📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
In the north of the Pyrenees area, help us to restore an old house and enjoy the exceptional heritage that is waiting for you!
This beautiful little city with a perfect location wishes to restore an old municipal house, in order to make a new city hall. This useful project for the daily life of the residents will allow you to meet the locals and discover a rich territory.
💼 What the programme involves
Supported by your technical camp leader, you will restore this old house using traditional masonry techniques to enhance the city.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a dormitory. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader ad you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
The city of Ille sur Tet has a perfect and rare location for those who want to discover the cultural heritage and the local environment. Located in French Catalonia, on the west-side of the Regional Natural Park of the Pyrenees, you will have the opportunity to do beautiful hikes. In the north you will find the prehistoric site of Tautavel and the medieval castles of the Cathars. In the other side, stand the city of Perpignan (25km) and the beautiful beaches of the Mediterranean Sea, from Barcares to Collioure; you will also be at 40 minutes from the Spanish border. Furthermore, Ille sur Tet owns a unique France’s heritage (the natural area of the Organ).
More information: http://www.ille-sur-tet.com/en-un-clic.html
⚠️ Requirements
For the work, please bring gardening gloves, working clothes and closed shoes.
As the night can be quite cold, remember to also bring warm clothes and a sleeping bag.
Don’t forget your protections against the sun (hat, glasses, sunscreen…) and your swim suit!
Some shared times could be organized if you want, so please feel free to bring some cultural material in your bag (food, recipes, stories or dances)!
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:
Train station of Ille sur Tet.
Closest airport:
Montpellier, Marseille or Paris.