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Forest Oasis in Calabria - Vintage clothing - Rare Fruits - Puppies
We’re Paula and Ramon, living on 10 hectares of forest just above the ancient city of Rossano—between the Ionian Sea and the Sila mountains. Our home sits in a pocket of biodiversity with natural springs, old trees, ruins waiting for revival, a greenhouse full of rare tropical fruit species, and gardens slowly turning into a year-round edible landscape. Paula runs a vintage clothing shop (60s–90s Italian pieces), and Ramon studies and collects plants. Around the place you’ll meet our dogs, our chickens, and the general atmosphere of a small but growing homestead where things are repaired, made, and created rather than bought.
We enjoy hosting people who are curious, practical, and up for learning or building something real—especially younger travelers who come for adventure rather than comfort. There’s a simple stone house for volunteers a few minutes’ walk away, surrounded by forest and mountain silence. What we seek isn’t just help, but connection: days spent gardening, crafting, hiking, solving problems together, and sharing meals. If you want to spend time in nature, grow skills, and be part of something evolving rather than finished, you’ll probably feel at home here.
- there will be puppies from January through March, previous puppies on youtube can be found using our link - ask us for it!
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Proyectos artísticos
Jardinería
Ayuda en una granja
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Intereses
Vida en autocaravana
Videografía
Moda y belleza
Agricultura
Cuidado de plantas
Música
Historia
Bricolaje y manualidades
Libros
Arte y diseño
Fotografía
Idiomas
Jardinería
Cocina y alimentación
Escritura
Artes escénicas
Autostop
Dibujo y pintura
Carpintería
Animales
Deportes de invierno
Montaña
Baile
Deportes acuáticos
Actividades al aire libre
Senderismo
Deportes de aventura
Ciclismo
Naturaleza
Acampada
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Paula is psychologist by study (Dutch university), but expert in vintage clothing by profession. Ramon has studied Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry (Dutch university - same one ;) ) but works with plants and artificial intelligence. We have, between us, valuable experience in:
Plant cultivation, vintage clothing, Woodworking, some metalworking (apprentice welder), Biodiversity and Evolution, mushroom foraging and how to keep animals. Also present, through close friends and family here: Southern Italian culture and language, cheesemaking, wineproduction and biological farming, amongst many other things.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
People with green thumbs and those with a trade, all trades welcome. We love to learn and help learn.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Alemán: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Italiano: Fluido
Holandés: Fluido
Francés: PrincipianteEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
If you speak Japanese or Sanskrit we would be very interested in that. :)
Alojamiento
~50 m2 seperate house in very good state, kitchen, shower, bed, etc.
Food I will not say anything else than this is Italy. Southern Italy.
Algo más...
We live in a mountainous area without any public transport nearby. Pickup from train station can be done, but please do tell us beforehand :)
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Good 4G connection we transmute into wifi. Occasionally slows during local peak hours right after southern Italian dinnertime, but stable overall.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
We have quite a lot of forest and some very good places for campers to park, especially if the camper can do a bit of offroading you can stand next to one of our springs, the river, etc.
Podría aceptar mascotas
Pigs, goats, sheep, donkeys and dogs welcome. But herbivores must be on a leash and carnivores must not hunt chickens.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Mis animales / mascotas
Kanjo (3 años)
Male is German x Maremmano
+ two females Pastore Silano (local breed)
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The five days I spent here have become unforgettable memories.
They always thought about how to make my stay better and sincerely listened to me, even though my English is not very good. They truly valued the time we spent together. We talked a lot during meals and tea… read more
See you soon!
Paula and Ramon
We discovered so many things on such a short notice, these people seem to always have new projects, aren't afraid to undertake new things and make life look as the great rich thing it is.
They gave us the feeling right away to be hosted by friends while being really attentive to… read more
You can have exciting and controversial discussions with them and learn a lot about freedom.
Best high quality meat and fresh fish in this… read more
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The five days I spent here have become unforgettable memories.
They always thought about how to make my stay better and sincerely listened to me, even though my English is not very good. They truly valued the time we spent together. We talked a lot during meals and tea… read more
See you soon!
Paula and Ramon
We discovered so many things on such a short notice, these people seem to always have new projects, aren't afraid to undertake new things and make life look as the great rich thing it is.
They gave us the feeling right away to be hosted by friends while being really attentive to… read more
You can have exciting and controversial discussions with them and learn a lot about freedom.
Best high quality meat and fresh fish in this… read more
