Area: Bretagne

We are a Franco-Canadian family of 4 living in the city of Brest, in Brittany, a 4 1/2 hour train ride from Paris, 2 hours from Rennes. We speak fluent English French, Italian, and some German. Our apartment is located right downtown, a 15-minute bus ride away from the beach, one block from the main square and main bus / tramway lines. The train / coach station (destinations including Quimper, le Conquet, Rennes) is a block away. The beach is 15 minutes away. We live close to the pubs and restaurants, and the lively Brest ports ( with boat rides to the Islands of Ouessant, Sein, Molene) are a 15-minute walk away too. If you wish to meet fellow travellers, local and foreign students, there is an international group in Brest bringing together expatriates and internationally-oriented people with mutual language and cultural interests in a spirit of shared generosity. It organises a vast choice of events including casual bar nights, language-exchange evenings, special events (BBQ, picnic) and parties.

Area: Andalucia

Hello and welcome to my offer.... I'm Noel and I need help to organise and expand my work as the manager of a hiking holiday company in this beautiful area of Spain. I would like help running and growing the business and this could involve tasks from shopping and car washing to meeting clients and coming out walking with them. Its a varied job and would be good for someone who wants to explore, meet people and have a lot of varied work to do. I have many other interests and I have many many projects that have started (thanks to previous workawayers) including writing a couple of books/planning a world record, starting up a Spanish/English education charity. You will not be bored! I have travelled a lot and have met good people and had great times in lots of places, especially the USA, Germany, Israel and Spain. Now its my turn to be the host. P.S. Just so you know, my guests have told me that this work is interesting because of the subject matter, and that it requires a fair bit of thought. Just so you know..

Area: middle of Holland

We are located in the middle of Holland in a beautiful countrysite in between the two rivers Waal and Maas. The area is known for biking, walking and horse riding. In the direct neighbourhood there's few old castles to visit, a wooden shoe factory, Zaltbommel with it's medieval houses and the city Den Bosch. It's also an ideal location if you want to stay in the quiet and be able to explore Holland. It's 1 hour to Amsterdam (we used to live there for over 20 years, so can give you some advise where to go and what to see) It's 20 min to Utrecht and 1,5 hour to Maastricht (also lived there for a long time). We are living in an old farmhouse. We have lots of fruittrees and lots of flowerbeds. We especially need help with gardening. From march till oktober we are having teaparties in the garden and sometimes other events. Help is needed there. Please notice that we do want you, if you are volunteering with us, to be fully insured yourselves (medical insurances, liability, travel etc.)

Area: Pays de la Loire

Hi We use to travel as often as we can (Morroco, india, Israel, Australia, eastern Europe, New-Zealand…) and we found a great way to go on travelling while we’re at home : hosting workawayers ! We are a friendly french family : Christophe : healer (osteopath) likes to practise Tai-chi-chuan and very good cook (healty food), Maud : writter and actor's director, with 2 easy going children Lin 9 years old and Enki-Aimé nearly 1 year. Lin is a great French teacher, he is very talkative! And you could teach him some English too. Right now, we live in a tiny straw balls house, where you will have your little own bedroom. We are also restoring a goat’s barn that Maud’s father built in the eighties... The place is situated in a beautiful area with fields and forests, close to a small typical village, not very far from Paris (1H30 by train and bus). If you feel like being in the nature, living simply, sharing lifetime, come to join us. We need a hand for different kind of things : to look after our children, for cooking (we love discovering new meals from all over the world) and in the outdoors like planting fruit trees, cleaning or gardening. Also, artists and creative people who like all kind of manual activities are much welcome. Sometimes our plans change at the last minut, we are not very organized people, so you need to be flexible... Very close to home, you will find nice walking and biking tracks, artisanal markets, festivals,brocantes,lacs, horse riding farm. you can be any age, alone, with friends, couple or family.Couples are really welcome, they can be quiet independent when they feel like. Welcome home!

Area: Donegal

We are Ian & Helen. We have 2 small children. We own a 400yr old traditional Irish thatched Clachan. With a small organic veg garden and a few chickens. We live near vibrant cities and great sandy surf beaches. We have an easy going attitude. The sympathetic restoration of our house is taking time and using traditional skills. This year we are aiming to get alot of work done on our house. Last year we hosted 16 Workawayers and got alot of quality work done. So if your strong, don't mind roughing it and getting your hands dirty, get in touch. We also prefer people to stay a minimum of 3wks. Longer is even better.