🎨 Help Paint + Maintain a Beautiful Chateau Near Paris

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Connect with nature: 2 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
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What you offer

24h

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

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

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

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

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.

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

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

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

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

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

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.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 1 week

Stay up to: 3 weeks

The Experience

Hello! My mother has run the historic Chateau de Sacy and its lovely gardens for three decades as a non profit arts association. I host creative retreats and every April, we redecorate where needed and get the place ready for the season. Tasks include painting, weeding, trimming bushes, mowing, two hours morning and afternoon. You'll have your own room in the chateau, take turns to cook and are likely to meet a motley crew of creatives.

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate French
Between 19 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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Good health and well-being

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Responsible consumption and production

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2 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Philanthropic Institution

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

2 Get in touch with nature
1 Developing social awareness
1 Meeting international travelers
1 Meeting locals
1 Learning about sustainability
1 Practicing English

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 3. Good health and well-being
2 15. Life on land
1 12. Responsible consumption and production

Leon

United Kingdom

A review would even cover how enjoyable and amazing this volunteering trip had been all thanks to murphy , since the day we got picked up from her at the train station she had been nothing but welcoming, it instantly felt like family she made sure we felt comfortable, throughout the volunteering trip murphy has helped us gain lots of new skills in painting and gardening ect, no day is the same in the organization in the best way possible, the variety of things we did was challenging yet amazing to experience. Murphy is truly a remarked person and her positive energy is highly contagious xx

about 2 months ago

Cristhian Emmanuel

Mexico

Everything was great Since my arrival, the place is such a magical and unique building, like going 100 years or more in the past, I could conect with people from different countries and daily schedule was always respected. Diner and lunch were always sweet and we cook everyday diferent dishes. Murphy was a great and sweet person with me, always good comunication, kind and respef and.

2 months ago

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