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Join us around our house on the hills of a small town, in the Rhône valley, France

***PLEASE CONTACT US IN FRENCH OR ITALIAN ONLY, as we do not understand English.*** Hello! We are Alain and Janine. We are 69 and 70 years old. We live in the countryside, along the Rhône Valley, near Valence. We have a dog named Vaya. We grow ......

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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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Help in the garden, the garage…..in Villefontaine, France

(EN) I am a French woman, a mother of three, living in Villefontaine. I would like to host someone who can help in the garden and with other things as tidying & small DIY jobs... (FR) Je suis une femme française mère de trois enfants. Besoin d’une ......

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Learn new skills and visit the historically rich medieval villages in the beautiful Dordogne, France

We are any English couple who've been living in the most beautiful part of the Dordogne for the past 20 years and we love meeting new people and sharing ideas. We live in a small chateau and are (very slowly) renovating the outbuildings! We have 3 ......

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German or French language exchange with our family and kids in Saint-Hilaire, France

GERMAN- or FRENCH-SPEAKERS are welcome to help with the KIDS and in the KITCHEN in Saint-Hilaire, FRANCE Workaway calendar: available from Monday, August 24, 2026 For your information: We are expecting our fourth child in September. Who would like ......

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Join our creative garden and sunny outdoor lifestyle in Forcalquier, France

Hello! We are workawayers ourselves for several years, as we like to help with someone's project, share cultural exchange. Our values: respect, kindness, share. Atmosphere: relaxed — serious work, done with joy. We are Ulrich (German) and Lorene ......

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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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Welcoming help on our home and garden in island Brehat, France

Hello, I am 79 years old with an active and happy temperament, grandmother of 6 grandchildren whom I like to welcome in a large house by the sea in the Côtes d'Armor. Despite a professional life in Rhône Alpes, close to rural areas, I have remained ......

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Converted farmhouse and meditation centre close to Pau, France

Hi, I'm Jacqueline, franco-British, and I live in a former farmhouse (17th century) near the foothills of the Pyrenees, in the countryside just 10 minutes from the centre of Pau, 45 minutes from Lourdes and an hour and a half from Biarritz. The ......

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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 on our farm and experience life in Normandy, France

****Looking for help from september and onwards**** **** LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO HELP US OUT **** We are looking for people who can help us out with the daily maintenance on the farm. People who have experience with gardening or with horses are a ......

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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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Be part of a small but thriving rural community and discover the simple pleasures of village life in Burgundy, France

HI, I am English and have lived in a beautiful small village in Burgundy for many years. Beautiful countryside, wonderful food, a vivid cultural life, and incredible cycling and hiking territory if that's your thing.... Not far from the vineyards of ......

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Experience sustainable living in Bretagne, France

Set in 6 hectares of land with ponds,streams and woodland teeming with diverse wildlife. Since moving to France over 30 years ago, this abandoned old farm has been lovingly developed into a mature ecosystem by Phil's passion and dedicated adherence ......

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Become a part of our small community near the mountains in Billiat, France

It is a place comprising a family (Lolo, Béa, Etienne) and Adrien, 3 horses, 3 cats, 4 chickens and some voles, foxes and deer... Its eleven hectares include meadows, a wood, a stream, an orchard, a vegetable garden (greenhouse and outdoor), a ......

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Discover this beautiful region in Blars, Midi Pyrénées, France

Hello, We are Flore, Guillaume and Capucine our 8 years old daughter. We live in an old farm in the Lot in the Quercy Regional Park. After many van trips to meet people and the beauty of landscapes in different countries, we settled summer 2019 and ......

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Help us finish some projects at our farmhouse in Occitanie, France

Bonjour à toutes et à tous! JULY 26: we would be soooo happy to host 1 or 2 workawayers to help us with our too big ornemental garden and some house hold chores. Thank you! We are a french family, Christian (68), Rosie (58) and Gabrielle (21) with ......

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Improve your French with our family near Toulouse, France

REALLY URGENT FOR JULY TO SEPTEMBER:: we need 2 people ready to help us move, tidy, clean , garden …. IMPORTANT UPDATE: we are urgently looking for one person or a couple to help us move. The place is now sold . My mother had an accident one year. ......

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Enjoy nature and get the best of both worlds between town and country living in Pézenas, France

I live within walking distance to Pezenas a beautiful market town amongst the vineyards I have a large garden that needs getting back into shape & I would like to start a vegetable patch which involves digging a reasonably sized hole filling with ......

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Help two ex-nomads to settle down and create a paradise by the lake in Auzas, France

Update we cannot host every workawayer who ask and the one we hosted were so happy to stay with us. So if you we accept to host you and you don't show up you re taking the spot of somebody else. So please respect your commitment or at least let us ......

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