📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Saint Jean de Vareilhes hermitage is located on a natural promontory. Once a religious building – it was an ancient church established on the XIIth Century and probably built by the Templar’s Order- it was taken over by hermits. They settled in this disused church after 1200, which gave it its current name, the Hermitage. Unique remains of a disappeared hamlet, this amazing place participates in the embellishment and the enhancement of this thousand years old village’s heritage. Located in the heart of nature and characteristic of the South of France’s style, this place will bring you good mood and satisfactions!
💼 What the programme involves
Aiming at protecting the Saint John of Vareilhes Hermitage, you will restore the retaining wall of the promontory where the building is located. First, you’ll remove plants on the wall, then you’ll dismantle unstable areas and finally, you’ll rebuild this part of the wall, with dry stone technique.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a building, with a collective room for the meals. Take your own sleeping bag. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together.
📍 About the location
Paulhan is located at 29km from the Lake of Salagou, 11km from Pézenas and 37km from Béziers. This typical village is on an ancient Roman site, in the heart of vineyards. This site and its surroundings will offer you a wide range of activities (hiking, water activities…) as well as historical places (Saint Guilhem of the Desert, ancient Royal manufactory of sheets of Villeneuvette…). For more information: http://www.paulhan.fr.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring working clothes, closed shoes, warm clothes, protection against the sun (hat, glasses, sunscreen) and your swim suit. Don’t forget your sleeping bag. 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