FAQ
The things people ask us most, before they arrive.
What is a co-living?
A co-living is a community-driven way of living: private (or shared) bedrooms alongside communal spaces like kitchens, living rooms and co-working areas. It's typically time-limited, not a permanent home.
What is Montino Coliving?
Montino is a coliving in rural Northern Italy: a 4-story house with a big garden, 12 rooms and room for up to 20 people. We host people from all over the world, for stays from a single week up to months. We're 🌈 LGBTQA friendly, 🐾 dog friendly, and generally friendly people.
What are Montino's values?
We value:
- 💻 Deep work: our guests can focus on their projects in a peaceful atmosphere.
- 👫 Community: we believe people connect best by sharing time, passions, knowledge and food with each other. We hold volunteer-based daily community dinners, and offer curated and community-organized activities.
- 🧘♀️ Mind & body: daily yoga lessons and a gym area, plus occasional meditations, accountability sessions and forest walks.
- 🌿 Nature and local surroundings: hikes, beautiful viewpoints, sweet Italian towns, wonderful Italian food, and visits to Lago Maggiore and its beaches.
What are Montino members like?
Our members are typically around 35 years old: digital nomads, travelers, remote workers and otherwise location-independent people. They're nature-loving, looking to connect with people in a stress-free, FOMO-free environment.
How do I get there?
Our address is Strada Luigi Cadorna 26, Manegra, 28824 Oggebbio VB, Italy. The easiest way to reach us is typically landing at Malpensa airport, taking a shuttle to Verbania, and joining our free pickup from there. Read more on the getting here page.
What room types are available?
Three, to fit a variety of budgets: a private en-suite, a private room with a shared bathroom, and a shared 3 single-bed room. You can see current rates and check dates on the booking page.
What does my stay include?
The following are included:
- Private or shared room
- Sheets, towels, soaps
- Weekly room cleaning by request
- Fast internet 250/50
- Co-working and meetings spaces
- Coffee and tea
- Fully-equipped kitchen with all amenities
- Basic pantry and breakfast ingredients
- Laundry machine
- Community-organized dinners
- All community activities
- Daily yoga
- Gym area
- Sauna and hot tub
- TV, board games and musical instruments
- Garden with outdoor seating, hammocks and fire pit
- Pick up and drop-off from Verbania on your first and last day
What do you do at Montino?
Daily yoga lessons, communal meals, skill-share nights, movie nights, jam sessions, board games, hikes and excursions through the week, plus focus time for work and retrospection. Nothing is mandatory, but the house comes alive when people show up for it.
What do you eat?
There's a shared kitchen stocked with basic ingredients, and the communal dinners that pull the house together. Restaurants are 5 to 25 minutes away when you want a night out. Montino is vegan-, veggie- and omnivore-friendly.
What is there to do around?
The area around Montino is full of great walks and hikes with amazing views of Lago Maggiore, plus Italian cuisine, lake beaches, Italian towns, botanical gardens and other tourist attractions. See our favourites on the things to do page.
What do I need to bring?
Aside from your personal belongings, you don't need anything else at Montino, see the list of our amenities. You are welcome to bring swimwear, a hat and hiking shoes.
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