Remote work as an opportunity for rural areas

In Grottole, Basilicata, we host, for medium to long periods, remote workers. We do this in the only two rooms available in our Wonder Casa, in a mode we have called rural coliving. And we are moving our steps toward a sustainable model for hosting digital nomads in symbiosis with the whole local community. Remote […]

Grottole as educational destination

We were first contacted by POP Education, a French association that organizes study vacations for young people, in 2019. Three years have passed and, after years of travel restrictions, we hosted our first group of students in Grottole. This fall 10 kids aged 14 to 16 came to the village to have immersive experiences in […]

Roots Tourism and Wonder Grottole

2024 will be the year of Roots Tourism, but what is it all about? Roots tourism, or return tourism, involves first or second generation emigrants who decide to rediscover the places of their family origins.  In numbers:  80 million is the number of Italian descendants or Italians living abroad, the potential audience for this form […]