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We are a family of 4: Matteo (italian), Ane (Basque) and 2 kids Oihana (born in 2007) and Asier (born in 2010).
We live in the Basque Country, in the countryside, in a 300 years old rural house that where we are running a guest house (you can google Abatetxe) and always trying to improve our guests experience.
The house is quite isolated (1 hour walking in a mountain path or 15min by car from the nearest village) but we can pick you up at the train station.
So if you are looking for a relaxing place, this is your place!
We are easy going people that enjoy simple things like natural landscapes, a walk in the mountain or a good chat with a glass of wine.
We grow up our own vegetables in our very tiny and untidy organic veg-garden and around the house we have 2 hectares of land that we are tidying up. So there is quite a lot of work to do outside.
We also have some animals: donkeys, rabbits, hens, dogs and cats...
Here you will have a totally "off-grid" experience: electricity only from solar panels and wind turbine, spring water and heating with a firewood boiler.
At home among us we speak Italian and Basque but we can also speak English and Spanish.
We have been quite active on other sites, so we are used to host people at home and we love to have cultural interchange.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projetsJardinageBricolage et constructionS’occuper des animauxAide dans une fermeCuisine/repas pour la familleAide à la maisonEntretien généralEchange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will live in our house, share with us the everyday life, learn local culture.
We can share what we are learning about eco-farming and animal care.
You can learn the local language. You'll have spare time to visit our Country and to go to the beach/mountain. Have a look to The Official Tourism Website of the Basque Country to have an idea.Aide
We look for a person that could help us with the house chores (cleaning up, washing machine, etc..) / general maintenance / gardening (cutting grass, taking care of the veg garden).
We won't ask you to work with guests, just in our private house, in the garden and with animals...
You don't need to be a professional. We'll teach you how to do each task. but of course any of your relevant skills will be put to use!
Helping time: at least 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. There is no scheduling so we can plan the jobs together according to our needs and to your free-time plans.Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Basque: Courant
Italien: Courant
Français: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.Hébergement
You will have your own private room with a double bed in our house. In the house there are 2 bathrooms that we'll share.
Smoking not allowed inside the house.Autres infos...
We have no TV and limited WIFI but usually there is a good mobile phone coverage.
The house is quite isolated. It would be better if you have your own car, bike or good legs.
Our daughter is coeliac, so at home we always have gluten free food if you need.
We live in the heart of the Basque Country, at 40 minutes by car from the 3 main cities: Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria.
20min by car from the nearest beach (Deba).Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
The WiFi in our house is not really good.. But it works.
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Timetable is flexible.
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be done and at the end he really made us feel proud of the cement nature stone walls and finishing the donkey stable. I loved walking the dogs every day, still missing these walks in the morning. Matteo… read more
Not only is James a great conversationalist, but he's also an incredibly hard… read more
Abatetxe is incredible place to work and stay. I loved the daily routines of… read more
We spent there three weeks which was great opportunity to know the Basque country. Matteo, Ane, Oihana and Asier are very friendly and outgoing people. It was a pleasure to meet them and talk everyday, They are a wonderful family who like… read more
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be done and at the end he really made us feel proud of the cement nature stone walls and finishing the donkey stable. I loved walking the dogs every day, still missing these walks in the morning. Matteo… read more
Not only is James a great conversationalist, but he's also an incredibly hard… read more
Abatetxe is incredible place to work and stay. I loved the daily routines of… read more
We spent there three weeks which was great opportunity to know the Basque country. Matteo, Ane, Oihana and Asier are very friendly and outgoing people. It was a pleasure to meet them and talk everyday, They are a wonderful family who like… read more
Me quedé poco más de 2 semanas, y mis tareas fueron bastante sencillas ya que en ese… read more
Jenny was a pleasure to have around - she had a calm and easygoing demeanor, and she managed her work and free time with great autonomy.
It was truly nice to see how well Jenny adapted to our family. We all grew fond of her in no time. She lent a hand in… read more
Just a pity her stay was too short.
Absolutely recommended!
During this 2 weeks we've… read more
I helped them by carying about the animals and the garden, cleaning the house and the casa rural (guesthouse). One of my tasks was also to participate in the renovation of the… read more
About our work : The tasks are pretty basic. When Matteo had guests, we cleaned the common parts of the guesthouse. Otherwise, we feed the… read more
Very recommended!
Lisa and Giuseppe are a hard working couple, able to take care of a job with few instructions and with good self-initiative.
But there has not been just work: we really enjoyed to share with them… read more
Lisa and Giuseppe are a hard working couple, able to take care of a job with few instructions and with good self-initiative.
But there has not been just work: we really enjoyed to share with them… read more
The work to do is never stressful, also thanks to the visual refreshment of the beauty of the place.… read more
Both of them are interested in local culture and always open for cultural interchange.
