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Agritourism in Madonie Nature Park - Italy

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The experience

I run an agritourism in a beautiful place 15 km from Cefalù in the Madonie Park,in Sicily. We need help with carpentry work, masonry, gardening, horticulture,permaculture, making signposts for the trails in the ancient oak forest, caring for the animals and sometimes serving breakfasts and cleaning common spaces. Ours is also a literary agritourism (with library) and an educational farm.

What you offer

24 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

What you get

1 day off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner Italian or Intermediate English

Between 25 and 66 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

I am trying to restore a farmhouse that has been neglected and abandoned for many years. We are already well underway but lack the money to complete some important parts. We have set up a small vegetable garden. We need to clear the forest paths of stones and brambles and collect wood; restore two studios in the forest and make an outdoor kitchen; build new fences; and paint lettering for signposts in the forest. We need to finish cataloging library books; ours is also a literary farmhouse, and each room is dedicated to a different author or character in literature. The ancient oaks are also dedicated to poets, and ours is a literary and poetic forest, unique in Sicily. Yoga, creative writing and meditation workshops are also sometimes held at our place.

Activities & Shift

- Restoration of two cottages in the woods, with restoration of an outdoor kitchen (masonry and carpentry work, plumbing)
- Painting of wooden signposts and planting of signs in the woods
- cutting of wood
- clearing brush
- construction of fences
- gardening and horticulture
- cleaning
- animal care

These activities are not all done every day, but different activities are done every day

Rules

The volunteers are supposed to work about 5 hours per day with flexible tasks and schedule