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Become a member of our family living in Lacroix-Barrez, France

*Please be sure you can come and read carefully our profile before contacting us. We really need help and we need people who are interested in cooking, cleaning and gardening. Most of all, we need people who are really involved in the exchange and ......

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Confident, strong and practical helpers welcome in the Pyrenees mountains, France

We reside in a quaint village nestled amidst majestic mountains with the ruins of an age-old castle. Our location is near the Spanish border, offering access to prime mountain passes, often graced by the Tour de France as it was in 2024. This ......

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Help with home DIY project and gardening in Rochebrune, France

Hi I’m Kevin a french man of 35 years old. Renovation of a stone house and creation of a garden. Framework. Building a banya. In nature and mountain. To live in a good atmosphère

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Building a self-sufficient little paradise in the Pyrénées, France

We are Carole & Julien and we started a new project: restore and preserve a piece of land in the Pyrénées. 1 hectare with a meadow and woods near by the biggest national park of the Pyrénées. We are renovating our old barn (our future home) from ......

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Join us for daily life and gardening in d'Aquitaine, France

Hello, we are two gay men. Paul (55 years old) & Pierre-Yves (52 years old) We are horticulturalists. Gay guys are welcome. Paul is native origionally from Paris, Pierre-Yves, from Lyon, Here we speak mostly in french, we hope this is not an ......

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Dog and house sitting or help with house projects while you explore in serenity the Coté d’Opale, France

I am a 68 year old retired pediatric dentist and soon to be grandmother! Born and raised in the USA I have lived in Europe since the age of 17. ( England & Germany) 9 months ago I moved to the Cote d’Opale. I live with my two female Cavalier King ......

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Disconnect, share the present, and help with our home in the Pyrénées, Asson, France

[workaway note: please contact this host in French] We are restoring an old traditional Béarnaise house located at the foot of the Pyrenees in the Ouzom valley, an area of good cheeses. Assistance activities concern the maintenance of the house, ......

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Help us on our family farm in Lanvaudan, Brittany, France

Our micro farm is located in a small village of the Blavet's valley completly in the countryside as we were looking for peace and quiet. Although we are in the countryside we are around 30km from the Morbihan's Gulf beaches, and a few km from a ......

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Nature, vegetable garden and animals in the heart of the Vercors, France

We are looking for volunteers from July 13 to August 2 +/- to help with the life of the place: We are Mélanie and Nicolas and we live in a home that is gradually moving towards self-sufficiency near Saint-André-en-Royans, at the foothills of the ......

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Live and help in a chateau near Angers, France

Learn French, while helping with the up-keep and restoration of our Chateau. The work is more cleaning and gardening more then a hard tiring job.... We are a family of four with two sons. The older one is a pianiste and teaching mathematics and ......

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Help around our little organic farm in the village of Périgord, Dordogne, France

Stéphane, 50 years old, arborist climber, Cécile (49 years), and 2 dogs. We're living in a little village of Périgord (Dordogne). We are living in a large house et have a large garden, some animals, piece of forest, a lake ... Stéphane, 50 ans, ......

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Help out at a ski-resort in Rhône-Alpes, France

Our bar & restaurant is on the ski slopes, where we are one of the popular spots for morning coffees, lunchtime burgers and beers for apres-ski. It is the ideal place for a cultural exchange. It is our primary goal and that is why we select such a ......

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Be a life-model for an artist in Limousin, France

Please be sure you know what a life model is before replying and if you are not happy with a VEGAN diet throughout the stay, this is probably not the right place for you. I am happy providing lunch and supper, I enjoy cooking. Breakfast is DIY. I am ......

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Help at our beautiful home in the peaceful countryside of Normandy, France

In a large old house, in a very quiet location, we breed horses and look after large gardens. In the garden, you will help us to maintain the flowerbeds (dead flowers, weeding and planting perennials, weeding ...) trim the hedges, mow ... in short ......

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Enjoy life in the heart of the Ariège and join us at our small place, in the Pyrenees, France

Hi there ! We are a small french-dutch couple: Eric (60, Fr) and Sascha (52, NL). Until recently we shared the house with Simon (18, Fr-NL) and Eric's mother (99, Fr) and lived happily together. We have 3 cats, 2 donkeys and 3 icelandic horses, one ......

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Permaculture on the banks of a river in the Pyrenees Atlantiques, France

who we are : Marie-Laure, theatre teacher and Franz, landscape gardener. We live on a land of 6500 m2 on the banks of a small river in the Atlantic Pyrenees - a large part of it has been developed as a combination of edible forest garden and ......

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Help us out with eco projects at our home in Boutenac Touvent, France

Hello :) We, Marie and Serge, are happy retirees who live in the countryside. We need a helping hand because the estate is as big as our age! Preferably someone who speaks French and can help with: Planting trees, digging, clearing, gardening, some ......

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Share about ecology and social justice while helping with outdoor projects near Capbreton, France

Hello hello dear volunteers ! Your help and company is needed. There are things to paint, the kerterre (little white house) to repair.. This is not only in Les Landes, but in another place where I go frequently, I will show you ;-) ......

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Join us at our beautiful chateau near Toulouse, France

Hi, welcome to our profile! In September 2023, we bought a beautiful Château in the south of France, with outbuildings and 7 hectares (about 17 acres) of land full of meadows and trees, a pond, a water well, and a swimming pool. The Château is a ......

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Collaborative projects and cultural exchange in Provence, Cote D'Azur, South of France

This workaway is for a one month minimum gardening holiday in France for people with gardening experience. Our garden is large with space for recreational activities, the most significant being a pickleball court. We are retired university ......

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