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Help us renovate our mountain house and take care of the garden in Stazzema, Italy

  • Last activity : 27 Oct 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    HI!
    We are Andrea and Elisabetta and we need help to start our project in the Apuan Alps Regional Park.

    The first step will be the general maintenance of a typical mountain house with plank floors that still smell of chestnut.

    We already did a lot of works (some really hard and some very important such as heating system that now consist in two fireplaces) and we really want to thanks all workawayers coming to help us, anyone with different skills and different attitude we’re and are an inexhaustible energy reserve, we aren’t speaking only about a physical effort, but especially for the moral support.

    We wait for other interesting people who know how to cheer up our difficult days with a smile and who want to participate and be involved in our project of life.

    We are in Alta Versilia, in the municipality of Stazzema, surrounded by luxuriant nature: streams, thick woods and an incredible wealth of animals and plants.
    Spectacular mountains will embrace us and can be reached by trekking on more or less easy paths: the Procinto and its Bimbi (for climbing enthusiasts), Monte Forato (from whose summit it will be possible to swing on a swing), the Pania della Croce (the Queen of the Apuan Alps), Monte Corchia (home to caves, mines and marble quarries), Monte Nona and Matanna (with its wild horses).

    Last, but not least: we are in a mountain just 20 km from the sea!

    The nearest cities are:
    - Forte dei Marmi / Seravezza / Querceta (train station)
    - Massa (train station / flixbus bus stop)
    - Viareggio (train station / flixbus bus stop)
    - Pisa (Airport / train station / flixbus bus stop)
    - Firenze (Airport / train station / flixbus bus stop)

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We will try to teach the volunteers some work activities that we will carry out to renovate the structure (in some cases supported by real professionals from the various sectors), for gardening and agriculture, but we will be happy to learn new skills from them, in a mutual exchange.

    We will arrange free time in order to give the possibility to enjoy the Apuan mountains and take a dip in the sea or in the art cities of Tuscany.

    We will try to share both work activities with the volunteers and, weather permitting, also some recreational activities, for example accompanying you on the paths or cooking traditional dishes to be enjoyed together in the typical Fireplace Room.

  • Help

    Help

    What is needed?
    In addition to willpower and basic DIY, carpentry skills (to fix floors or restore doors and windows, even painting them), masonry and plumbing will be indispensable.

    Next step?
    Recover the ancient vineyards, start a vegetable garden, take care of gardening in general; soon the time will come to split and collect wood, mushrooms and chestnuts.
    In November we could also collect some olives to take to the mill.

    Last undertaking, rebuilding the Metato of 1840.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Italian: Fluent
    English: Intermediate
    Spanish: Intermediate
    French: Beginner
    Russian: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    We speak English or Spanish, and a little French, but we will be happy to help you learn Italian... once I studied Russian, too.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    You will live with us and you will have a double or twin room at your disposal.
    The house is quite large and practically all the other spaces are shared (bathroom, kitchen, living room and garden)
    There is electricity, water and wi-fi.

    We will be happy to share meals with the volunteers and food will be included in the hospitality, the kitchen is well stocked and cooking equipment is available.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Gea could become a truffle dog.
    Old records and books to relax in front of the fireplace.
    Maps and advice are at your disposal.

    What else? We are waiting for you!

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    25 hours a week.

Host ref number: 343746212395

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