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My name is Spiros ,my wife's name is Nikoletta .
About 10 years ago Nikoletta and I decided to quit our jobs and go live something new that fits us more. I was an electrician and Nikoletta was a social worker earning good money. We decided we could not continue to live in the city any more. We want to be free and happy, and create our own biological products. We love nature, we live respectfully within her. Now we have a big beautiful farm with many animals, vegetables and fruit trees, which allow us to be around 80% self-sufficient. All of this requires a lot of work, and we need some help. This is not a hobby for us, it is a way of life. All our knowledge and technical expertise we have acquired, we would love to share with people around the world who are thirsty for a different kind of life, along with our daily life and products. Our hospitality - Filoxenia in Greek - is freely offered to anyone willing to respectfully visit our farm. Filoxenia is expression that is significant in Greece, and we serve it. At our farm we organize and participate in musical, theatrical, environmental events as well as technical seminars. Our English is limited, but we would like to improve, and beyond this we would love to learn and exchange knowledge and our culture with any friend and citizen of the world that would like to come here with their own language, traditions, knowledge and culture.Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity WorkLanguage practiceHelp with Eco ProjectsGardeningAnimal CareFarmstay helpBabysitting and creative playCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
* You can learn here growth and caring of vegetables
*You can learn how to make your own wine,iiquers,greek traditional tsipouro,ouzo and a very delicious juice from our grapes and we call it "petimezi".
* You can learn here how to bred animals and handle them . we have cattles cows sheeps goats chikens ducks and pigs.
*you can learn how to keep traditional seeds from our plants(tomatoe,pop-corn,red sweet peppers and many others) and how to grow up and it is our pleasure to share them with you.
*If you are a food lover here is the place for you, you can try many Greek dishes and the most important 90% of what you will eat here is made by us with respectful ways for our animals and plants. no chemicals at all and full biological methods. .
*you can learn how to make cheese(many kinds of traditional greek cheeses),yoghurt,bacon and other handmade products.
* It is easy for you to visit the capital of Greece Athens. It's about 1 hour away by train. The train station is very close to us (2km)
*you can learn how to make ceramic items,and basketware
*you can learn grafting treesProjects involving children
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Help
* Trees and vegetables care by pruning and watering
* Grass cutting and garden care
* Fruit collect and processing (Creating jams etc)
* Feeding the animals (OPTIONAL)
*we need hands when we put onions,peppers,potatoes and other vegetables
* we want help when we make the wine ,from our grapes ,or others greek traditional drinks ,like "tsipuro',or "ouzo",
●We must to say,from November until December we need help to pick up olives,to put the new plants to our garden ,and to built with stone small walls and other tasksLanguages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: IntermediateAccommodation
We have a guest room for you. Its a room 5x5 meters with 2 beds, a window and WC You will have your own autonomy.
We provide all the food you will need
1-2 meals will be eaten with the family and you will have access to the food if you want to eat more.after a lot of works we make every day, we love to rest and enjoy a coffee,or tea or food with you.and talk about the things we interested all.What else ...
*GO in Athens by train 1 hour away.
*Go to chalkida city by train 20 minutes away.
*Go to sea 20 minutes away by bicycle (we have it for you).
*Relax to our big beautiful garden.
*Relax with us, we love to meet new people :)
■Also,you can see us in istagram- ask us for the linkA little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day,and 2 days free in the week
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Here is really amazing and beautiful place!!
I’m really happy to come here and I spent time with the family and them friends.
I can’t write everything here, but the most memorable event is making pepper souse!
Spuros’ music, Nikoletta‘s delicious food, joining the party.
And I was happy… read more
The work on the farm was both varied and engaging, offering something new and… read more
Thank you charlotte !!!!!!!
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Here is really amazing and beautiful place!!
I’m really happy to come here and I spent time with the family and them friends.
I can’t write everything here, but the most memorable event is making pepper souse!
Spuros’ music, Nikoletta‘s delicious food, joining the party.
And I was happy… read more
The work on the farm was both varied and engaging, offering something new and… read more
Thank you charlotte !!!!!!!
So willing and hard worker person ,and he did things in farm for the first time and he was very very good!!!he support us… read more
I received a very warm welcome and was able to immerse myself in the Greek mentality and lifestyle of the family. It was a great experience to see how much… read more
His knowledge and… read more
When you stay at the farm you… read more
Our english are not very good to express how gratefull we feel for him.
Lukas loves the nature,the art,the people,the animals and the KIDS!!!!!!
He never felt bored!!!he never stoped to work.
He is one of the most… read more
The place is beautiful, with incredible views, from their garden you can see the sea and the mountains and also enjoy the animals, they have a lot of animals, fruit trees and their produce all their products, incredible how mucho their world on their… read more
I felt like a… read more
Nikoletta is so friendly and made me so happy every morning when I came… read more
I was feeling very confortable from day one. I loved looking after Zois, the little darling, being shown around by Stelios… read more
I was at Spiros and Nicoletta's farm for 2 weeks during December as a last minute decision. I… read more
Being exhausted of a hard work day and taking a break all while eating a freshly picked fig right under this tree is… read more
I spent three weeks or so on the farm in August 2021. From the first day, they made me feel at home. I enjoyed my conversations with Spyros and Nikoleta. The tasks were simple but sometimes quite physical :-). I enjoyed spending time outside in the garden and with the animals. I had a lot of fun with the family and… read more
We stayed a little over two weeks with you and to say the least, it went by at an impressive speed ;)
We learned a lot about gardening, cooking, apricots," life on the farm, Greek culture...
It was an incredible cultural exchange! Thank you for your benevolence and your immense kindness.
Take… read more
Thank you very much for everything... I wish you the best!!!
ALICE :-)
i Had to go back in France, but i wish i could stay more or at least come back an other day .
In fact in 15 days, i learn a lot about gardening, farming (yeh they really have a lot of animals and Many fruits trees), we also did some DIY like building… read more
THANK YOU SO MUCH! <333