Very recommended!
Moreover, Karl is always keen to help, hard worker and capable to take the initiative. He helped us with house chores (he is a professional!) and with some… read more
He connected very well with all the family and other workawayers. He has a special skill to communicate with the kids.
By the way, his English is not too bad even if he is Irish ;D
Good communication, it was a pleasure to host them.
Montserrat es muy disciplinada y proactiva lo que nos ha ayudado un montón!
Además es una persona exquisita, ha… read more
She is quiet and ununtrisive and she has been respectful with the house rules.
Very hard worker, skilled, enthusiastic and with initiative. And always in good mood. Totally recommended!
Matteo is a great person, with a good taste in renovating a traditional basque farmhouse, so the work was always very interesting.
I'd love to go back to help him any… read more
Hard worker and always kin to help.
Totally recommended!
But it's not just about work. We… read more
They are running an amazing agriturism now (check it out!), we helped them out with the final details before the opening day (cleaning, forniture assembly, building, painting etc.) and also with some routine tasks like feeding the animals and taking out the dogs for a… read more
He is also a cheerful and positive person. It's nice to have him around.
It has been a very interesting interchange: he always has stories to share about Argentina and all the places he has… read more
Todo en este lugar es perfecto, Matteo es un anfitrión excelente y te hace sentir cómodo desde el primer minuto. La casa es hermosa y está ubicada en un lugar increible. Todos sus animales son encantadores en especial sus perros. El trabajo fue muy bueno y Matteo me dio mucha libertad… read more
All of them are very hard workers, each one with different skills. More over they are a very environmental aware family and they can teach you a lot of good hints to lower your… read more
Multi-skilled workers, they learn quickly whichever task you give them.
They taught me some very good vegan receipt and we had interesting chats around the table :)
100% trustworthy!
A pesar de no tener experiencia en construcción Matteo nos… read more
They are also very skilled with kids!
Very recommended :)
In spite of her young age, you will be amazed by the quantity of skills she has. We recommend to host her if you have the opportunity!
Matteo and Ane are amazing hosts who welcomed me in right away. The work was fun and fair, and I learned a lot during my stay.
There are absolutely beautiful hikes which Matteo and Ane were very helpful helping me get to.
I highly recommend this workaway!!!
Hopefully our paths with cross again,
Thank you for… read more
Pleasantly chatty, he is also very good with kids. Absolutely recommended!
It was our first workaway experience as a couple and we didn’t expect to enjoy as much as… read more
With our surprise Zac adapted very well to the circumstances and apart from helping us a lot in the construction, he turned out to be an extremely happy and pleasantly chatty… read more
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There are few people you will meet in your life that will fall under the category of truly great, giving, loving, comforting, amazing people and Matteo and Ane are among them. They have such a beautiful home that is not only beautiful upon the eye but inside is warm and filled with love. It really is a miracle and a… read more
Recommended!
We learnt a lot about construction, Matteo gave us some really good tips !
The place is very nice, surrounded by the mountains.
Matteo and Ane are… read more
Absolutely recommended!
He is also a very good English teacher and always interested in local culture. We enjoyed good chats with him about loads of subjects.
Recommended!
His only weak point is the herbal tea :)
Recommended!
Rosi helped us during her staying with the house chores and the barbecue building.
In general an excellent experience. If you have the occasion to host her don't miss it!
We hope there will be more chances to meet in the future :)
Nosotras estuvimos el mes de Febrero con esta familia haciendo nuestro primer Workaway.
Matteo y Ane nos hicieron sentir como en casa desde el primer día y con Asier y Oihana nos lo pasamos genial jugando y aprendiendo los unos de los otros. Y sin olvidarnos del Pirata Malapata.
El trabajo era muy ameno como pasear a Bosco y Artza, dar de… read more
Despite his young age he has got a lot of experience traveling around the world and it' always interesting to listen to him speaking about it.
He has been very friendly… read more
Absolutely… read more
Lluis helped us with every kind of work: demolition, animal care, house chores and... cooking! He is a very good cook, showed us some delicious receipts.
Lluis is an open guy but discreet and unobtrusive. He connected perfectly with… read more
I took care of their animals and also help with some some demolition work. Besides to that I had a lot of free time, wich I used to explore the beutiful landscape.
I also had some great talks with Matteo about their… read more
He is not afraid of hard manual work, we had a couple of intense week ends when he worked many hours in a row in a demolition.
He also helped us with the… read more
She has been also a good babysitter, the kids connected with her easily.
They are an amazing couple: full of energy and good willing, hard workers. They designed and built a new wooden fence for the veg-garden in few days and the result was very good. Moreover they are nicely talkative and patients with the kids.
We all felt very comfortable… read more