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Last replied
25 Sep 2023
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Description
We are a non profit Inn in the Pyrenees which aims to host trekkers and to participate to local social dynamic. The place proposes a bar, a restaurant and dormitories and tries to be alternative. We particularly pay attention to the choice of products for the restaurant and bar and to the cultural and activist program we display.
A team of 15 people including 6 employees runs the guest house but the project is also supported by many other people belonging to the same organization and involved in others projects (circus tent, cooperative lab, etc).
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The valley where we live is very diverse and dynamic. The helpers will be in permanent contact with many people from both our NGO and the other people living here. Some exchange might also be possible with farmers, bakers, etc.
What you gonna learn here is:
- How is the life in a Pyrenean valley?
- How can a inn work collectively?
- Many practical things such as cooking, gardening, walking in the mountain, selecting plants and fruits, transform them, etc.
- You will get an experience of collective life with many different people: how is the daily life, how do we make decision, which mediation do we use, etc?
Welcome!
Help
We welcome any helpers interested in our project from May to October. We will be happy to host you at least 3 weeks. Missions for helpers can be very diverse. The main missions take place outside the inn with gardening, organizing concert, fixing stuff, picking fruits and mushroom in the mountain, preparing jam, etc. There is also a lot of helping in the kitchen.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
Helpers usually do around 4h a day for 5 days a week. We provide food (except meat) and a two beds'room in a collective house 15 minutes walking from the guest house. We live quite collectively; We usually dot not host more than 3 helpers at the same time but we sometimes have more especially during summer.
What else ...
Public transport can bring you up from Toulouse to Saint-Girons, 25km from our place (you have to check on SNCF () or alternatively on (). Then we can arrange something to pick you up or you can do hitch-hicking.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (13)
I think the best thing about it was that I made some of my bestfriends from all over the globe in it. The team was very nice and we had so much fun, even when we were working. After that we had so many options for our free time. The nature there is breath-taking, so even a short walk… read more
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I think the best thing about it was that I made some of my bestfriends from all over the globe in it. The team was very nice and we had so much fun, even when we were working. After that we had so many options for our free time. The nature there is breath-taking, so even a short walk… read more
The work is very flexible and is done in the company of very friendly people. You learn about gardening, permaculture, cooking and if you like nature and the mountain is… read more
We have both done numerous workaways over the years and i can honestly say this was one of the best ive ever done. The sense of community is wicked. We got to go on hikes up the mountains, explore ruined mining towns, go to french parties and generally live the dream for a few… read more
I had good hike as well, and hitch hiking work in the valley.
Thanks to the… read more
We warmly reccomend to go pick up some mushrooms with Ruppert; if you… read more
Bonne route à toi Katharina!
I loved my 3-month-workstay in the two close villages in the Pyrenees.
The work is very varied, satisfying and fair. This place is an adorable little wooden inn for hikers and you can't avoid to meet extraordinarily interesting people there. All in all there are… read more
