Bring back to life a traditional old Trullo immersed in nature in Puglia, Italy

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  Description

  NOTE: this 2025 spring we're hosting workawayers just in the week from May 18th to 25th! Thank you!
  
  Ciao, I am Davide, I have an old family Trullo (a traditional dry stone house with conical roof) surrounded by a land full of pine trees, that I am bringing back to life, to create a beautiful nature place that will host artistic projects, workshops, dance events... and possibly a part of it to tourists in the future
  I works as a theatre actor/director, organizer/teacher of Contact Improvisation dance events in Italy, and web developer; I'm also passionate about quality loose leaf teas, so when you are here you can enjoy some tea tasting in nature, is a kind of meditation :)
  I'm looking for uncomplicated travelers that would love to spend some days in Puglia countryside helping with some seasonal Trullo maintenance.
  
  PLEASE don't send requests for periods outside the available ones in the calendar, we really cannot host outside of them!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Vidéographie

  

  Vie en van

  

  Technologie

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Films et télé

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Culture

  

  Photographie

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Musique

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Art et design

  

  Animaux

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Danse

  

  Camping

  

  Plage
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  The travellers will experience the life in Puglia countryside, and enjoy staying in an old and traditional Trullo immersed into a pine trees wood, learning the traditional maintenance procedures of such characteristic house. They can explore this interesting and naturalistic part of southern Italy as well, full of enchanting small towns and large clean beaches.
  I speak English, Italian, Spanish, so language practicing is welcome.

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  Aide

  The place is in quite good conditions, I want to refresh it and create a good standard of living, and enjoyment of the nature around. In order to do this, I am looking for volunteers that can help in:
  - painting the exterior walls and the Trullo (traditional white paint needs to be refreshed almost every year)
  - cleaning the green spaces
  - house maintenance and cleaning
  - small decoration of interior and exterior spaces
  and other small duties.
  
  The big project includes building a wooden dancefloor in nature, and some wooden outdoor toilets and showers, so in case you have some specific skills in doing this, please state it in your request!
  
  I plan to do this in 1/2 weeks periods during May/June or October/November (please check the availability calendar of currently available periods!), creating a nice small group of workawayers (maximum 4 places are available in different rooms); would be also useful if someone can cook meals for everyone during this period, maybe in turns.
  
  Ideally I would love to have handy people, creative and pro-active, a bit artistic, feeling connected with nature, dance or somatic disciplines, yoga... the space is ideal for that :)
  I'd love to get help from passionate people, nature lovers or artists to share the life in the trullo, meals, experiences and beautiful sunny days in southern Italy nature.
  
  The volunteers would work together for 5/6 days per week, for no more than 4/5 hours a day, with a free schedule; the rest of the day is free. You can enjoy staying in beautiful italian countryside, visit the nearby Martina Franca town, or explore the wider Puglia area, including many free beaches (your own or rented car, motorbike or bike is recommended to get around more easily).

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Italien: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  Guests can sleep in the Trullo, we have 2 extra rooms with 4 single beds or 2 double beds. I provide bedding and towels. You are also free to camp on the land between the pine trees if you wish!
  There's one bathroom that is shared, and the kitchen. We also have a big living room with fireplace where you can relax, and hammocks beetwen the trees where you can rest enjoying the nature.
  A typical italian breakfast and lunch (that will be cooked by me or someone from the volunteers) are provided at no cost. Dinner is self catering, or with sharing of food expenses; you can of course also go out for dinner (the nearest town is 2km away, reachable by foot or by bike).
  The house is in the wild nature so you can enjoy trees, meadow, birds singing and beautiful sunsets on the rooftop! Sometimes you can meet also a fox and small wild animals that live in our land.
  There are many nice paths for quiet walks around many other Trullos, farms, fields with cows and other domestic animals - some neighbours have also horses.

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  Autres infos...

  The Trullo is located in the countryside of Martina Franca, 2km away from the town center; Martina Franca is a touristic town famous for the traditional Trullo houses (close to Alberobello that maybe you've heard of), and has a beautiful old district all made in white stone. The town is full of restaurants, groceries, mozzarella shops, bakeries, supermarkets, banks, pharmacies, any kind of shop. It's possible to reach it on foot, but is better you have your own/rented car, motorbike or bike.
  Sometimes we may decide to go together to some folkloristic event around, if happening, or trips around the area.
  Within 30mins distance by car you can reach the closest seaside. Having your car is recommended for maximum independency (parking is possible in the peoperty or nearby); we may arrange, having availability of time, a trip with my car also for max 3 people.
  I like so much to spend time with international guests (for a few years I've run a big hostel close to Naples) and exchange my knowledge and experience, but my availability for shared activities depends of course on the amount of work we will have to do.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have a WiFi router through mobile connection with good velocity, but limited to 100gb data per month, so if you want to do your digital work is welcome, but please consider the connection can be inadequate for big data transfers (e.g videos, graphic projects ecc.)

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There's space for a camper/van or two.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  The land surrounding the Trullo doesn't have a fence, so you will have to take care that your pet doesn't run away.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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