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Experience living in a camper van in Italy (MAY to SEPTEMBER)

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The experience

You would like to find out more about Vineyard work, gardening , farm live in general and enjoy a camper van lifestyle? Than this may be the right experience. We offer you a unique stay on our alternative Vinyard Farm in one off the most beautiful places in the World, South Tyrol in the middle of the italian Dolomites.

What you offer

16 hours of help per week

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Between 18 and 38 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

What is offered:
A stay in a Bed in one of our two Campervans, a spacious one with place for up to 4 people and a smaller one for two persons or a couple, additionally we can offer you a bed in our two-bed Room. So there is place for up to 8 people.
On ground floor there is a kitchen/ living room, a laundry room with a shower, a toilet and a washing machine for shared use. In addition, there is a large terrace with a panoramic view of the rose garden .
We also have an above ground pool to keep cool in the summer.
There is free WiFi throughout the house. From time to time, we have movie or game nights.

Once a week I normally drive to the grocery store, where you can join to make your personal grocery shopping.

If you have your own car, there is enough parking space available. Our farm is reachable very well by public transport from Bolzano busstation (next to the central trainstation) between 7 AM to 8:30 PM (Bus No. 165 direction collalbo, Bus stop Bivio Signato). The bus stop is 6 minutes walk away from the farm. We can pick you up at the Bus Stop Bivio Signato/Abzweigung Signat.


The nearest international airports are Verona, Bergamo, Innsbruck, Milan or Munich (between 2 to 4 hours by train to Bolzano +1-2 hours by Flixbus).

Activities & Shift

Mostly you work with me, Jasmin and Shaun.

We are looking for people (groups/friends welcome) who enjoy working outside and with their hands to help with one or more of the following tasks for approx. 3,5 hours a day/ 5 days a week (mostly we work monday til thursday from 4 pm til 7:30 pm and friday from 10 AM til 12 ) sometimes we make more hours in one day and make another day off, time scedule flexible :

Farm/ Garden work (seeding, planting crops, re-establishing vineyard areas, digging earth, set up concrete columns for the Vineyard, weeding, helping with the garden and growing berries,...)

Horticulture (build a pavilion, strengthen terraces, prepare compost toilets, solar showers for construction, build outdoor kitchen, create a path...)

Assist with Renovation work with the house (making walls, build a kitchen, painting, clearing out, rearranging, sorting ,building furniture, paint blinds, …)

Woodwork, Cutting wood for firewood.

Help around the house with cooking or chopping vegetables.

Once a week we clean up all together and bring the trash and recycling stuff to the recycling/trash place.

We are also happy to get involved with creative suggestions and tips. We want to be able to teach and learn from one another in many aspects; language, food, vineyard, etc.

Rules

Be yourself but dont bother others

Smoking is allowed everywhere but on first floor

Be kind :)