--- title: "Blog | Remote Work, Coliving & Rural Living Insights | Hamlet's Friends" description: "Discover insights on remote work, coliving lifestyle, and rural living in Spain. Tips for digital nomads, community stories, and countryside adventures." url: "https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/" locale: "en" alternates: en: "https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/" de: "https://hamletsfriends.com/de/blog/" es: "https://hamletsfriends.com/es/blog/" x-default: "https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/" site_index: "https://hamletsfriends.com/llms.txt" --- # Hamlet's Blog Stories and insights from our rural coworking and coliving community. [![Where to stay near Talavera de la Reina](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/house_from_logo.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/where-to-stay-near-talavera-de-la-reina/) Featured ### [Where to stay near Talavera de la Reina](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/where-to-stay-near-talavera-de-la-reina/) Search for a bed near Talavera de la Reina and the results blur into one: a hostal on a ring road, a two-star place by the bus station, a campsite out near the water. Fine if you need somewhere to sleep for one night. Less useful if you're staying a ... [Read More: Where to stay near Talavera de la Reina](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/where-to-stay-near-talavera-de-la-reina/) ## More Stories [![Rural coworking near Madrid: wifi, costs, day passes](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-egg-chair-countryside.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-coworking-near-madrid/) ### [Rural coworking near Madrid: wifi, costs, day passes](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-coworking-near-madrid/) Yes, you can work from a village an hour and a quarter from Madrid and get faster, steadier internet than most city offices manage. Spain has some of ... [Read More: Rural coworking near Madrid: wifi, costs, day passes](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-coworking-near-madrid/) [![Company retreat near Madrid: plan, budget and agenda](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-offsite-team.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/company-retreat-near-madrid/) ### [Company retreat near Madrid: plan, budget and agenda](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/company-retreat-near-madrid/) Planning a company retreat near Madrid comes down to four decisions: a venue close enough that nobody loses a day to travel, a date booked six to eigh... [Read More: Company retreat near Madrid: plan, budget and agenda](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/company-retreat-near-madrid/) [![Workation in Spain: a realistic guide (from a village)](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-egg-chair-countryside.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/workation-in-spain/) ### [Workation in Spain: a realistic guide (from a village)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/workation-in-spain/) Spain is the easiest place in Europe to take a workation, and the beach is the part you can skip. Most of the EU shares its clock. The weather holds f... [Read More: Workation in Spain: a realistic guide (from a village)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/workation-in-spain/) [![What rural coliving in Spain costs (our real prices)](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/coliving/cabin_orange_trim_oak_shade.jpeg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-coliving-spain-cost/) ### [What rural coliving in Spain costs (our real prices)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-coliving-spain-cost/) Rural coliving in Spain costs less than most people assume. At Hamlet's Friends, an hour and a quarter from Madrid, a room in the Molino starts at €50... [Read More: What rural coliving in Spain costs (our real prices)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-coliving-spain-cost/) [![How to choose a coliving: 12 things to check first](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/coliving/small_cabin_thatched_green_shutters.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-coliving/) ### [How to choose a coliving: 12 things to check first](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-coliving/) To choose a coliving, check twelve things before you pay a deposit: the measured internet speed (not "fast WiFi"), how far out it is and how you get t... [Read More: How to choose a coliving: 12 things to check first](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-coliving/) [![Coliving vs coworking: what's the difference?](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/coworking/coworking_lounge_bar_windows_square.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/coliving-vs-coworking/) ### [Coliving vs coworking: what's the difference?](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/coliving-vs-coworking/) Coworking is a place to work. Coliving is a place to live that happens to include a place to work. That is the whole distinction, and you can stop rea... [Read More: Coliving vs coworking: what's the difference?](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/coliving-vs-coworking/) [![How to get to Nuño Gómez from Madrid](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/nuno-gomez-village-welcome.