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El Bosc de les Idees is a masía, a traditional Catalan farmhouse, where we live with a couple over 60 years old, Steven, our helper, 35 years old, and our pets. Some weekends we welcome friends with whom we cook together and organize talks to exchange knowledge.
We are looking for responsible, autonomous, and well-disposed people who love spending a few days away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
25 hours of help per week
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate Spanish or Fluent English
Between 25 and 45 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We are looking for responsible, autonomous, and honest people who can work without constant supervision and with initiative to detect small day-to-day needs.
We especially value those who understand that living in a house implies mutual respect, flexibility, and a collaborative attitude. We do not expect perfection or professional experience, but we do expect commitment to the agreed tasks and clear communication if any problem or discomfort arises.
Most of the work consists of simple tasks: basic gardening, maintenance of forest trails, organizing spaces, small repairs, occasional painting, and care of the pets.
We expect the Worldpacker to meet the agreed hours, take care of the materials and tools, respect shared spaces, and maintain a kind attitude toward the people who live in or visit the house.
In return, we offer much more than accommodation and meals.
We offer the possibility to live for a few weeks in a masía surrounded by forest and near the sea, in a quiet and safe setting. We share our experience, our network of friendships, and a very unique cultural and human project that we have been building for years.
We enjoy meeting the people who come, listening to their stories, helping them discover the area, and, when it naturally arises, exchanging ideas about travel, art, literature, technology, philosophy, languages, or any other interesting topic.
We share two meals a week. The rest of the meals and dinners, the participant prepares them in the kitchen of the "casita", where our on-site helper lives with his dog, which is the attached masovería and where they will have their private room.
Activities are adjusted to the needs of the moment; they are not fixed activities.
Regarding the schedules, in winter they run from 09:00 to 14:00, and in summer they are more flexible, from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00.
There is no smoking, nor alcohol consumption in the house.
