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Immerse yourself in the local lifestyle in Umbria, Italy

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The experience

We are a working agrotourism olive farm with several separate apartments. We are open to any type of traveller, single or couples. Although no skills are required being in good health and physical condition is a given. if you have a particular skill set building, joinery or landscape gardening this would be a bonus. At the very least you should be strong enough to be able to operate a petrol strimmer for a few hours a day.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

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

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

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.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The type of tasks varies, and no two days are the same dependant on weather we could be renovating on the house, helping pruning and looking after the olive trees, cutting the large lawns, clearing shrubs and small trees or landscaping the fields. It can be quite hard but we are only looking for a half a days work each day for 5 days a week.
Cleaning rooms and apartments for our Agriturismo activity will always be one of the task.
We are still learning as we go along but hopefully this year we should have a good crop of Olives to harvest. (usually 3rd week in October) What we can offer is lots of fun and really satisfying work along with plenty of time off to go and enjoy what Umbria and also the neighbouring areas of Tuscany and Lazio have to offer. If you are interested in picking olives you need to book with us very early as these places go quick.

Activities & Shift

Activities will be schedule week by week based on the weather and our agriturismo activity.
Shift will always be in the morning from 7am to 12 or from 8am to 1pm.

Rules

We expect you to keep your apartment clean and tidy at all times and to be respectful of our guests on the property.