📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
For mountain lovers! Come to spend three weeks in altitude on the western Pyrenees Mountains!
Eaux Bonnes, mountain city at the top of the Ossau Valley, is a renowned spa resort in the heart of the Pyrenees Mountains and the largest ski area in the region. For the eighth year in a row, Concordia organize a workcamp in partnership with the municipality. It is a unique opportunity to experience life in the mountains and meet its people.
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamp will be located in a wonderful area, right on the “empress boardwalk”, a walking trail linking the village to the belvederes which overlook it. You will have to participate in the renovation of dry walls bordering the path. These walls are hundreds of years old so they suffered from time, water runoff and mountain weather. You will be supervise by a technical animator and members of the municipality staff.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The former accommodation is no longer available this year. You will either stay indoors in a new location or in tents at the camping near the village, with access to toilets and showers as well as a room for collective life and activities. You will share the cleaning shores and prepare meals together.
📍 About the location
Eaux Bonnes is located 50km south of Pau city and 30km from the Spanish border.
Hiking, climbing initiation and discovery of local traditions will be offered during leisure times.
For more information, visit the following website: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaux-Bonnes
⚠️ Requirements
It is necessary to be in a good physical condition and ready to do sport to participate to this project as you’ll need to climb the mountain up and down regularly. We ask for a motivation letter when you register.
Bring a 0-degree sleeping bag, both lightweight and very warm clothes as well as rain gear, mountain hiking shoes, mosquito repellent, flashlight, batteries, sunscreen and swimsuit. A backpack is necessary to go up and down the mountain daily.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
Oloron Sainte Marie train station.
Closest airport:
Toulouse or Bordeaux