FAQ

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.

The following are included:

• Your choice of private or shared room
• Sheets, towels, soaps
• Weekly room cleaning by request
• Internet access
• 24/7 use of the cowork office space and facilities
• 24/7 Italian coffee and tea
• Fully-equipped kitchen with all amenities
• Cooking, baking and basic pantry ingredients
• Laundry machine
• Communal dinners
• All community activities
• Daily yoga
• Gym area
• TV, board games and musical instruments
• Garden with outdoor seating, hammocks and fire pit

Montino is easy to reach by public transport, and we offer free pickups from Verbania Intra or Verbania-Pallanza train station. Full directions are on the getting here page.

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.

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.

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.

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.