Stories, guides and opinions from Sicily, written by Angelo, Dario and Alberto.
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Stories on the map
Tap a town to see what we've written about it. Palermo and Catania lead, but the islands and the south-east are catching up.
November-to-March temperatures in five cities, cold houses, what stays open, Sant'Agata and Carnevale, off-season prices: Sicily in winter with a laptop.
Aeolian, Egadi, Pantelleria, Ustica, Lampedusa: winter 2026/27 boats and flights, internet, water and healthcare checked, with a viability table per island.
Italia Nomad Fest returns to Villa Niscemi, Palermo, on 6–14 March 2027. What's confirmed, ticket prices, what isn't announced yet and how to plan the stay.
Open Innovation Sicilia's 16 hubs and €7.18M for startups, PATIC, Isola Catania, StartCup, Smart&Start and Resto al Sud 2.0: what's open in Sicily in late 2026.
Castelbuono's public coworking, the Madonie Nomad Residency, Cefalù as a base and the honest trade-offs of working remotely in the mountains east of Palermo.
City-by-city check of Sicily's coworking spaces in November 2026: verified day and month prices, spaces that closed, and what to do in towns with none.
How to rent in Palermo for 1–6 months: Spotahome, HousingAnywhere, Flatio, colivings and Italian portals, real 2026 prices by zone, contracts and red flags.
ItaStra in Palermo, ITALSTRA in Catania, Babilonia in Taormina, Solemar in Cefalù, the Siracusa gap, active tandems and how to practise every day.
Workspaces that exist and those that don't, laptop cafés, Ortigia rents, the Catania airport transfer, beaches, Noto and the 2027 INDA season in Siracusa.
Sicily refunds 50% of IRPEF (60% in small towns) to people moving from abroad who buy or renovate a home. Who qualifies, the cap, the yearly windows.
Coworking events, ESN, Nomade Table dinners, beach clean-ups, CAI hikes and Sant'Agata: where to meet people in Catania, what's missing and a plan for week one.
Palermo and Catania markets, arancina or arancino, granita and brioche, meal times and coperto, home cooking: how to eat well on a budget during a long stay.
18 Mbps or 2 Gbps? Sourced internet speeds in Sicily, what nobody measures yet, SIM prices per GB, the ID rule, a pre-rental line test and a backup setup.
Coworking, rents, airport, internet, climate and community compared with November 2026 data: Palermo or Catania, and which one suits which remote worker.
Which coliving houses in Sicily are really taking guests, monthly prices as listed, what's included, retreats, mid-term rental alternatives and red flags.
Sicily's €30,000 South Working grant goes to employers, not workers. The conditions, how to pitch it to your company, and what freelancers can use instead.
Verified coworkings with prices, Verso Coffice, neighbourhoods and rents, the airport and Etna ash, the sea and volcano weekends: Catania for remote workers.
Kalsa, Politeama, Vucciria, Ballarò, Mondello, Sferracavallo and Arenella compared: rent per m², coworkings, laptop cafés, transport and noise in Palermo.
Palermo came 25th of 30 in Savills' 2025 nomad index, Italy's best entry. What that index measures, what quality-of-life rankings say and what it means for you.