Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in France

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Help with restoration and maintenance on an old farm between Saint Malo and Rennes in Brittany, France
We are looking for help with our winter projects: restoring a barn and repairs and maintenance. We are currently looking for people to assist with gardening, maintenance work on our property and also in the house as Sue is wheelchair bound. We ......
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Join me in my hobby fruit farm and foster family in Dontreix, France
Hi I'm Cora ! I'm a foster family and I just bought a house and land in Creuse that will slowly transform into a small fruits farm. My aim is to welcome people as I welcome children and to create a place where we can share and build something based ......
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Live, contribute, and thrive in our sustainable community in Couloumé-Mondebat, France
We met 10 years ago in Boston, where Carol-Ann was a university professor and Peter was a wood worker. We were both ready to make some big changes, and decided we wanted to settle somewhere new where we could learn about a new culture and language, ......
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Give some sunlight to our little girl and share daily life near Paris, France
My husband, musical interpreter (musical awakening) and myself, trainer in accessibility, live in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, in the hamlet of Favières. Be careful, we are near Paris (45 minutes by train) but that costs 5 euros to go. We are the parents ......

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Join us at our old farmhouse and on our land near Jegun, France
Amanda (half French) language teacher and entrepreneur, moved back to the Gers to an old farmhouse near Jegun almost 11 years ago. End of track situation amongst rolling hills. 3.5 hectares. 2 dogs, 3 cats, 3 horses - Arab, Lippizaner horse and ......
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We welcome help in our home and garden in the quiet countryside of Haute-Savoie, France
In Haute Savoie, 10 km from Annecy, its lake and its mountains, I live in a large house with an organic garden and a view of the mountains, in the countryside, wild and picturesque sites with: the Gorges du Fier and the castle of Montrottier. I need ......

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Help me to restore an old olive grove in Salernes, Provence, France
My name is Laurent, and I am in the process of restoring an old olive grove located in the middle of the forest. I would like to offer hospitality to a guy or partner, in good physical shape, who would like to help alongside me on this project. Je ......
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Join our family for a rich cultural exchange in Came, France
I live in the Basque Country with my children, surrounded by nature. A land rich in history, nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees. You can discover, at your own pace, all the treasures and culture of the Basque Country. If you surf, ......
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Bhakti Yoga eco village and Eco house construction de maison en bottes de paille
We are part of an international society based on the practice of Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Devotion. Daily kirtan (musical mantra meditation singing and dancing), japa (individual mantra meditation), sastra (study of ancient vaisnava vedic texts) and ......
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Help us with our permaculture garden project and make learning interactive for our kids in Normandy, France
Staying in Normandy, we will need someone to join us and be part of our family experience, organizing a permaculture project, and participating in social media events with our youngest daughter, Pauline, who is 12 years old. We are not far from ......

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Join me in my house in Creissan, South of France
I'm in the south of France, about an hour north of the Spanish border, with a friendly dog. I moved house in June 2025 and I'm still unpacking. I damaged my shoulder while moving, and have just got back from the residential post-op physio centre. To ......
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Housesitting and care for our dogs in the woods near southern Gironde, France
Hello, we are a couple who live in a house in the middle of the forest (car essential and no low chassis, the access path being rather chaotic ) in the south of Gironde and have a mini farm: two dogs Java, a Setter cross and Nessie, a very ......
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Eco friendly and sustainable way of life in Pays de la Loire, France
We are a retired couple trying to live a simple, reasonably self sufficient way of life. This is a great place to start a retreat, rethink and readjust to a different way of life. You can be alone and not lonely and learn how to leave a lot of what ......
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Join our family daily life living on a farm in the Pyrenean foothills, Seich, France
Hello, We are a family with two children. Julien the father-in-law, very good handyman (self-construction of the bakery) and excellent baker. Elise, 13 years old, who has a musical ear, plays the piano for us by the fire on winter evenings. Anaïs 11 ......

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Become part of our community eco village project in Ariège, France
Hello! We are a fledgling collective project in Ariège, in the commune of Lescure, made up of Boris and his daughter Amel, and Etienne and Elodie and their son Aurel (all in their thirties, and the children are 4 years old). The idea is to give ......

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  • Au Pair
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    Language exchange
Share family life in a pleasant mountain village in Seyne, France
Introducing our host family: Hello and welcome! We are a family of two adults and three children, living in Seyne-les-Alpes, a quiet and pleasant mountain village. We live in a large, warm, and comfortable family home surrounded by nature. ......
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Help with our non-profit artistic horse shows and our farm in Saint-Clement, France
We are passionate about horses and love sharing our life on the farm! We have Iberian horses, Friesians, mountain horses, and some little ponies, along with lots of cats and two friendly dogs. Our horse approach is based on bitless riding and ......
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Create new plots of organic vegetable garden in Avene les Bains, France
We live in a quiet hamlet near a spa (Avene les Bains), 650 m above sea level, isolated from intensive agricultural production. I am looking for help to participate in the development of an eco-place with activities in the garden, eco-construction ......

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  • Language exchange
    Language exchange
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Help a family with gardening and household projects in rural Brittany, France
Hi there, We are a family of 5: Ruud, Cora, our children Lenne and Wes and our dog Otis (a happy and energetic Australian Shepherd). Since jan 2023 we live in Brittany, France, originally coming from the Netherlands. We've made this move to be ......
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Enthusiastic native English speaker welcome in the beautiful French Alps in Villard-de-Lans, France
Hi! We are a happy family of 4. We live in the beautiful village of Villard-de-Lans (4000 inhabitants), 45 min bus ride from Grenoble. Villard-de-Lans is located in the Vercors mountains, the largest natural reserve in France. After spending 8 ......