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Our house is a kite center that has its own surf spirit hotel, restaurant, bar and kite school. The center is located on the Gulbahce kite beach in Urla / Izmir – Turkey which is on the west coast of Turkey. It is approximately 14 km from Urla and 50 km from Izmir. Public transportation is available.
Turkish - French couple owns the center. It has 14 rooms and roof area, garden, a pool and a skate park. It has a warm and sociable atmosphere. You can meet foreigners and local people.
The center is pet friendly.
as for our staff: we are separated in to three part: the hotel, the kite school, and the restaurant.
The hotel: one manager, one receptionist, one cleaning lady, and one night guy. That is where most of the help of the workaway is needed: DIY projects, decoration, gardening, keeping the place tidy, and helping the cleaning lady on week ends when it is crowded and during events.
the school: we have a manager, two office person, four assistants, and 11 instructors. the only help from workaways we ask here is DIY project for the center, and decoration/painting.
The restaurant: a manager, a cook, a cook helper, a cleaning guy, a barista, two people taking orders, one delivery guy, and one "jocker". We don't ask for help there.
We offer our volunteer team food and accommodation for their help, and we do discount on the bar and kite lessons. Contact us for details :)Types of help and learning opportunities
Art ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsBabysitting and creative playGeneral MaintenanceCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about running a small hotel. Cultural exchange is guaranteed as we have foreigner guests. In your free times you can visit many places around Urla; local markets in different villages, wine, olive oil, hiking, cycling and historical route (Ephesus, Pamukkale, etc.), beaches to swim, surf and dive (Alacati, Cesme, Karaburun etc.)
Help
We need teammates with good spirit, cheerful, friendly, complies with hours and tasks. We need help in;
- General Maintenance: first to creacte DIY projects to enhance our place, and than to help us keeping the place tidy. we as well ask help for the cleaning on week ends and during events when it is crowded (not room cleaning, but the reception, common area, hanging the closes, and things like that)
- Gardening
- Baby sitting :)
We do not ask all workawayers to do everything, we try to devide the tasks according to everyone's best traits.
We are looking for long term volunteers; minimum 1 month up to 7 months.Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Free Bed in shared roof tent
Free Wireless Internet
Free Laundry and facilities
Free Breakfast, staff lunch and dinner (drinks are excluded)
Free tea and coffeeWhat else ...
In your free times you can visit many places around Urla; local markets in different villages, wine, olive oil, hiking, cycling and historical route (Ephesus, Pamukkale, etc.), beaches to swim, surf and dive (Alacati, Cesme, Karaburun etc.)
Public transportation, renting a car, scooter or bike is available. You can check our website, facebook and instagram account as well if you want to get more detailsA little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
we do have a small comon area for home office, and our internet is decent, but we do have some cuts sometimes (we are in a small village on the coast), so if you are really dependent on 24/7 internet, the best is to get a card for your phone, it's quite easy and cheap in the airport :)
Space for parking camper vans
we have a parking in front of the house, with easely reachable water. For waist water, we do not have in the parking though...
Can possibly accept pets
yes, of course, if the pet is ok with other dogs and humans :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
25 hours a week
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the vibe Nico and Pinar have created is nothing short of magical. it's a very social atmosphere and there are always lots of people to get to know and so much to do. I learned how to longboard and walk on the slack line, and there's a pool for hot days and activities planned like concerts and barbecues. you can… read more
basically, he was ok with everything, super hard working, always always respectul, and ever the entertainer!
don't over think it.... he is great!!!!!!
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the vibe Nico and Pinar have created is nothing short of magical. it's a very social atmosphere and there are always lots of people to get to know and so much to do. I learned how to longboard and walk on the slack line, and there's a pool for hot days and activities planned like concerts and barbecues. you can… read more
basically, he was ok with everything, super hard working, always always respectul, and ever the entertainer!
don't over think it.... he is great!!!!!!
I feel lucky to had been invited to join the lovely family. What should be two weeks, easily became a month and if I didn't have to go back to Croatia, I'd have stayed more.
The work is very easy to do, the hours are respected and the schedule… read more
Thank you for everything!!!!
I guess that's the best we can explain, she was just amazing here for us, the guests, and the general house athmosphere!
See you next year please :) :) :)
we can't say enough about them, they were just great!!!!!
Nico and Pinpin were great hosts, schedules were clear, and tools were prepared for all tasks. I was mainly doing painting on the wall and tables and I’m so grateful for the opportunity that they trusted me and let me be creative :)
Also the atmosphere was really great as… read more
She was always ok with everything! Hard working, clean, willing to learn... We were really happy to have her in our team, and you will aslo!
Hopefully see you around!
Anyways: don't think too much about him, he is good!
I hope we cross path again!
They are very welcoming and flexible, they try to adapt the work the everyone's capacity and wills :)
I've done mostly bricolage/building and decorative painting! Both works were really enjoyable
Also Nico is really transparent on the hours he expects from Workawayers, which… read more
She started with simple cleaning around, then moved on to DIY projects and… read more
Really greatful and Special thanks for Nico and Pinar, they really created… read more
They are multi talented, and are ok with everything. The basic tasked we asked from them was just packing and cleaning, which they did of course perfectly, but… read more
This was probably one of the best summer I had. I just enjoyed my staying so much. I meet so good people there and I made real friends. The whole team of the surfhouse was amazing. The workawayers, the kitchen staff and the instructors were always up to chill and have a… read more
I think we made him do everything we possible could ask of a workaway, and he was ok with it all! really brings good spirit and vibes to our place. Only question: when do you come back :)
My time at the house was wild, wacky and wonderful, I was here for about 2 months in 2021 from June-August and had some wonderful times! Depending on your skills, you will be put to work with differing tasks so as long as you are ready for anything that can come at you and are an open minded and flexible… read more
This is a beautiful location. It's a peaceful village near the sea. The area is very nice and comfortable, the rooms are cute and tidy. The work is precise and clear. We prepared the place for the upcoming season. There is nice free time activities such as table tennis, skate board place,… read more
Pinar and Nico (the owners) are really kind, cool, chilled people with great vibes. Tugce and Serena (the managers) where also great people to be around with and all the staff are very welcoming too, made some good friends there.
Regarding the help, it varies according to the time of the… read more
And on top of that, one of the nicest guy to be next to! Come back!!!!
Always available, very knowledgeable with computers and business software and tools, he helped us with all our computer needs and set up accounts on several different platforms, and even our friends and family camps as well.
Anyone that has him as a volunteer will be very lucky.
I super… read more
He was really friendly, calm, hard working, and doing a bit of everything: in the kitchen, the garden, helping in the kite school, the reception, and he even ended up doing massages for the guest! But most importantly, he was a really positive person to be around, our whole… read more
If you want to discover Kitesurfing and the beauty of Turkey and Turkish culture at the same time this is the perfect spot. I really felt like home and all the staff, owner, kite instructor became as a family.
Thanks a lot , Nur , Nico, Pinar, Ahu,… read more
we were really lucky and happy to have them as volunteers. they are easy going, friendly, positive and hard working.
especially during very very busy nights they worked really hard in the kitchen with the cleaning and they did a great job. we… read more
She came during the busiest period of the season and she directly got familiar with the work and with the team. everybody loved her. she was always asking if we need more help and even when we had really busy and tough day she was positive while… read more