Help with the garden and caring for our pets in rural Basilicata, Italy

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  Description

  Come and join us in the beautiful countryside between the sea and mountains in Basilicata (Nova Siri) Southern Italy. We have 5 hectares of land (including 100 olive trees), two dogs and two cats. We are a retired English couple and in our working lives we both were involved in international exchanges and love meeting new people and introducing them to our relative unknown corner of Italy. Our location is peaceful and beautiful and there are many places of natural and historic interest in the area. Unfortunately, public transport around here is very limited. If you do not have your own transport, there is the possiblilty of using my small car, but for insurance reasons this is only available for people over 25.
  We have had several very successful workaways and petsitters over the years and love meeting new people, sharing stories, food and wine together in the warm summer evenings. We are seeking help with walking the dogs, feeding the animals and gardening help. Also, as we get older, we find many of the heavier maintenance tasks become more difficult and we welcome assistance - things like strimming, watering, and olive tree pruning and harvesting.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Home sitting
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Culture

  

  Livres

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Histoire

  

  Randonnée

  

  Plage

  

  Nature

  

  Animaux

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Technologie

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Musique
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We love introducing people to this corner of italy and it's rural culture, music and cuisine. Although we are both English we have good links with the local community and S plays violin in a folk band. In season you can join us in the art of olive picking, pressing and pruning. We are happy to help you with your English if that is useful.

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  Aide

  We find having the animals limits out ability to get away for short breaks, so we would love having people who can take responsibility for looking after and walking our 2 dogs and feeding our 2 cats as well as keeping our small pool clean (so you can enjoy using it!) and some plants watered. During times we are away you would spend most of your time around the house and garden. During the rest of your stay some help walking the dogs and general help with the land, cutting grass, weeding, pruning, small repairs would be appreciated and you will have more free time to enjoy and explore the surrounding area.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Italien: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We are happy to help you improve your English or for you to help us improve our Italian
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  Hébergement

  We have a self contained fully equipped house situated next to ours (double bedroom, bathroom, kitchen/diner/lounge) with good internet and air conditioning. The lounge has a sofa bed. We also have a small pool to relax in. I love cooking and you are welcome to join us for any meals or to cook for yourselves in your fully equipped kitchen or any combination - we can agree what suits all of us.

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  Autres infos...

  We are 10 minutes drive from the sea and about 30minutes from the Pollino national park. In the area there are Greek temples, Roman remains, castles and stunning countryside. The UNESCO world heritage city of Matera is about 1 hour away. We are a short walk from the nearest bus stop and 30 mins from the nearest train station. Long distance buses stop about 10 mins drive away. Public transport is very limited in this part of Italy, with no taxis or local car hire facilities.We would like our guests either to have their own transport or have a driving licence and be over 25 so you can borrow my car. Sorry, but we are unable to accept people travelling with animals. Non smokers only.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have a good unlimited internet connection

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There is space to park a caravan or motorhome.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  Wilf

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