Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in France

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Join our family and help us renovate our home in Corrèze, France
Our region is really beautiful, lots of trees all around us, rivers, we are new here and still discovering. We have a baby, 15 months, she is fun, she likes people and she is really curious. We believe that kids deserve as much respect as adults.
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Midi-Pyrénées, France

Help me with some household tasks at my 18th-century farm in Midi Pyrenees, South West of France
Hello Everybody, The Project has progressed a lot but there is always something to do: in the garden: landscaping, cleaning, cutting trees, planting, weeding building a pergola... in the house: redo a bathroom, make some shelves, build a library, ......
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Learn about permaculture and share mindfulness practices in Loubès-Bernac, France
We're a British couple with a teenage son and a cat. We moved to France in 2020 to live next to Plum Village Monastery and to participate in their mindfulness activities and the wider lay community. Our home is 5 minutes walk from Plum Village's ......
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Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Join our a french-dutch family in our dream property in the south of France
We are a french-dutch family with 3 children (25, 22 and 11). After many years in the Netherlands, we found our dream property in the south of France, in the neighbourhood of Carcassonne, It's still a big challenge for us to finish the restauration ......
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Be part of an evolving creative adventure in Perigord Noir, France
Bonjour! Join us in a beautiful, peaceful Domaine in the Perigord Noir as we set about creating a respite for family & friends. A home, and a place to give energy and eventually to bring together creatives and their passions with ateliers from all ......
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Midi-Pyrénées, France

Help and learn about plants in Pibrac, France
I have a large, internationally renown, arboretum with more than a thousand trees of which there are 700 maples. This is a private arboretum with no commercial activities associated to it. There is no entrance fee for visitors and the arboretum ......
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Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Learn French in the national Park of Cevennes ,south of France and collect wild herbs in the mountains of Cévennes, .
I am living alone in a small village of 12 habitants in the mountain of Cévennes in south of France, in a natural park.I am 63 and I worked all life as a teacher for french and german. I have experience in organis farming. I take care of a garden ......
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Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Share our life in a historic Mas in the foothills of the Cevennes, France
Hello, we are Anita and Chris. Anita was born and raised in Kenya and Chris is English. We have travelled together extensively, and we are returned to Europe after 30 years in Los Angeles. Between us we speak English, French, German, Spanish, ......
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Cultural exchange at our large family home in a beautiful region with nature in Gabillou, France
We are a family with 4 children aged 6 to 18, 3 of whom are homeschooled. When we are at home (because we travel part of the year), we occasionally need help with them to free up some time and to offer them cultural, linguistic and social wealth in ......
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Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Enjoy the off-grid life on a small farm in the Pyrenees, France
Nothing pretentious, officially a 5 acre almond farm isolated in the Pyrenees , solar and wind powered electricity, water from the bore hole, organic garden, a few chickens,geese, rabbits, bee hives and sheep, workshops small house and guesthouse ......
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Experience rich cultural living in a historical town while learning new skills in Arles, Provence, France
The house and the garden need some renovations - a lot of details to fix (carpenter work, build a little wall, painting the facade ) and planting in the garden (people having some experience in permaculture will be especialy welcome) I have room to ......
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Limousin, France

Learn more about self sufficiency and explore the outdoors in Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac, France
We are Harriet and Mike, a couple in our 30s newly settled in the Haute-Vienne, France (originally from the UK). We work as a counsellor/tutor (Harriet) and a handyman/gardener (Mike) and are in the process of renovating a house and aiming to be ......
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Join us in the countryside in the region of Corrèze, France
Hi! We’re Sheena and Trevor, an Australian couple who purchased an old stone house in a listed hamlet in the Correze region of France. We have two well-behaved rescue dogs, who enjoy their twice-daily romps in the forest. We are located close to a ......
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about 1 day ago

Midi-Pyrénées, France

Help me out and improve your languages in a town near Toulouse, France
Hi, my name is Véronique :-) who am I ? Although I'm from the Atlantic coast, I've been living near Toulousefor 30 years , South West of France.. and I really enjoy this wonderful area … cute and beautiful places, amazing landscapes, with a ......
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Midi-Pyrénées, France

Join us on our land and learn about permaculture in Soublecause, South west France
We are Mo and David. We moved to this very beautiful part of South West France in November 2007 after 15 years running a Retreat Centre near Canterbury Kent. We are both artists, David has many skills and has a brilliant woodworking workshop. He is ......
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Midi-Pyrénées, France

Peace and relax in rural Occitanie, France
2025 Hi Workaways helped my get my house renovation project off the ground and thanks, largely to their help, I've been busy enjoying life in peaceful Lherm for the last few years. But having been lucky enough to meet so many fantastic, ......
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Learn about food forests, permaculture and gardening in Boeschepe, France
We are a couple - Mathias and Siska (belgian) - living just over the border in France. Two years ago we bought a big piece of land that was neglected for a lot of years. When we visited the place for the first time we saw the potential of a ......
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Midi-Pyrénées, France

Family looking for a Workaway to be an older sister to their kids near Toulouse, France
(From August, the 25th) We are a family of 4. My husband, Paul, me (Sandrine) and our 2 boys : Hugo 13 years old and Jules 10 years old. We live at St Jean a city near Toulouse (a bus can be taken near the house to go to the center of Toulouse). ......
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Come join us in a lovely pastural setting in coastline of North Calais, Northern France
Eric and I live in one house, a modern eco build while we renovate an old farmhouse in the same village using old building methods and recycling to the maximum. Between the two places we have two large gardens to tend to first and foremost. I come ......
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about 1 day ago

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Volunteer and join me at an idyllic setting in Provence, France
I am British but live in the Lubéron area of Provence. Think 'à year in Provence' by Peter Maybe. I have built a home for myself in an idyllic setting at the gateway of the local national park opposite the Château. My children are grown up now, I ......
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