Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in France

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Midi-Pyrénées, France

Join us for a while in creating our solar-punk hobby farm in Larroque, France
Your workaway experience with the family : Leslie and Thibault, two part time veterinarians, and little baby Orion 🌟 Welcome to the Domaine des Barrés, a recently bought big old farmhouse in a small village called Larroque, set on a hill between ......
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Corsica, France

Come join our family and share community-life in Corsica, France
*** Please find out if you really want to travel to Corsica before you contact us. Thanks a lot! **** We are a little community of 5 persons (2 "childen" actually over 18 : D), 7 funny cats and 2 dogs. We are living together in a little village, in ......
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about 18 days ago

Brittany, France

Join me for a peaceful garden and nature experience in rural Brittany, Plonévez-du-Faou, France
Hello everyone, I have a plot of land measuring about 2,000 square meters that I struggle to maintain alone. I love gardening, but I can't seem to manage my garden alone and enjoy a beautiful plot of land where I can relax. As soon as a friend comes ......
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about 2 days ago

Picardy, France

Experience a French farmer life with horses in Picardy, Northern France
Hey there !'m a farmer living in the North of France with my two kids - 23 & 19 who are starting now to live their own lives, so they'are sometimes at home with me or travelling too like you :), so and l'm often alone with 12 animals, horses, cats, ......
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about 6 days ago

Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Join us and our 14-year-old twins and help improve their English in sunny Montpellier, France
We live in Montpellier, a beautiful and lively city in the South of France. We work from our home offices (web and graphic design). We have three easy-going kids, a girl aged 17 and twins aged 14 (boy and girl). We lived 16 years in Paris, and ......
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about 5 days ago

Corsica, France

Help at our place in the middle of the vineyards in Ghisonaccia, France
Couple of winegrowers. We live in a large house in the middle of the vineyards, with independent accommodation. We receive friends and family frequently and would like to be helped for preparing meals . Couple de vignerons. Nous habitons une grande ......
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about 2 days ago

Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Help with a variety of projects from gardening to prop-making at our place near to Puivert, Aude, France
This is us. Our little nest in a big world. On the edge of a sweet French hamlet, in a green valley. Phil is here all year round. His daughter is here during school breaks. This is a small community hamlet of mixed French/English speakers. Everyone ......
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Pays de la Loire, France

Help us with Italian language, live with our family in a lovely house in Nantes, France
Hello, we live in a nice house by Nantes, brittany, france. . We need help to learn to speak italian. We would like to spend time with you, speak italian, take lessons. We love to meet people, exchange. We have 2 children, Paul and Léa, 18 & 21. ......
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about 4 days ago

Brittany, France

Join us around our home near Pontivy, Central Brittany, France
Looking for immediate help. Friendly household. Varied tasks. Socialising :-) WE LOVE HOSTING! Hi. We are Philippa and Allan, a friendly and sociable, semi-retired British couple (young at heart early 60s) who moved from Yorkshire to France 15 ......
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about 17 hours ago

Auvergne, France

Experience forest trails, village living and being a part of our daily family in Le Monestier, France
Hello! We are Andrew and Gail. We are a British couple who made the move to France many years ago in search of a different way of life. What began as an adventure restoring traditional stone buildings by ourselves has grown into a life we love in ......
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Rhône-Alpes, France

Live on an old farm and watermill with my pets in the countryside around Lyon, France
My name is Leila, I'm 59 years old, and I live in an old mill in the Monts du Lyonnais (50 minutes from Lyon) with my four children (aged 18 to 33) when they come to visit. I teach visual arts and I love cooking for others. I enjoy meeting new ......
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about 23 hours ago

Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Help with permaculture project and experience natural living in Pyrennes, France
Join our small, unconventional family a 16-hectare stone farmhouse estate at 900 metres in the French Pyrenees. We are a composer, a filmmaker, and a child who runs wild and knows the names of stars.We are building a life, growing food, creating a ......
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about 10 days ago

Rhône-Alpes, France

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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about 2 days ago

Rhône-Alpes, France

Help with creative craft projects while enjoying country life in Ruffieux, France
Hi! I'm Tommy, and I've recently started restoring my family's property. This house is a cozy, old-fashioned country retreat, located right near two of France's most beautiful lakes: Lac du Bourget and Lac d'Annecy. I’m a welder, with a passion for ......
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about 2 days ago

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Join our family in the Alps, share our home and learn about our way of life in Savoie, France
Welcome to our family! Thank you very much for considering us as a potential host! We are a dynamic, humble French family of 4 living in Savoie, surrounded by beautiful mountains, lakes, and ski resorts. Our teenage (almost young adults) children ......
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about 12 hours ago

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Help with easy garden and house projects and/or child minding in Vence, France
We are an Irish couple in our 40s with a 5-bedroom villa in the charming town of Vence, near Nice. We are located 10-15 minutes walk from the centre of town and from the bus terminus, where buses go frequently to Nice, Cagnes-sur-Mer, ......
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Pays de la Loire, France

Join our peaceful farm and garden in Pré-en-Pail, France
We are expats from the United Kingdom some chickens ducks, sheep and cattle, cats and dog. We love living here in the Loire Valley France. It is me and my wife living and working our property. You will only help with a bit of gardening in our ......
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Rhône-Alpes, France

Experience mountain life with a sporty family in Valence, France
Hello, we are a family with a 10-year-old child who loves sports and especially plays a lot of tennis. He is starting middle school and we would like to host a young au pair who could support him with his schoolwork and his tennis ......
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about 25 days ago

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Looking for a respectful Workawayer to help with DIY home repairs in Aquitaine, France
Respect, mutual support, and kindness. I can offer room and board to anyone who helps me maintain my small house and garden in the heart of the Médoc vineyards. Doing some minor DIY tasks around the house and garden would be a bonus. Small country ......
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Spend time in the beautiful Perigord, France
My name is Sandrine, I spent 15 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and 15 years in Paris too. I also lived briefly in England and Switzerland. Since 2022, I've been back in France, in Perigord, in the south-west between Bordeaux and Toulouse. A ......
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