in countryside) in all the building and garden

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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