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29 abr 2025
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**AT THE MOMENT I AM SEARCHING A WA to start by may the 11th and onwards for a minimum of 3 weeks. The ideal would be upt to June the 18th.**
Dear Workawayer we live in Catania (Sicily - Italy); my family is composed of my two children Francesca (17 yo) and Alessandro (15 yo), and me (Valeria 54 yo). I teach at the University of Catania in the master degree of Pharmacy and my children attend schoool. Moreover, we have 2 cats.
We live in a beautiful and comfortable mansion on one single level with a large garden around and a swimming pool. The conformation of the land is typical of the Etna's area. The endemic vegetation, the Mediterranean scrub and fruit trees find space among the centuries-old lava stones. The villa is very close to the city center (15 min walking and 10 min by bus) and located in a residential area of the upper area of Catania. The bus stop is very close to the house, 50 mt.
The focus of the volunteering is sharing different cultures and having help around the mansion. Help requested will only be for my private residence. The type of help is mainly focused on garden/simming pool maintenance and help around the house with cleaning mansion. In addition, upon request by the workawayer, we can mutually agree on DYI and building projects. The garden is huge and there is always something to do! I would say that our family is very easy going. We love the outdoors, going to the seaside, traveling, playing with children, and staying with friends. I have plenty of experience with workawayers and with au-pairs since we had more than 30 in the past 15 years. All of us speak fluently English and I speak also Spanish.
The city of Catania is directly on the sea. The weather is generally very warm and lovely and it is possible to go to the seaside. In Catania, by night during the whole week there are some nice pub with live music and many college students coming from Sicily and many Erasmus students coming from foreign country. It is possible to attend class of Italian language and improve/learn this beautiful language. In addition, the city is near Etna volcano (the biggest active one in Europe), Taromina, Siracusa and Piazza Armerina, all of them beautiful place for one day trip.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Jardinería
Cuidado de animales
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Ayuda informática
Intereses
Cultura
Sostenibilidad
Cocina y alimentación
Jardinería
Libros
Yoga / bienestar
Senderismo
Naturaleza
Actividades al aire libre
Deportes acuáticos
Deportes de invierno
Navegar / barcos
Playa
Deportes de aventura
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
The travellers can benefit from the cultural excanghe by being soaked in a true Sicilian family. They can learn Sicilian cooking, culture and, why not, some italian.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
The property as you can easily from pictures is very big and comfortable.
It is appreciated previous experience with in helping around the house with regular cleanings and gardening tools such as lawn mower, blower, etc.
Your help is requested for a maximum of 4-5 hours per day on a 5 days basis in the following activities (mostly depending on the season):
Help around the house daily with general cleaning such as do the dishwashers and the washing machine, iron the loundry, vaccum and mop the floor, etc.
Maintenance and cleaning of the swimming pool and the surrounding terrace: daily (only during the summer)
Feeding pets: daily
Take out the garbage: daily
Remove the fallen leaves: daily (mostrly during the summer)
Manually remove unwanted weeds in the garden: twice a week
Watering some parts of the garden 3 times per week (mostly during the summer)
Keep your own bedroom and bathroom cleaned: daily
Cooking meals: couple of times per week (not mandatory)
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Italiano: Fluido
Español: IntermedioEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
Este anfitrión ha indicado que está interesado en compartir su idioma o aprender otro.
Ponte en contacto con él para obtener más información.
Alojamiento
PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH A SMALL OFFICE ON THE MEZZANINE FLOOR, AND A PRIVATE BATHROOM. No air conditioning in the bedroom. STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION
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Catania - sandwiched between the Ionian Sea and a volcano, is a city shaped by lava Catania. After dark, it really came alive. Bars open up and spill out onto the sidestreets left vacant in the daylight. Streets fill out with young people and students and bands play their live music. There are plenty of unforgettable experiences to live in Catania and in Sicily. Below some of them:
Appreciate Sicilian Baroque
Spend a Morning at the Fishmarket
Visit the Ampitheatre of Catania
The Monastery of Benedettini and the Church of San Nicolò l'Arena
Visit Bellini Theater and Piazza Duomo
The Flea Market at Piazza Carlo Alberto di Savoia
Taste Etna Wine
Devour amazing Sicilian food and Catania’s street food (arancino, cannolo, cassata siciliana, etc)
Taste an amazing Italian pizza
A Day Trip Catania Beaches, La Plaja, Aci Trezza or Aci Castello
A Day Trip to Mount Etna
A Day Trip to Siracusa
A Day Trip to Taormina
A Day Trip to Piazza Armerina to see the ancient Roman villa
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
The workawayer will have a private small office with free internet available
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
Podría aceptar mascotas
No
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Uno
Comentarios (15)
Valeria e i figli sono sempre molto gentili e rispettosi mi sono sentita subito a mio agio, nonostante gli impegni della famiglia non sono mancati i momenti di chiacchiere e confidenze.
Ho già chiesto a Valeria di poter tornare.
La casa è… read more
Valeria is an amazing person.She is very generous,warm-hearted and made me feel like I was at home.
I really enjoyed their company and having dinner together with very good… read more
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Valeria e i figli sono sempre molto gentili e rispettosi mi sono sentita subito a mio agio, nonostante gli impegni della famiglia non sono mancati i momenti di chiacchiere e confidenze.
Ho già chiesto a Valeria di poter tornare.
La casa è… read more
Valeria is an amazing person.She is very generous,warm-hearted and made me feel like I was at home.
I really enjoyed their company and having dinner together with very good… read more
I can only say good thing and I can definitely… read more
For the work, I cleaned swimming pool and the area around every morning. Feed the cats and a dog. I continued to keep the house clean,… read more
The highlights for me were eating together with the family and visiting the beautiful market in the neighborhood with Valeria once a week, early in the morning.
I would like to thank Valeria for taking the time to do this, despite her busy daily… read more
He is a quick learner, super organized and reliable - during the time he stayed with us he never missed a duty, hir work was always perfect!
His gentle presence will be missed!
We would be more than happy to have you with us again!
Best of luck Titus!
I can definitely recommend Nora as your next future workaway!
I got to enjoy a lot of delicious Italian food and try new things which was so fun. I felt… read more
Valeria is an amazing host, who has a heart of gold. Franci and Ale are great kids, sweet and lots of fun. Salvo is warm and… read more
