- Best for a full coworking setup: Ulab, V11, terretUp, Impact Hub Alicante and Coworking Luceros 12.
- Best for working from a cafe: Sip and Wonder, Madness Specialty Coffee, JevoleCoffee and Tienda de Café & Kitchen.
- Best areas: Alicante city centre and Ensanche offer the widest choice, while San Juan beach has a more relaxed rhythm.
- Outside central Alicante: Simple Social Hub is an option for remote workers around Gran Alacant and the southern coast.
- Choosing where to live: consider the distance to coworking spaces, reliable Wi-Fi and cafes before deciding on a neighbourhood.
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There’s a particular kind of morning that sums up why so many Europeans end up staying in Alicante far longer than they planned. You step outside with a laptop bag over your shoulder, the light already has that sharp Mediterranean clarity even at nine, and somewhere between the flat and the café you catch yourself thinking: I could actually build a life here. Not just a holiday. A life, with a desk, a decent flat white, and fibre internet that doesn’t stutter during a client call.
That thought is exactly why we keep getting the same question from clients who are househunting with us: «Where would I actually work?» Alicante isn’t Lisbon or Barcelona in terms of sheer coworking density, but it’s grown up fast over the last few years, and by 2026 the city has a genuinely solid mix of proper coworking hubs and laptop-friendly cafés scattered across the centre, the Ensanche district, and the San Juan beach area. Some are polished, membership-driven spaces with phone booths and 24/7 access. Others are just a good café with strong Wi-Fi, comfortable chairs, and staff who won’t glare at you for nursing one flat white through a three-hour Zoom marathon.
We put together this list not as a generic roundup but as something we’d genuinely hand to a client who just signed on an apartment near the port and asked, half-joking, «now where do I go on Monday morning?» Here it is, ten spots, addresses included, Google Maps links so you can drop a pin before you’ve even landed.
1. Ulab Coworking
- Plaça de San Cristóbal, 14, 03002 Alicante
If there’s a flagship coworking space in Alicante right now, this is probably it. Ulab has hot desks, dedicated desks, and private offices depending on how committed you want to be, plus a 300 Mbps connection that makes video calls painless even during peak hours. What sets it apart isn’t the hardware though, it’s the atmosphere: regular networking sessions, mentoring meetups, free drinks in the shared kitchen, and a community that actually talks to newcomers instead of burying itself in headphones. Open Monday to Friday, roughly 8:00 to 20:30.
2. V11 Coworking Alicante
- C/ Santiago, s/n, 03001 Alicante – Right in the heart of the city centre
V11 leans into the «serious business» end of coworking, with 24/7 access, a fully equipped kitchen, meeting rooms, and mail reception for anyone running a registered business from Alicante. It’s the kind of place that suits founders and small teams who need a proper address, not just a chair for the afternoon. High-speed internet is a given, but the flexibility of contract terms is what tends to win people over, especially expats who aren’t sure yet whether they’re staying three months or three years.
3. terretUp Coworking
- C/ Italia, 22, 03003 Alicante
TerretUp is a modern space with an eco-conscious streak: doesn’t try to be the flashiest coworking space in town, and honestly that’s part of its charm. It’s built around sustainable practices, natural materials, and a genuinely relaxed working environment, with flexible desks, private offices, and meeting rooms for teams that need to close the door once in a while. Freelancers who care about where their coffee cup ends up (compost, not landfill) tend to gravitate here.
4. Impact Hub Alicante
- Av. Maisonnave, 28 bis, 1ª Planta, 03003 Alicante
Impact Hub Alicante is the newest heavyweight on this list, and it shows: over 1,400 square metres of biophilic design, floor-to-ceiling natural light, and furniture that actually looks like someone thought about it rather than pulled it from a catalogue. Beyond the open coworking zones there are private offices, meeting rooms, and event space for the days you need to shut the door on the world. What makes it worth the detour from the port, though, is the network behind it. Impact Hub connects its members to more than a hundred hubs across sixty-odd countries, so if your business has any international ambitions at all, this is the desk that comes with a passport.
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5. Coworking Simple Social Hub
- Av. D’Escandinàvia, 35 Urbanización, 03130 Gran Alacant, Alicante
For anyone settling a bit further from the centre, particularly around Gran Alicante or the southern coast, this space fills an important gap. Clean, comfortable, and quieter than the city-centre options, it’s popular with people who split their week between quiet focus days and collaborative ones. There are regular community events too, including yoga sessions and conversation clubs, which sounds almost too wholesome until you’ve actually needed a reason to leave the desk at 4pm.
