Workation
Bring your work. The context is already here.
A working community in Macchia Valfortore. Remote workers, freelancers and teams share the floor with the Lab's local entrepreneurs — fast internet during the day, shared dinners in the evening. You keep your clients, your deadlines and your everyday work. What changes is everything around it.
Who you'll meet here
Remote workers
You have a job and a laptop. Here you have colleagues again — a shared floor, a working rhythm and people to have dinner with.
Freelancers and founders
Your clients stay where they are — but you get a context. People to think out loud with, and the Lab's entrepreneurs at the next desk.
Companies and teams
A focus week, strategy days or an AI sprint. You set the agenda — the village provides the setting, the food and the people.
What you step into
- The Lab is your workspace — local founders and international professionals at the same tables
- Fast internet and quiet — meetings, deadlines and deep work run like at home
- A village with two bars that know your order after two days — not another tourist town
- Shared dinners where visitors and locals actually meet
- Nature outside the door: the lake, the trails and the harvests — for the hours you are not working
- The chance to contribute — run a workshop at the Lab if you want to share what you know
For companies and teams
Bring the whole team
The same context works for companies: a focused week away from the office, in the middle of a living village. You set the agenda — we arrange workspaces, lodging, food and, if you want, workshops with people from the Lab.
Team workation
A normal working week in a different setting: focus during the day, shared dinners at night.
Teambuilding
Cooking, hiking, harvests and local experiences that actually bring people together.
Leadership retreats
Strategy days for management teams, far from the office and close to perspective.
AI and innovation weeks
Hands-on AI training and innovation sprints, led by practitioners from the Lab's network.
Strategy workshops
Structured workshops with facilitation, documentation and clear outcomes.
Creative work weeks
For teams that need to produce: writing, design, product — with fewer distractions.
Why here
- A living village where you work, eat and stay in the middle of everyday life
- You set the agenda — we handle the practical details
- Italian food, nature and culture built into the week
- Your stay contributes to a real local community
Stay & eat
Where you stay
We arrange accommodation that fits your visit — whether you come alone for a week or with a whole team: family-run rooms, restored stone houses and beds with a view over the hills. Every night booked puts income directly into local hands.
- Rooms and shared spaces at Casa del Juniper
- Family-run B&Bs and guest rooms in the village
- Restored village houses for groups and longer stays
- Everything within walking distance of the Lab
The food is half the reason to come
In Molise, food is not a service — it is how the community spends time together. Expect handmade pasta, olive oil from the groves around the village, vegetables from the neighbours' gardens and recipes that have never left the family.
- Shared dinners — the heart of every week
- Trattorias, the village's two bars and coffee that follows its own rules
- Seasonal produce: olives, figs, tomatoes, wine from the region
- Cook-together evenings and visits to local producers
Life around the work
A workation here is more than a desk and fast wifi. The landscape, the seasons and the way people live are part of the offer — the opposite of a sterile conference venue, a place where work, nature, health and local life belong together.
Out in nature
- Hiking and mountain biking in the hills
- Kayaking and fishing on the lake and rivers
- Visits to vineyards and olive groves
- Harvest days and seasonal food experiences
A healthier rhythm
- Movement and training built into the day
- Running and cycling routes straight from the door
- Yoga and meditation between focused work and rest
- Time outdoors that makes the work better, not just the breaks
Every season has its reason
Macchia works year-round, not just a few intense summer weeks. A steadier rhythm gives local businesses stable demand instead of short peaks.
Spring and summer
Outdoor life, activities, longer stays and larger groups.
Autumn
Olive and grape harvest, food experiences and the flavours of the season.
Winter
The season when life moves indoors: more food events, cooking evenings and social gatherings — and calm, focused weeks for work.
Why the community wants you here
Your stay funds the Lab's free programs and puts customers in front of local businesses. That is the business model — international work creating local opportunity. It also means you are here as part of the village's everyday life, not as a tourist passing through.
Come work from here
Choose your dates, tell us how many you are, and we will get back with availability and practical details.