Local opportunities

New customers are coming to Macchia

International visitors need places to sleep, eat, travel and experience. That demand is an opportunity for local businesses, property owners and residents.

How it works

Every workation and retreat brings people who spend money locally: accommodation, restaurants, cafés, transport, food, activities and products. The project channels that demand to local providers — and helps new providers get started.

Where you can participate

Short and long-term accommodation
Restaurants, cafés and catering
Transport and transfers
Guiding, hikes and excursions
Cooking classes and food experiences
Farm visits and agricultural experiences
Local products and craft
Cleaning and practical services

We help you package it

You do not need a finished offer. Register what you have — a spare apartment, a farm, a skill, an idea — and we will help you shape it into something international guests can book.

Reaching a global market together

We build in the community, for the community — tools that grow with the local people who use them, to make Macchia more alive rather than replace what is already here. A small olive grower, a bakery or a craftsperson should not have to build technology, payments and logistics alone to reach an international customer. The project provides the shared engine, and local value becomes real export.

A local marketplace

Local products reaching customers around the world, on one shared platform.

E-commerce support

Help building and running your own online shop — without doing it alone.

A shared logistics hub

Storage, packaging and shipping worldwide, organised together.

Community boards and listings

Digital noticeboards and listings for local actors, services and events.

Homes and spaces

Digital services to rent out and manage homes and premises that stand empty today.

Ideas meet capital and know-how

Local ideas connected with the funding, skills and business development they need to grow.

Much of this belongs to later phases — but the direction is clear from day one: the local marketplace is one of the ways Italy's brand is turned into real income.