6. Sip and Wonder – Alicante Brunch & Restaurant
- Carrer Poeta Campos Vasallo, 8, 03004 Alicante
This is a favourite place among digital nomads across the city – the café style that comes up again and again when you ask remote workers in Alicante where they actually get things done. Big windows, a loft-style interior, spacious tables that don’t make you feel guilty for spreading out a laptop and two notebooks, and coffee that’s genuinely worth ordering twice. The Wi-Fi holds up, the outlets are easy to find, and there’s enough of a quiet corner to take a call without shouting over the espresso machine.
7. Madness Specialty Coffee
C. de San Nicolás, nº4, Bajo, 03002 Alicante
Local freelancers rate this one specifically for the quiet: bright, modern, unapologetically good coffee.
It’s not a silent library by any means, but the noise stays low enough that you can actually concentrate, which after a while becomes the single most valuable feature a café can offer. The specialty coffee is a genuine draw on its own, no laptop required, but if you’re bringing one, you won’t regret it.
8. JevoleCoffee
- C. José Gutiérrez Petén, 29, 03004 Alicante
Central, stylish, and balanced between «place to be seen» and «place to actually finish your report». Jevole works well as a mid-morning stop once the initial breakfast rush clears out, roughly after 10:30, when the tables free up and the pace of the room settles down. Order a café con leche if you’re staying an hour, or push to the toast and pastries if you know you’ll be there through lunch.
9. Tienda de Café & Kitchen
- Av. Alfonso El Sabio, 46, 03004 Alicante
An Argentine-inspired café that somehow manages to feel like a neighbourhood institution despite being fairly new to the scene. The interior is warm, wood-toned, tiled, with a marble counter stacked with pastries and empanadas, and there’s a wicker-chaired terrace outside that catches the light beautifully in the afternoon. Staff are bilingual, which removes any friction for newcomers still working on their Spanish, and the breakfast portions are, by local standards, enormous.
10. Coworking Luceros 12
- Plaça de los Luceros, 12, entreplanta 1-2, 03005 Alicante
Coworking Luceros 12 sits right on Plaza de los Luceros, arguably the most recognisable square in the city, and it plays that location for all it’s worth. The space itself is deliberately small, just 120 square metres capped at twelve professionals, which means each coworker gets closer to ten square metres of real elbow room instead of the three or four you’d get squeezed into elsewhere. The crowd here skews executive: lawyers, consultants, financial advisers, real estate agents, people who need quiet more than ping-pong tables. Come September, ask about a desk facing the square, watching the Hogueras fireworks from up there is something else entirely.
A quick word on choosing based on your neighbourhood
If you’re househunting with remote work in mind, and a growing number of our clients are, it’s worth thinking about proximity before you fall in love with a flat. The centre and Ensanche give you the widest choice, basically everything on this list within a twenty-minute walk or a short tram ride. San Juan beach adds a slightly different rhythm, more relaxed, sea air on your lunch break, though the coworking options thin out a bit compared to downtown. Gran Alicante and the southern coast trade some convenience for space and quiet, which suits people who need long, uninterrupted focus blocks more than a buzzing café scene.
None of this is trivial when you’re choosing where to live. A lovely flat, but one situated a forty-minute drive from the nearest place with decent Wi-Fi and really good coffee, is the sort of flat that will gradually start to get on your nerves after a month. But now you know which area in Alicante has exactly what you’re looking for.
Not sure which part of Alicante fits your routine? Use this list together with our city guides to compare central Alicante, the coast and the areas that work best for your stay.
This is the list we’ve put together here at Alicante Smart Hotel, and, to be honest, we’d love to pop into most of these places ourselves with you for a cup of coffee – straight after handing over the keys (to your dream flat, of course).
Alicante has this way of turning «where do I work» into «oh, I’m actually fine here», and we love watching that shift happen. If you’re weighing up neighbourhoods and want to know realistically how far your future flat sits from a good flat white and a strong signal, just ask us. We’ll probably have an opinion, and we’ll probably be right.
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FAQ: Coworking and Remote Work in Alicante
Is Alicante a good city for remote workers?
Yes. Alicante has a solid mix of proper coworking hubs and laptop-friendly cafes across the centre, Ensanche and other parts of the city, giving remote workers options for both structured and informal working days.
What are the best areas of Alicante for coworking?
The centre and Ensanche offer the widest choice of coworking spaces and cafes, with many options accessible within a twenty-minute walk or a short tram ride.
Are there laptop-friendly cafes in Alicante?
Yes. This guide includes Sip and Wonder, Madness Specialty Coffee, JevoleCoffee and Tienda de Café & Kitchen among the cafe options for people who want to work with a laptop.
Is San Juan beach suitable for remote workers?
San Juan beach offers a more relaxed rhythm and the possibility of enjoying the sea during a lunch break, although coworking options are thinner than in downtown Alicante.
Should I consider coworking locations when choosing where to live in Alicante?
Yes. If you work remotely, proximity to reliable Wi-Fi, coworking spaces and cafes can make a meaningful difference to your everyday routine, so it is worth considering before choosing a neighbourhood.