Hostel MONISTROL D ALLIER, France

5.0
(27 reviews)27

Come help us welcome pilgrims from all over the world!

Top Host
This host receives lots of worldpackers and has a high average rating, being recognized by the community as a Top Host.
Connect with nature
26 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Connect with the locals
23 travelers recommend this host to have close contact with locals
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

25h

Hours per week
Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
Animal Care
Help look after and take care of animals.
Cleaning
Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Kitchen Hand
Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Gardening
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
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What you get

2

Days off per week
Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
Shared Dorm
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Dinner
You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Basic Internet Access
Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
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Availability

Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Stay at least
4 weeks

The Experience

Hey DEAR volunteers ! We need your great and precious help (about 5 hours a day, 5 days a week) in our backpackers hostel in : - helping us with the welcoming of pilgrims, with the cooking of healthy organic food - mostly vegetarian and vegan food-, with the cleaning the dishes and the hostel, gardening vegetables, medicinal plants - creating a warm atmosphere by sharing your culture (food, music, specialities of your country) with pilgrims! -

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Requirements

  • Beginner English
  • Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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27 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Hostel

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

  • 26 Get in touch with nature
  • 23 Meeting locals
  • 21 Meeting international travelers
  • 20 Immersing in the local culture
  • 16 Learning about sustainability
  • 11 Developing environmental awareness

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

  • 21 3. Good health and well-being
  • 21 12. Responsible consumption and production
  • 15 15. Life on land
Charo

Argentina

5

I had a wonderful experience with Gaëlle, Benjamin and the whole team. From the very first day, they made me feel welcome and part of the family. Everyone was kind, patient and flexible, and the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. I enjoyed sharing activities with the children, cooking with the wonderful chef, talking with the pilgrims and friends of the fam and being part of everyday life at the gîte. If you love connecting with nature, hiking, the Camino de Santiago values and music, you'll definitely love Monistrol-d'Allier. Merci d'avoir été ma première famille française ❤

3 months ago


GAËLLE replied

Charo is a gift from heaven :) THANK YOU SO MUCH

Laura

Brazil

5

My experience was even better than I expected! Everyone made sure I was welcomed and comfortable with everything. My room in the apartment was super cozy and the work was hard but I felt grateful for it every single day as well as the people I got to meet and interact! For that I’m forever grateful! One day I wish to come back and reunite with such wonderful people.

4 months ago

Mattia

Italy

5

Being with Gaelle, Benjamin and their wonderful family made me feel part of the future I imagine for our planet: sharing, caring and feeling what the people around us and the nature can offer. The presence of a incredible équipe made everything being easier and more entertaining. If you wanna join "the hostel" be ready to face a context not suitable for everyone, cause it will bring in your life a new relationship with people, animals and plants; so, a new relationship with yourself as a result. If you feel capable of accepting this kind of chaging, you'll find a new way of living.

6 months ago

Jacinta

Australia

5

Gaëlle and Ben are great hosts and really encourage you to interact and learn with the locals and the pilgrims, take local hikes and explore surrounding towns. They have a different set up to many 'homestay' arrangements. You have full independence and live in a separate apartment from the hostel and hosts home. Instead, you live with the other volunteers, cooking together, playing boardgames, arts, crafts and music making in your down time, or, stay in your room, your space is wholly respected :)

about 1 year ago


GAËLLE replied

Thanks a lot dear Jacinta! It was a gift to have welcomed you for the 2nd time, to finish the season in joy and smiling! MERCI du fond du coeur pour ta présence rayonnante et ta cuisine délicieuse! Welcome back whenever you wish !!! Bon voyage!

Jess

United Kingdom

5

I had an amazing time volunteering at the hostel! Ben and Gaëlle are both wonderful people to work for and with and they really create a family environment between everyone at the hostel. I feel I learnt a lot working here especially working with the wonderful chef Julie! I am also not at all a singer and after a month of refusing they even got me to sing in the hostel on my last night🤠 generally a wonderful experience the work was enjoyable, I got to practice lots of French and there were lots of friends to be made in the village:)

about 1 year ago

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Hosted by GAËLLE

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