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/how-to-get-to-nuno-gomez-from-madrid/) ### [How to get to Nuño Gómez from Madrid](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/how-to-get-to-nuno-gomez-from-madrid/) Nuño Gómez is 110 km west of Madrid, about 1h15 by car down the A-5. Without a car, take a bus or train to Talavera de la Reina, roughly 1h20 either w... [Read More: How to get to Nuño Gómez from Madrid](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/how-to-get-to-nuno-gomez-from-madrid/) [![Things to do in the Sierra de San Vicente](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/sierra-de-san-vicente-dehesa-sunrise.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/things-to-do-sierra-de-san-vicente/) ### [Things to do in the Sierra de San Vicente](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/things-to-do-sierra-de-san-vicente/) When the laptop closes, the Sierra de San Vicente gives you somewhere to go. Hiking and bouldering in the hills, swimming spots, medieval Toledo an ho... [Read More: Things to do in the Sierra de San Vicente](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/things-to-do-sierra-de-san-vicente/) [![What is coliving? A plain-English guide, with a rural twist](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/coliving/cabin_4.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/what-is-coliving/) ### [What is coliving? A plain-English guide, with a rural twist](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/what-is-coliving/) Coliving is a housing model where you rent a private room and share the kitchen, workspace and social areas with everyone else in the building. Stays ... [Read More: What is coliving? A plain-English guide, with a rural twist](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/what-is-coliving/) [![5 reasons for an intimate wedding in a Toledo village](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/wedding-table-toledo.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/intimate-wedding-toledo-5-reasons/) ### [5 reasons for an intimate wedding in a Toledo village](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/intimate-wedding-toledo-5-reasons/) An intimate wedding in a Toledo village means 20 to 60 guests, the whole property to yourselves for a full weekend, and everyone sleeping on site rath... [Read More: 5 reasons for an intimate wedding in a Toledo village](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/intimate-wedding-toledo-5-reasons/) [![Rural offsites: coworking in nature an hour from Madrid](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-offsite-team.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-offsites-coworking-nature/) ### [Rural offsites: coworking in nature an hour from Madrid](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-offsites-coworking-nature/) A rural offsite here means the whole property is yours. 110 km from Madrid and from Barajas, about 1h15 by car. Ten accommodation units, so nobody sle... [Read More: Rural offsites: coworking in nature an hour from Madrid](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-offsites-coworking-nature/) [![Yoga retreats near Madrid: the Sierra de San Vicente](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/yoga-retreat-sierra-san-vicente.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/yoga-retreats-near-madrid-sierra-san-vicente/) ### [Yoga retreats near Madrid: the Sierra de San Vicente](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/yoga-retreats-near-madrid-sierra-san-vicente/) We take one group at a time. The property is 110 km from Madrid, about 1h15 by car. You get a bright indoor room for practice, lawns under the oaks wh... [Read More: Yoga retreats near Madrid: the Sierra de San Vicente](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/yoga-retreats-near-madrid-sierra-san-vicente/) [![Bouldering and deep work: an autumn reset](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/bouldering_blog.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/bouldering-season-deep-work-hamlets-friends/) ### [Bouldering and deep work: an autumn reset](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/bouldering-season-deep-work-hamlets-friends/) Bouldering season in the Sierra de San Vicente runs through the cooler months, and it pairs unreasonably well with deep work. Hard problems in the aft... [Read More: Bouldering and deep work: an autumn reset](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/bouldering-season-deep-work-hamlets-friends/) [![Rural Coworking Space in Nuño Gómez, Toledo](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-terrace-rural-view.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/the-countryside-coworking-space-at-the-old-golf-clubhouse-in-nuno-gomez/) ### [Rural Coworking Space in Nuño Gómez, Toledo](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/the-countryside-coworking-space-at-the-old-golf-clubhouse-in-nuno-gomez/) The coworking at Hamlet's Friends is 200 m² in the old golf clubhouse of Nuño Gómez, Toledo, with dual 600 Mbps fibre, meeting rooms and a terrace. A ... [Read More: Rural Coworking Space in Nuño Gómez, Toledo](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/the-countryside-coworking-space-at-the-old-golf-clubhouse-in-nuno-gomez/) [![Rural vs urban coworking: why working in nature wins](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-egg-chair-countryside.