3 Unique Coworking Spaces in Italy
You’d be hard-pressed to find a country in Europe (or the entire world, for that matter) with a more attractive mix of tourists’ delights than Italy: Fabulous landscapes; jaw-dropping architecture; delicious food and wines; a vibrant art scene; rich history — you name it, Italy’s got it. It’s understandable, then, that “Europe’s boot” is high on the bucket lists of travelers from all around the globe. With so much to see, though, the time off work needed to visit just the main attractions is a luxury few can afford.
However, with the advent of remote work, digital nomads and so-called workationers have found a viable way to take in all that this Mediterranean gem has to offer. Their secret lies in coworking, and affordable day passes at a flex office allow traveling workers to remain productive even if they visit a different city every other day. Below, have a look at a selection of our favorite Italian coworking spaces, where you can work in style before you get back on the road:
Copernico Garibaldi – Turin
One of Italy’s most unique coworking spaces, Copernico Garibaldi is located in a beautiful, 18th-century palace in Turin’s historic city center. With its heavy wooden doors, frescoed ceilings, and granite columns, this coworking space exudes elegance and grace, while still offering a stimulating environment with state-of-the art offices, meeting rooms and lounges, just like any modern office.
The shared workspace includes a hot-desk area, as well as dedicated desks, and all membership tiers provide access to high-speed broadband Internet, printers, and common areas for socializing, in addition to add-on services, like mail handling, which rounds out the package for larger enterprises. As a testament to Copernico Garibaldi’s excellence stands a loyal, dynamic community of startups, corporate clients, and freelancers active in a variety of industries, from tech to finance, legal, marketing and communications.
If you’re in Turin, don’t miss Copernico Garibaldi. You’ll find it on the corner of Corso Valdocco and Via Garibaldi near Piazza Statuto and just minutes from the Porta Susa train station.
Cofoundry – Genoa
If you’ve developed a taste for working in buildings with a story to tell, then you’ll love this one even more. Cofoundry’s Genoa hub is located in the stunning, 16th-century Nicolo Lomellini Palace — also known as Palazzo Lauro after the shipowner that restored the building from its bomb-scarred, post-World War II state.
Despite the building’s long history and checkered past, Cofoundry’s Genoa office is every bit as modern in its functionality as any newly built coworking space. Here, its elegant furnished offices, dedicated desks, and meeting rooms guarantee a prestigious environment to focus, collaborate, or meet clients, while the common areas and outdoor spaces are ideal for a coffee break and networking.
If you feel like dropping by, Cofoundry Genoa is located at Piazza della Nunziata 5, right next to the beautiful Santissima Annunziata del Vastato church and just a stone’s throw from the Darsena subway station and the Porto Antico marina.
Leonardo Digital Campus – Rome
Located in the Leonardo Park mixed-use development, Leonardo Digital Campus is perfect for traveling workers as it’s right next to the Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport. Whether there’s a last-minute task you need to take care of before you immerse yourself in the wonders of the Eternal City or you have a few hours of downtime before your flight home, checking into this coworking space is the perfect way to make the best of your time.
Plus, Leonardo Digital Campus’ all-inclusive solution includes shared desks tailored for traveling workers and freelancers who only need to drop in for a day or two with wardrobe access and all of the essentials for a short stay. However, for an extended stay, you might also want to check out the more comfortable private desks that also allow access to meeting rooms and printer use. In this case, you also get access to lockable drawers so you can leave your belongings overnight.
Check out Leonardo Digital Campus at Via Gian Lorenzo Bernini 29 near Fiumicino’s Michelangelo Buonarroti Square and the Parco Leonardo shopping mall. Then, when the workday is over, you can take the train and be in Rome’s historic center in less than 30 minutes.
Utilizing a coworking space is a great way to break up the monotony of your weekdays, but their innate flexibility offers so much more than just another alternative to working from home or your daily commute to the company headquarters. With flex offices now present in almost every major city around the world, professional work environments are always within arm’s reach for workers on the go, which unlocks the possibility to go on long trips without putting work completely to the side.
Sure, the nightstand and the B&B’s slow Wi-Fi might cut it as a makeshift office if you only need to answer an email or two, but when work gets serious, a day pass at one of these spaces guarantees the professional environment you need to be truly productive. Aside from the ideal work conditions, dropping by a flex office is also a fun way to meet local professionals, as well as other like-minded people from around the world.
