Learn about our culture, history and traditions while living in a country house in Basilicata, Italy

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a friendly, happy couple with two grown-up children; a son, Vincenzo who is the owner of a tasty pizzeria and restaurant in the town and a daughter, Valentina who has graduated in languages running an English Language School and working as a teacher in the public high school.
    She lives above us and is a mother of two adorable children, Sebastian 10 years old and Olivia 5 Years old. My husband is a chemical engineer and now that he has retired from work, he loves spending his time in the countryside.. I have retired from teaching English as a second language. We all love socializing and meeting new people.

    We all live in a country house located on the outskirts of Montescaglioso, a town rich in history and traditions situated in the Basilicata Region, in Southern Italy.


    The nearest city (a 20 min. drive away) is Matera, a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is a fascinating city, famous for its 'Sassi' and for having been the location for Mel Gibson's film The Passion. It has lots of bars, restaurants, coffee shops and of course great shopping!! It's an amazing place to explore if you enjoy cultural experiences, history and architecture.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Enseignement
    Jardinage d'entretien
    Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
    Aide à la maison
    Petits travaux d'entretien
  • Centres d’intérêt

    Centres d’intérêt

    Dev. personnel
    Films et télé
    Culture
    Musique
    Histoire
    Art et design
    Livres
    Bricolage / artisanat
    Langues
    Cuisine et alimentation
    Arts du spectacle
    Dessin et peinture
    Plage
    Fitness
    Yoga / bien-être
    Nature
    Activités en plein air
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Our candidates will learn something about Italian culture. Living in a small town in the south of Italy, they will taste the real Italian traditional food. They will live with a family in a big house surrounded by a garden and lots of genuine products that nature gives us. They will improve their English as part of the family is English and find a lot of new friends apart from having a new family here with us.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    Interested candidates should email us with what skills they could offer so that we can assess suitability. Ideal applicants should be active and fit with a friendly mature outlook on life who are seeking to find out and discover Southern Italy. But it will appeal to anyone who is interested in art, culture, architecture, agriculture and good food.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Italien: Courant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    We would love the kids to speak more English. Sebastian loves teaching Italian to our guests.

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    You will be staying in one of the rooms of the house with a personal bathroom. Within the bedroom, there is a bed, a built- in wardrobe, two bedside cabinets, a table, an easy chair and a private shower room with toilet, sink and bidet.

    The guest room overlooks the garden where you can find a vineyard and a variety of fruit trees such as a fig tree, a plum tree and an apple tree.

    Meals provided will be self-service breakfast and a typical Montese lunch prepared by the host, Maria Carmela or Valentina. We will enjoy lunch together with a glass or two of local wine in the tavernetta. You will need your own transport if you wish to visit the surrounding area. There are buses which take you there and back to Matera every hour. The closest airport is Bari and there are buses which take you there from Matera.

    In exchange for free accommodation, self service breakfast and two meals which are served at lunchtime and dinnertime, we require five hours work everyday (usually 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. but this can be flexible). It would be nice to have lunch and dinner with the hosts, in the tavernetta, so as to feel part of the family. Most of the afternoons and the evenings constitute your free time to explore the local area or simply relax and enjoy reading a book in the tavernetta or outside on the patio under the porch (I have a wide variety of English novels you could choose from).

    The house is surrounded by the countryside and by its own garden. A ten minute walk, will take you to town, where you can visit the Benedictine Abbey dating back to the year 1000 A.D. and see many old churches in the historical part of the town. Apart from Montescaglioso, particularly recommended is Matera and the beaches of Metaponto on the Ionian Coast (a 20 min. drive from my town) where you can see relics dating back to four or five centuries B.C. when Metaponto was an ancient Greek Colony. It's a great location where you can learn about the real Italy!!!

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    I live on the outskirts of my town and there is lots of space for parking ...

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Deux

  • Mes animaux

    Mes animaux

    Salazar

    Nikita

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