Category Archives: WH2019France

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  Restoring Budos Castle in Historic Aquitaine

  Posted on March 13, 2019 by Bill Turner in WH2019France, Working Holidays 2019

  Dates: 02/07/2019-13/07/2019 & 17/07/2019-28/07/2019&01 /08/2019-12/08/2019 The working holiday: Budos Castle, situated in Aquitaine in South West France, was built in the early fourteenth century and was severely damaged in the French Revolution more than four centuries later. Nowadays it holds ‘Historic Listed Building’ status and is currently undergoing restoration. You will have the opportunity to […]

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  Learn Stone-Masonry in a Historic French Alpine Fort

  Posted on March 11, 2019 by Bill Turner in WH2019France, Working Holidays 2019

  Dates: 01/07/2019-13/07/2019 & 15/07/2019-27/07/2019 &05/08/2019-17/08/2019 &19/08/2019-30/08/2019 The working holiday (18-30 year olds): At 1500 metres high in a grand mountain setting, Fort Victor-Emmanuel is one of five impressive Esseillon Forts.  This massive nineteenth-century fortress in Savoie is restored year after year by our local teams and international volunteers.  You will participate in various masonry and […]

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