Palermo
Sicily's capital and its main remote-work base: the most coworking spaces on the island, an airport about an hour away by train and central one-bedrooms around €618.
17 coworking spaces/colivings✈ PMO · 65 min
Cities and towns for remote workers
Where to base yourself in Sicily, compared honestly, the way we'd tell a friend.
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cities and towns for remote workers
Catania
Etna's city: Sicily's busiest airport 7 minutes from the centre by train, a growing coworking scene and central one-bedrooms at about €577 a month.
12 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 7 min
Siracusa
Ortigia's stone lanes with the sea on every side and central one-bedrooms around €463, but few coworkings and, since 30 September 2026, only buses from Catania airport.
4 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 70 min
Ragusa
Baroque hill town split between Ibla and Ragusa Superiore, with low rents, a good-value coworking by the station and a car close to essential.
2 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 100 min
Trapani
Port city at Sicily's western tip with the lowest rents per m² of the main cities, two coworkings, hydrofoils to the Egadi and a Ryanair base at Birgi.
2 coworking spaces/colivings✈ TPS
Cefalù
Seaside town under an hour from Palermo by train, with a Norman cathedral, a beach in town and the Madonie behind it; busy in summer, short on work spaces.
✈ PMO · 122 min
Messina
Port city on the Strait facing Calabria, with low rents, a handful of coworkings including a free new hub, and ferries to the mainland around the clock.
5 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 104 min
Marsala
Wine town by the Stagnone lagoon, known for flat-water kitesurfing, Mozia and sunsets over the salt pans; small, quiet and close to Birgi airport.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ TPS · 25 min
Modica
Steep Baroque town in the Hyblaean Mountains, famous for cold-worked chocolate; central for the south-east, slow to reach without a car.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 125 min
Aci Trezza
Fishing village of about 5,000 people on the lava coast 9 km from Catania, facing the Faraglioni dei Ciclopi and the setting of Verga's I Malavoglia.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA
Milazzo
Port town on a peninsula west of Messina, the main departure point for Aeolian hydrofoils, with a community coworking running since 2015.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA
Riposto
Small port town between Catania and Taormina at the foot of Etna, about 45 minutes by train from Catania airport, home to a women-first coliving.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 45 min
Avola
Coastal town south of Siracusa near Noto; its only nomad listing is a small beach-house coliving whose recent activity is unconfirmed.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA · 70 min
Caltanissetta
Provincial capital in Sicily's interior with the only coworking found in central Sicily: a Poste Italiane space opened in December 2025.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA
Licodia Eubea
Hill village in inland Catania province, between Caltagirone and Vizzini, with a community coworking opened in 2025.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA
Sant'Agata di Militello
Town on the Tyrrhenian coast at the edge of the Nebrodi, with a Lux Space coworking branch in the Agorà shopping centre.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ PMO
Vittoria
Town in the province of Ragusa next to Comiso airport, with Integra4Business, a large business centre and coworking with very low indicative prices.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CIY
Castelbuono
Madonie hill town about 15 minutes from the coast near Cefalù, with a public coworking running since 2020 and train-plus-bus tickets from Palermo.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ PMO · 150 min
Enna
Italy's highest provincial capital, at 931 m in the middle of Sicily, with a regional archaeology museum open daily and an association-run coworking hub in Enna Bassa.
1 coworking spaces/colivings✈ CTA
Taormina
Hilltop resort above the Ionian Sea with the Teatro Antico and a packed summer calendar; spectacular, expensive and much quieter in winter.
✈ CTA · 85 min
Noto
Golden-stone Baroque town near Vendicari and Calamosche, under 50 minutes from Siracusa by train; lovely in spring, very quiet in winter.
✈ CTA · 83 min
Scicli
Quiet Baroque town in a valley in the province of Ragusa, one of the eight Val di Noto UNESCO towns; best with a car and a reliable home connection.
✈ CTA
Acireale
Baroque town on lava cliffs between Catania and Etna, 21–32 minutes from Catania airport by train, home to a big carnival and the Nivarata granita festival.
✈ CTA · 27 min
Lipari
Largest of the Aeolian Islands, with a year-round population and frequent hydrofoils to Milazzo; a summer or shoulder-season stint rather than a winter base.
✈ CTA
Favignana
Flat, bike-friendly main island of the Egadi, with about 12 hydrofoils a day from Trapani even in winter; for summer stints that need little infrastructure.
✈ TPS
Agrigento
City above the Valle dei Templi on the south coast, about two hours from Palermo by train; a place for a day trip or a short stay rather than a work base.
✈ PMO · 190 min
Gangi
Stone town at 1,011 m in the Madonie, with a municipal 1-euro-house scheme, a civic museum and a single train-plus-bus link a day from Palermo.
✈ PMO · 250 min
Corleone
Inland town of about 10,000 people in the hills south of Palermo, home of the CIDMA anti-mafia centre and the Due Rocche waterfall; no coworking, buses only.
✈ PMO
Piazza Armerina
Hill town in Enna province, 3 km from the UNESCO-listed Villa Romana del Casale, with a city museum in Palazzo Trigona and the Palio dei Normanni every 12–14 August. No coworking found.
✈ CTA
Caltagirone
Ceramics town in inland Catania province and one of the eight UNESCO Late Baroque towns of the Val di Noto; trains to Catania are replaced by buses until 12 December 2026.
✈ CTA
Sciacca
Fishing port on the south-west coast, known for its carnival, ceramics and coral; the old thermal baths have been closed since 2015.
✈ PMO
Favara
Town 10 km from Agrigento, known for Farm Cultural Park, which was temporarily closed for a transformation when we checked in November 2026.
✈ PMO
Sambuca di Sicilia
Hill village of Arab origin in the Belice valley, 'Borgo dei Borghi' 2016 and known for selling council houses from €1.
✈ PMO
Licata
Port town on the south coast, with a 17th-century castle, Liberty buildings and the 1943 landing beaches.
✈ CIY
Compare two towns
Pick any two places from this guide. The better figure in each row is highlighted; blank means we have no sourced number yet.
| Palermo | Catania | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 (better) | workspaces checked | 12 |
| 4 (better) | Coliving | 2 |
| €618 | 1-bedroom flat, centre | €577 (better) |
| €414 | 1-bedroom flat, outside centre | €338 (better) |
| €15 | Meal, inexpensive restaurant | €15 |
| PMO · 65 min | Nearest airport | CTA · 7 min (better) |
| 15.1°C | January high | 15.8°C (better) |
| 26.3°C | Sea in August | 26.3°C |
| May, Jun, Sep, Oct | Best months | Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct |
Sicily in numbers
Average high, month by month
Daily maximum air temperature in °C. Warmer cells are darker.
coolerwarmer(15–32°)
Sea temperature, month by month
Average sea surface temperature in °C: above 22° most people swim without a wetsuit.
coolerwarmer(14–26°)
Rent for a one-bedroom flat
Monthly asking rent in euros, in the centre and outside it.
CentreOutside the centre