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Seaside Towns in Spain

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI Updated

Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Among the 151 towns with 200+ homes

Most booked of these 151
Marbella 79,505 stays
Highest revenue per home of these 151
Santa Eulària des Riu €72,969 a year
Highest rated of these 151
Águilas 4.81 out of 5
Lowest nightly rate of these 151
Valle Gran Rey €87 a night
Longest typical stay of these 151
Guardamar del Segura 8.4 nights

Ranking

Seaside Towns in Spain Ranked by Airbnb Stays

Every one of the seaside and coastal towns in Spain with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.

Seaside Towns in Spain ranked by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating
1Marbella, Andalusia79,505€329
2Arona, Canary Islands56,564€142
3Benalmádena, Andalusia55,559€174
4Adeje, Canary Islands52,647€216
5San Sebastián, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country50,938€284
6Torremolinos, Andalusia47,370€150
7San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Canary Islands. Includes Playa del Ingles.47,104€182
8Mijas, Andalusia41,103€232
9Benidorm, Valencian Community40,409€174
10Fuengirola, Andalusia37,830€184
11Nerja, Andalusia36,143€195
12Torrevieja, Valencian Community35,680€117
13La Oliva, Canary Islands34,049€139
14Cádiz, Andalusia33,908€159
15Tías, Canary Islands. Includes Puerto del Carmen.33,079€203
16Estepona, Andalusia30,585€232
17Calp, Valencian Community27,209€188
18Teguise, Canary Islands26,251€142
19Yaiza, Canary Islands25,731€284
20Gijón, Asturias24,636€147
21Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands24,296€132
22Pollença, Balearic Islands22,907€415
23Tarifa, Andalusia22,773€180
24Dénia, Valencian Community22,653€178
25Santander, Cantabria22,195€150

Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5. Airbnb data files some places as one district or township, so San Bartolomé de Tirajana and rows like it cover several towns.

Money figures on this page are in euros, converted from US dollars at €0.86 per US$, the typical rate from November 2025 to October 2026.

By region

Stays and Top Town by Region

Seaside Towns in Spain by region: towns, Airbnb stays and the top town in each
RegionStaysTop town
Andalusia580,057Marbella
Canary Islands515,800Arona
Valencian Community320,029Benidorm
Catalonia261,318Salou
Balearic Islands138,350Pollença
Galicia69,049Vigo
Autonomous Community of the Basque Country65,520San Sebastián
Asturias48,420Gijón
Cantabria45,737Santander
Region of Murcia24,751Cartagena
Campo de Cartagena y Mar Menor9,863San Javier

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out

5 of 8 are busiest in August. Arona and San Bartolomé de Tirajana peak in January, and Adeje in March. Among guests who left a review, the United Kingdom is the top home country in 7 of the 8. Apartments and condos are the largest home type in all 8. The lines below add what the table can't show, where one of the 8 most booked towns leads its peers or differs from the rest.

  1. Marbella, Andalusia

    Of the 151 seaside towns in Spain with 200 or more homes, Marbella (Andalusia) had the most Airbnb homes, at 5,177, in the 12 months to October 2026.

  2. 5
    San Sebastián, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

    In the 12 months to October 2026, among guests who left a review, the United States was the top home country for San Sebastián, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, at 23%.

When to go

Busiest and Quietest Months

August, July and September rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the seaside towns in Spain, and December and January as the quietest. August is the busiest month in 181 of the 228, while Arona and San Bartolomé de Tirajana peak in January, and Adeje in March. Across the 228 towns, nightly rates run lowest in November, at about €177, and highest in August, at about €254. Across the 228 towns, stays run longest in January, at 8.5 nights, and shortest in September, at 5.6 nights.

August ranks first, January last

Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.

  • Three busiest months
  • Other months
Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate
Months in Spain by rank
RankMonth Typical stay Nightly rate
1August6.9 nights€254
2July7.8 nights€253
3September5.6 nights€219
4June6.3 nights€228
5October6.3 nights€188
6May6.1 nights€200
7April5.9 nights€190
8March6.6 nights€182
9November6.8 nights€177
10February8.0 nights€181
11December6.5 nights€181
12January8.5 nights€180

Who comes

Where Guests Come From

Among guests who left a review, 77% come from abroad. Among those guests, the largest groups from abroad come from the United Kingdom, France and Germany. The top home cities among those guests are Madrid, London and Paris. Santanyí (Balearic Islands) and Pollença (Balearic Islands) draw the most from abroad, at 97%, among towns with 200 or more homes.

Top countries abroad

Among guests who left a review

  • United Kingdom 16%
  • France 15%
  • Germany 9.6%
  • United States 4.5%
  • Netherlands 1.3%

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

77% from abroad

  • Madrid 4.7%
  • London 2.5%
  • Paris 1.3%
  • Barcelona 1.3%

The money view

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate

Among the 151 towns with 200 or more Airbnb homes, Santa Eulària des Riu has the highest estimated revenue per home, at €72,969 a year. Of those 151, Sant Adrià de Besòs has the highest occupancy, at 57%, and Valle Gran Rey has the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at €87. The most booked of the 228, Marbella, earns about €31,326 per home.

Highest revenue per home of these 151

A year, AirROI estimate

  1. Balearic Islands

  2. Santanyí €50,806

    Balearic Islands

  3. Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

  4. Campos €47,184

    Balearic Islands

  5. Alcúdia €46,937

    Balearic Islands

Highest occupancy of these 151

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

  1. Catalonia

  2. Canary Islands

  3. Canary Islands

  4. Canary Islands

  5. Canary Islands

Lowest nightly rate of these 151

On Airbnb, AirROI estimate

  1. Canary Islands

  2. Valencian Community

  3. Canary Islands

  4. Canary Islands

  5. Vera €116

    Andalusia

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular seaside town in Spain?

By AirROI's estimates, Marbella (Andalusia) is the most booked of the 228 seaside towns in Spain, with 79,505 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Arona is second, with 56,564. This counts Airbnb bookings only.

What is the most affordable seaside town in Spain?

By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among seaside towns in Spain with 200 or more homes, the lowest are Valle Gran Rey (Canary Islands) (€87), Castelló de la Plana (Valencian Community) (€105) and Puerto de la Cruz (Canary Islands) (€109). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.

What are some small seaside towns in Spain?

By AirROI's count of active Airbnb homes as of October 2026, the smallest of the 228 seaside towns it lists in Spain are Lepe (Andalusia) (96), Cuevas del Almanzora (Andalusia) (98) and Ortigueira (Galicia) (98). AirROI's list starts at 100 homes, so smaller places are not on it.

What seaside towns in Spain offer the strongest Airbnb returns?

Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among seaside towns in Spain with 200 or more homes, the highest are Santa Eulària des Riu (Balearic Islands) (€72,969), Santanyí (Balearic Islands) (€50,806) and San Sebastián (Autonomous Community of the Basque Country) (€47,368). Among the same towns, Sant Adrià de Besòs (Catalonia) has the highest occupancy, at 57%.

Method

How These Lists and Numbers Are Made

How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: it has to be on an ocean or sea coast with its own beach, seafront or harbour, or on a Great Lake with a public beach, and within about 10 km of the shore. The town's own listings can back that up, with 30% of its homes listing beach access, or 10% with ocean views, waterfront homes or beach in their titles besides. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.

How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 5,353,546 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.