How to Plan the Perfect Company Retreat in a Coliving Space (Barcelona Edition)

Your team hasn’t been in the same room in over a year. Slack feels transactional. Zoom is efficient but sterile. The energy’s fading — and you know it. What if the fix isn’t a new OKR system or another “wellness budget”—but 5 days of real connection in a place designed to rebuild everything?

Welcome to the next generation of company retreats. Not hotels. Not rented villas. But coliving spaces built for deep work, deep rest, and team recalibration. And not just anywhere — in Castelldefels, 20 minutes from Barcelona, but far enough to feel like you’ve left the noise behind.

Why companies are walking away from hotel offsites

Let’s call it out: hotel offsites are convenient but culturally bankrupt. You’re locked into breakfast buffets, stiff chairs, and soulless lobbies. The only bonding is small talk at the minibar or scheduled “fun” between PowerPoint slides.

Today’s teams don’t want that. They want intentional environments — places that feel human, honest and alive. Retreats that don’t just “inspire” for two hours but rewire the team for the next 6 months. That’s what coliving offers. And when done right, it works better than any keynote ever could.

What makes a coliving retreat actually work

The secret is not the decor. It’s the design of interaction.

• 💡 Structure without rigidity: time to think, space to decompress
• 🔥 Shared rituals: sunset check-ins, cooking together, breathwork before breakfast
• 🧭 Strategic immersion: 3–5 days focused on one theme: alignment, purpose, reset
• 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 Unforced connection: no icebreakers needed when you share a morning hike

It’s about creating conditions where trust happens naturally and alignment doesn’t need a slide deck.

A checklist to plan a meaningful retreat

Before booking anything, get crystal clear on what you’re actually designing. This is not a team-building trip. It’s a cultural intervention.

• 🔍 What’s broken? Energy? Trust? Direction?
• 🎯 What’s the one outcome you’d be proud of post-retreat?
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who really needs to be there? (Less is often more.)
• ⏳ How much time is too little? (Answer: under 3 days is theater.)
• 🎙 Will you facilitate or bring someone in?

And remember: the location is not the backdrop — it’s part of the message.

So why Barcelona... and why Castelldefels?

Barcelona’s still a magnet — but the city centre has become a paradox: expensive, loud, overbooked. A retreat in the Gothic Quarter feels like hosting a meditation session inside a nightclub.

Castelldefels is different. It’s 10 minutes from the airport, 5 minutes from the beach, and 1 minute from real silence. Here, you get forest trails and sea air — not just tapas and traffic. Your team can work, breathe, reflect and reset. All without losing time in transfers or logistics.

This is not the next Bali. It’s the first serious Mediterranean retreat zone — and it’s still early.

A real place: Green Living Coliving

This isn’t a rental villa or a repurposed hostel. Green Living was built for this. Private rooms. Starlink Wi-Fi. Rooftop rituals. Chef dinners. Vera, the Happiness Officer, welcomes each group with a grounding ritual, not a keycard.

• 📡 Coworking space with high-speed connectivity
• 🛏️ 9 rooms (suites + singles)
• 🧘‍♂️ Wellness zone: rooftop, jacuzzi, gym
• 🍲 Community kitchen + pop-up chef options
• 🌿 Forest hikes and beach swims in walking distance

It’s not glossy. It’s thoughtful. And it works.

6. Retreat blueprints: 3-day and 5-day formats

⚡ 3-Day Reset Sprint

• Day 1: Arrival, welcome circle, shared dinner
• Day 2: Strategy sprint, sound bath, firepit reflections
• Day 3: Co-creation session, closing ceremony

🌀 5-Day Deep Dive

• Day 1: Landing & logistics
• Day 2: Strategy alignment + forest integration walk
• Day 3: Creative breakout, storytelling workshop
• Day 4: Wellness reset, future visioning
• Day 5: Integration, feedback loop, transition

Every day is designed. Every moment has a purpose.

Plan your offsite like you mean it

Stop Googling “retreat venues near Barcelona.” That’s not how culture is built. If you're serious about designing a space for your team to reconnect, reset and realign — start here.

📥 Download our free Company Retreat Planner (PDF)

📩 Request a quote or co-design your next offsite with us.

If your team only meets twice a year, make it count. One great retreat beats six months of empty messages.