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-vs-urban-coworking-advantages-of-working-in-nature/) ### [Rural vs urban coworking: why working in nature wins](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-vs-urban-coworking-advantages-of-working-in-nature/) Rural coworking trades the commute and the noise for distance and quiet. Here that means 110 km and about 1h15 from Madrid, dual 600 Mbps fibre, and a... [Read More: Rural vs urban coworking: why working in nature wins](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/rural-vs-urban-coworking-advantages-of-working-in-nature/) [![Why we chose Nuño Gómez for our rural coworking in Spain](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/nuno-gomez-village-welcome.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/our-search-for-the-perfect-spot/) ### [Why we chose Nuño Gómez for our rural coworking in Spain](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/our-search-for-the-perfect-spot/) We chose Nuño Gómez because it was quiet enough to think in and still close enough to Madrid that people would actually come. It is 110 km from the ci... [Read More: Why we chose Nuño Gómez for our rural coworking in Spain](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/our-search-for-the-perfect-spot/) [![Nuño Gómez Village: A Rural Coliving Story in Toledo](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/dehesa-sunrise-landscape.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/nuno-gomez-a-tale-of-the-beginning/) ### [Nuño Gómez Village: A Rural Coliving Story in Toledo](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/nuno-gomez-a-tale-of-the-beginning/) Nuño Gómez is a village of about 100 people in Toledo province, 110 km west of Madrid. In 2021, four friends from Spain and Germany decided to build a... [Read More: Nuño Gómez Village: A Rural Coliving Story in Toledo](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/nuno-gomez-a-tale-of-the-beginning/) [![Coliving and coworking in Spain: the people you meet](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-opening-celebration.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/networking-and-community-the-heart-of-coworking-coliving/) ### [Coliving and coworking in Spain: the people you meet](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/networking-and-community-the-heart-of-coworking-coliving/) What makes rural coworking work is not the fibre. It is that twelve people eat dinner together. Community is the one part you cannot install. Ours com... [Read More: Coliving and coworking in Spain: the people you meet](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/networking-and-community-the-heart-of-coworking-coliving/) [![Countryside coworking and coliving: work-life balance](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-lounge-orange-yellow.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/coworking-coliving-in-the-countryside-redefining-the-work-life-balance-for-the-hybrid-generation/) ### [Countryside coworking and coliving: work-life balance](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/coworking-coliving-in-the-countryside-redefining-the-work-life-balance-for-the-hybrid-generation/) Coworking and coliving in the countryside means your desk and your bed sit on the same property, an hour and a quarter from Madrid instead of in it. H... [Read More: Countryside coworking and coliving: work-life balance](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/coworking-coliving-in-the-countryside-redefining-the-work-life-balance-for-the-hybrid-generation/) [![Coliving and coworking in rural Spain at Hamlet's Friends](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/co-living-cabana-signpost.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/co-living-co-working-rural-spain-nuno-gomez-toledo/) ### [Coliving and coworking in rural Spain at Hamlet's Friends](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/co-living-co-working-rural-spain-nuno-gomez-toledo/) Hamlet's Friends is a rural coliving and coworking in Nuño Gómez, a 100-person village in Toledo, 110 km and about 1h15 from Madrid. Five wooden cabin... [Read More: Coliving and coworking in rural Spain at Hamlet's Friends](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/co-living-co-working-rural-spain-nuno-gomez-toledo/) [![Registering a startup in rural Spain: why it works](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/rural-coworking-sunroom.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/building-the-future-from-the-countryside-why-registering-your-startup-in-rural-spain-might-be-the-b/) ### [Registering a startup in rural Spain: why it works](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/building-the-future-from-the-countryside-why-registering-your-startup-in-rural-spain-might-be-the-b/) You can register a Spanish company at a rural address, and there are real reasons to. A registered business address here starts at €20 a month, it is ... [Read More: Registering a startup in rural Spain: why it works](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/building-the-future-from-the-countryside-why-registering-your-startup-in-rural-spain-might-be-the-b/) [![A new way of working in the countryside: our launch](https://hamletsfriends.com/images/blog/coworking-opening-celebration.jpg)](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/a-day-to-remember-celebrating-a-new-way-of-working-in-the-countryside/) ### [A new way of working in the countryside: our launch](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/a-day-to-remember-celebrating-a-new-way-of-working-in-the-countryside/) We opened the rural coworking at Hamlet's Friends with a garden full of neighbours, friends and a few curious cows. The workspace is 200 m² in a conve... [Read More: A new way of working in the countryside: our launch](https://hamletsfriends.com/blog/a-day-to-remember-celebrating-a-new-way-of-working-in-the-countryside/)