Come help us welcome pilgrims from all over the world!

Top Host: This host receives lots of worldpackers and has a high average rating, being recognized by the community as a Top Host.
Connect with nature: 17 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Connect with the locals: 15 travelers recommend this host to have close contact with locals
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

25h

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

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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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.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

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

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Availability

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Stay at least: 4 weeks

The Experience

Hey there! We need your great and precious help (about 5 hours a day, 5 days a week) in our backpacker hostel in : - helping us with the welcoming of pilgrims, with the cooking of healthy organic food - mostly vegetarian and vegan food-, with the cleaning the dishes and the hostel - the hostel renovation work (painting) - gardening vegetables and medicinal plants and in making medicinal herbs balms

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Requirements

Beginner English
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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18 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Hostel

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

17 Get in touch with nature
15 Meeting locals
14 Meeting international travelers
13 Immersing in the local culture
10 Learning about sustainability
8 Practicing English

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

14 3. Good health and well-being
13 12. Responsible consumption and production
11 15. Life on land

Oceane

France, Metropolitan

This place is perfect for anyone looking to refocus breathe in the fresh countryside air, and meditate away from the noise of city life. It's also a great starting point for beautiful hikes in the area, and a quiet spot for self-reflection. I appreciated the variety of tasks I got to do during my stay. What had made the experience truly special was the people I met : kind and funny volonteers, and interesting travelers I never would have crossed paths with if it weren't for the unique nature of the Camino de Santiago. Thank you Gaëlle, Benjamin, and Julie the talented cook for this experience

17 days ago

GAËLLE replied

Thank you so much for your radiant presence Oceane, you are a very nice person we feel lucky to have met in our lives :) Continue enjoying life as you do!!!!

Sofia

Spain

I have had an amazing three weeks here and was very sad to leave. Gäelle, Benjamin and their children are such a lovely family. They are a pleasure to be around. Everyone was very kind, patient and helpful. It was a very relaxing stay, It's a very quiet place but it's exactly what I wanted. Every day I would work, then go to the river or for a walk and then gather for everyone for dinner. The food was AMAZING and I had a really good time helping Julie in the kitchen and talking. And thanks so so much for helping me practice French. This was very beautiful stay and I will always remember it.

18 days ago

GAËLLE replied

Thank you very much dear Sofia for your nice presence, for your sweet smiles that encourage us every day! Take care and continue enjoying meeting people as you do, it is beautiful!

siobhan

United Kingdom

I had a wonderful few weeks volunteering here! Gaelle and Benjamin are so kind and welcoming and made me feel at home as soon as I arrived! Accommodation is an apartment around 10 mins walk from the hostel and was super nice! Tasks were simple and well explained, I mostly helped in the kitchen and serving dinner which was fun, learned some great new recipes, and Gaelle taught me about the flowers and their healing uses which was super interesting! Great nature in the area too! Thanks again for my time here!!

18 days ago

GAËLLE replied

so nice to hear from you dear Siobhan, yes please come back whenever you wish, you are part of our pilgrim's hostel team now :) It was so nice to spend time with you around those last weeks, thank you for your precious and valuable help dear Siobhan!!

Elizabeth

United Kingdom

I really enjoyed my time at the hostel! Everyone was so welcoming and really made me feel very safe, comfortable and happy. Gaëlle, Benjamin and Julie were all absolutely fantastic and so kind. The work was very easy and casual. The countryside was very beautiful and it was wonderful to get back in touch with nature and enjoy all of Gaëlle's many incredible drinks and balms made from the local plants (really amazing btw). I felt my confidence with speaking in French improved and it was a very comfortable place to practice! Absolutely brilliant place!!

about 1 month ago

GAËLLE replied

Dear Lizzy, since your departure, our kids and we feel like "alone" without your brilliant smile and your constant good mood radiating in our surroundings. Even the dogs seem a bit unhappy :) Thank you so much for your great help, your precious friendship... The locals, including Bernard, and your children of course asked me to give you a big and warm hello ! Please come back whenever you wish dear Lizzy and continue smiling to life as you do!!! So nice to have met you!!!

Jacinta

Australia

It was so great spending 5 weeks with the team at the hostel, I spent my shifts in the kitchen doing various tasks including baking and in my downtime I got to know the area hiking and training up for my own Camino adventure. Gaëlle, Julie and Benjamin are so welcoming, you work with a team including several volunteers and when you include the pilgrims themselves you get to meet people from everywhere :)

about 2 months ago

GAËLLE replied

You are an amazing person dear Jacinta, you immediately suit to the whole "landscape" here, including people, volunteers, pilgrims, our family and all the nature around! Thank you so much for your wonderful precious help and radiant presence during those 5 weeks! We feel very grateful to have met you dear Jacinta, come back whenever you wish, we would be so glad to meet you again!!!!

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