Ask HN: Nice place to work for a month near the beach with good wifi in Europe?

3 points by kewball 12 years ago | 5 comments

I am a contractor based in London who is taking some time off to work on a few of my own ideas.

I am planning on doing this from a few different locations around Europe and wanted to check if the HN community had any suggestions.

Requirements:

  1) Close to the beach
  2) Not a big city
  3) Good wifi

I plan to rent an apartment with wifi through airbnb for a month but if you know of coworking space which meets my requirements please let me know.

antman 12 years ago |

Crete. Very good Internet, perfect beaches. Don't get stuck there forever like this guy...

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/heinzkabutz-...

kewball 12 years ago |

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have been to Crete before and loved it. I also plan on getting fit and healthy while I am there so perhaps the fresh fruit and veg from the market off La Rambla in Barcelona will be better for me then all the lovely gyros in Crete.

meerita 12 years ago |

I would recommend Barcelona, Spain. Not needed on the Barna main beaches, but I would go to the outer small towns with beach access like Caldes d'Estrac or Ocata, etc. Really relaxed towns, with clean water and sand.

I go there all weekends to relax.

rudasn 12 years ago |

shameless plug, but check out Cyprus. there are a lot of Brits here during the summer and for good reason. protaras/ayia Napa have the best beaches but limassol may provide you with better WiFi and perhaps better prices. it's a small island and if you rent a car you can get to a beach within 30 minutes wherever you are. larnaca is also nice and you may find a cheaper place to stay there.

let me know if you're interested

Peroni 12 years ago |

Cork in Ireland is a good option.

There are tons of towns near the beach. Kinsale is one of the more impressive places that springs to mind.