Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in France

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Help around the house and live with other young French and internationals in Lille, France
** Update June 2026 > For July and August 3 great French/internationals in their early 30's will live here (details below), we are looking for the last occupant ! -------> a volunteer from mid-July until end of August, when we'll be happy to have ......
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Join us around our home in Nantes, France
We are looking for a committed and respectful volunteer with enough energy to work 5 hours a day to help us in our daily lives. We will accompany you to do gardening, painting, cleaning and other tasks are possible according to the needs of the ......
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Join our family and home, in addition to a linguistic and cultural exchange in Romans-sur-Isère, France
Hello We are a couple with three grown children. One has been in university for two years, another will be leaving home next September for his studies, and the youngest (15 years old) lives with us. He is passionate about the circus, unicycling, ......
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Yoga and hiking in the mountains of Haute Ariège, France
For springtime we are in the need of help again for the preparation of the permaculture beds and sawing the first vegetables, Then there is always the work with the animals, brushcutting and woodstacking. The spring cleaning tasks have started too. ......
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Permaculture project and a different way of living in Couiza and Roquetaillade, Aude, France
I am renovating an old stone house in the upper Aude valley. I need help... any kind of help. Clearing, planting fruit trees, building terraces to cultivate on sloping ground, restoring a well, building dry toilets, wood shelters, greenhouse... I ......
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Help around a 12th century chapel and learn new skills near Aubigny la Ronce, France
Hello, I am Arnaud and for the past years I have been restoring a ruined old chapel from the 12th century on the edge of the village. After few years of traveling, I have crossed this place and began renovation work... and there is still a lot to be ......
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Learn about bio-veggie gardening and improve your English language skills in Pouzy-Mésangy, France
Adrian (English) and Shamsiah (Malaysian) have renovated a set of farm buildings in the Allier 03, right in the middle of France. We have 5 acres (2 hectares) of land and we spend our summers here growing our own vegetables and fruit organically and ......
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Join us at our self-managed queer house in creation in Perigord Vert-Limousin, France
This is a self-managed queer house in creation, located in the Périgord Limousin natural park, where forests, ponds, rivers, springs and wild animals abound. We invite you to experience a peasant life, simple and creative. Here we garden, we tinker, ......
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Join me on my journey to self-sufficiency in Moulayres, France
EN: I have lived in the Tarn for 40 years, and I have lived in this house, Jourde, for about 25 years. This place is surrounded by beautiful landscapes, in the middle of three small towns: Castres, Lavaur and Graulhet. In the area there are several ......
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Dog and house sitting or light gardening while you explore in serenity the Coté d’Opale, France
I am a 68 year old retired 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 Charles dogs ......
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Help co-create something beautiful for the future in Cancon, France
We are Reb & Mark, an Irish/Welsh couple who moved to France in 2021. Together, we are co-creating La Maison du Coeur Calme ('the home of the calm heart'); a special place for retreats, trainings, gatherings. There is simply rather a lot of hard ......
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Join our mountain retreat in the heart of the Regional Natural Park, Herault, France
We live in the south of France,in the Herault, in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Haut Languedoc ,5 miles from the village of Vieussan, at an altitude of 1500feet, overlooking the valleys and hills.The view is magical, and the peace ......
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Enjoy peace and rural life in Normandy, France
Anne 71 and Ian 67 live in a country farmhouse just outside a small Normandy village. We have 5 dogs, 6 cats and poultry. We also have a large vegetable garden, a paddock and a small wood. Accommodation is in an adjoining part of the house with its ......
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Help me with the home and kids in Burgundy, in Semur-en-Auxois, France
Hello, my name is Eszter, I live in Burgundy, in Semur-en-Auxois (a small medieval town) beautiful and picturesque with my family. We have 3 young children (13, 10 and 5). Paris is not far (1.5 hours with the tgv). Dijon is 1 hour from us. Bonjour, ......
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Live with the seasons on our family naturist farm near Nîmes, France
We are a family farm, where we experiment with organic farming, market gardening on living soils, beekeeping and self-construction. Our place of production is open to everyone, and our values are hospitality, mutual aid, listening, naturism, ......
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Help with DIY and around my house in Meschers-sur-Gironde, France
Hi. My name is Amy, I'm 43 years old and I like the exchanges and to receive, to learn new cultures and the rather natural, simple and spiritual . I live near the beach (1km), in meschers sur Gironde, in the city center. It is a great little village ......
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We need help around our very loved old French farmhouse in Seyches, France
We are looking to continue tidying up around our 500yr old farmhouse, this is basic tasks, clearing out of the old barn, a bit of painting and plenty of gardening. We are in our mid 60’s married for 48yrs, have 4 adult children who are all married ......
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Help with permaculture forest garden project and refurbishing tiny house in Languedoc Roussillon, France
Hi, we are Kai (German/Dutch) and José (Spanish), 61 and 58 respectively. In 2020 we bought a 7200 m2 plot in a small town near Perpignan in the South-East of France in the foothills of the Mount Canigou (Eastern Pyrenees) where we started a ......
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Help our family around our garden and explore Saint Paul Lès Romans, France
Hello, We are a french retired couple living in the countryside 1hour and half from Lyon. We own a lovely guesthouse and also have a huge garden, full of flowers, a vegetable garden, a greenhouse and also a newly planted forest ! We both speak ......
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Share experiences and learn about self sufficiency at a mountain village in Les Contamines Montjoie, France
Bonjour! We are a Dutch-American family who have been living in this spectacular part of the French Alps for 13 years now: Marita (Dutch) and Chuck (American), and Olve (32) and Nick (33), who are both in the US at the moment. We are in the final ......
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