Live, laugh and experience Pontevedra with us

Connect with international travelers: 5 travelers recommend this host to meet travelers from all around the world
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 4 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

32h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Party Promoter: Help organise and promote parties and social activities.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Administration: Help with booking systems and payments.

Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

Verified Host: This host has been verified by our team before joining the community.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 4 weeks

Stay up to: 12 weeks

The Experience

I'm Sonia ,the manager of the acommodation.If you are looking for a hostel in the very city center of Pontevedra. We are here to welcome you. We have just opened on April 23 and our dream is to reach as many nationalities as we could. Our hostel has 20 beds in a sharing space, surrounded by impressing monuments of our pedestrian awarded city. It is a family place so we'll show the best of Galicia.

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Requirements

Fluent English and Intermediate Spanish
Between 18 and 55 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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7 Reviews

4.0

Host & Team

4.0

Hours & Tasks

3.5

Hostel

3.5

Learning & Fun

4.0

How this experience will transform you

5 Meeting international travelers
4 Immersing in the local culture
4 Practicing English
4 Meeting locals
3 Practicing Spanish
2 Creating true social impact

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 11. Sustainable cities and communities
1 5. Gender equality

Lea

Denmark

I volunteered at the hostel for 2 months with my friend Feyza. Overall it has been a good experience, and I am happy I decided to go. It was great for developing social -, work - and language skills, both english and spanish. The location of the hostel is right in the old town of Pontevedra, so it is surrounded by lively bars and restaurants, which gives you great opportunity to talk with the locals! Work wise, there is a lot of responsibility when you are only one or two volunteers working there, alongside with Sonia of course, but I have learned a lot when it comes to hospitality!

about 1 year ago

Feyza

Denmark

My stay at the hostel was a great learning experience. You get to meet people from all over the world, and actually end up getting a lot of new friends. You do however have a lot of responsibility, and the expectations are quite high since the only people working there is the Worldpackers and the host. But overall it was a great stay in a very beautiful and interesting city😻

about 1 year ago

Silvia

Italy

My experience in Pontevedra has been quite different from what I was expecting. The place is a small hostel of 20 beds - one of which was mine. Staying there in August, the hostel was always full and the city very busy. I was the only volunteer and I run tasks of both cleaning and reception. At first the amount of working hours exceeded a lot the one agreed - I had to talk to Sonia to rearrange things, so that I eventually could finish my month there. In any case the workload overall felt to me more like a job, which might be good for skill development but honestly not for a volunteering.

almost 2 years ago

Sebastián

Argentina

Mi experiencia en el hostel con la anfitriona Sonia García Carro fue muy mala. Llegué al hostel el 20 de febrero y empecé a trabajar el 24. Pero recién confirmó mi estadía el 6 de marzo. No respetó horarios, además del hostel hay que encargarse de un piso que alquila por Airbnb que no figura en worldpackers. Su trato está en las antípodas de la empatía que pregona la plataforma. Teníamos acuerdo hasta el 30 de abril pero ella lo interrumpió de un momento a otro y me tuve que ir a un hotel. Su padre, presente en el momento, trató de interceder pero fue en vano. No recomiendo al hostel para nada.

5 months ago

Carito

Argentina

Fue muy buena, mucho aprendizaje, el hostel es muy completo, Sonia y loli son personas respetuosas, buena gente, amables, y la ciudad de Pontevedra es fantastica

about 1 year ago

Sonia replied

Un placer Caro, nos vemos prontito de nuevo. Feliz viaje 😘

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