📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Participate to the arrangement of an old mill near the river to emphasize this warmhearted place.
Montalba le Château is a beautiful tiny village of 150 inhabitants, strewn at 500 m. of altitude. Your hosts are very friendly people, in the middle of vineyards, with an exceptional view on the snowy mountains of the Pyrenees. You will participate to the enhancement of the village including an old mill on the river.
💼 What the programme involves
The work is basically to clean the river banks and clearing bushes around the mill.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In tents, with boys and girls separated, on a piece of land belonging to the municipality. Tents will be provided but you can bring your own. Do not forget to take a good sleeping bag, a pillow and a torch, You will participate to the preparation of meals in turns. We'll favour the local products and the short supply circuits.
📍 About the location
Montalba le Château is located in the Pyrénées Orientales County in the Languedoc Roussillon region, between sea and mountains, close to Perpignan city. For more information about the village, go to: http://www.commune-montalbalechateau.fr/
⚠️ Requirements
Please bring gardening gloves, work clothes, closed shoes, warm clothes and a torch for evenings, protection against the sun (hat, glasses, sunscreen) and your nicest swim suit. As the nights can be quite cold, remember also to bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag and mat. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. 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:
Montalba bus station
Closest airport:
Perpignan or Toulouse
Fee:
165€