📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is the second year of partnership with the commune of Meyrargues where the opening of the trail was initiated last year with two sessions of workcamps. The experience was a real success and the path is used by the inhabitants and hikers. This year you will continue the enhancement and restoration work along this path to make it even more beautiful and attractive!
http://www.meyrargues.fr/
💼 What the programme involves
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Participate in the touristic development of the town of Meyrargues, a picturesque Provencal village with its listed castle.
The commune is located north of Aix en Provence, on the grounds of the great site of the Sainte Victoire painted by Cezanne. You will discover towns and landscapes of Provence with their scents, lulled by the song of cicadas ...
The project consists of developing and restoring a footpath between the village and the castle in order to facilitate access to the inhabitants and tourists who come to visit the commune.
Several interventions are planned:
- Restoration of the old steps leading to the castle
- Recovery of a stone wall
Depending on the progress of the work, you may propose other interventions using natural materials found on site.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in tents on the sports complex of Meyrargues with the possibility of sleeping in the communal room made available on site. This room includes a large kitchen, showers and toilets as well as two large rooms for the organization of collective life and meals. Bring your floor mat or air mattress and your sleeping bag. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together.
The budget will be managed with your camp leaders and you will participate in the shopping and the preparation of the meals, favoring local seasonal products.
📍 About the location
Meyrargues is a small Provencal village of 3750 inhabitants, very dynamic, offering a wide choice of cultural, heritage and environmental discoveries.
You will take part in the festivities of the village, you will hike in the massif of the Sainte Victoire, you will swim in the lake of Peyrolles. The village being well served by public transport, you can easily visit cities such as Aix en Provence, Pertuis or Marseille.
⚠️ Requirements
Pour les volontaires français sur ce chantier en France (to our national participants in France) :
Pour les français s'inscrivant sur notre site, les frais de participation additionnel (200 €) indiqués dans cette description sont directement intégrés aux frais d'inscription "ADOS en France" de 460 €. En effet, ceux-ci comprennent à la fois les frais d'inscription de 260 € et les frais de participation de 200 €.
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https://www.concordia.fr/chantiers-france-2020
ℹ️ Additional information
Remember to bring clothing and footwear for work and hiking as well as a floor mat or air mattress. Nights can be chilly, so bring a good warm sleeping bag.
For trips: small backpack, water bottle, cap or hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, mosquito repellent.
You can also bring games, specialties from home (easy to carry), musical instrument...
