Llafranc Villas & Apartments to Rent, Costa Brava

Why book your Llafranc rental with Prestige Villas Spain

Prestige Villas Spain has been arranging direct holiday rentals on the Costa Brava since 2004. The Llafranc collection offers a wide choice of properties — a mixture of villas and apartments — from compact two-bedroom apartments through to Villa Rosamar and Villa Mirador at the top of the range. Most of the villas have private pools; most of the apartments share well-kept communal pools within their building.

Every booking is handled directly, without the layer of commission you'll pay on the major aggregator platforms. There's a real team behind the website — an experienced UK office and Spanish ground support — and long-standing relationships with our local partners across the Llafranc municipality. Browse the collection below and book online, or get in touch if you'd rather talk through your options.

What Llafranc is like

Llafranc sits roughly halfway down the Costa Brava in the municipality of Palafrugell. To the north, a 90-minute walk along the Camí de Ronda coastal path takes you past the Sant Sebastià lighthouse and down into Tamariu — the smaller, quieter pebble-cove village next door. To the south, the same path connects to Calella de Palafrugell in about twenty minutes.

The bay itself is a 330-metre sweep of fine sand, awarded a Blue Flag by the Foundation for Environmental Education in 2026 — clean, lifeguarded in season, with calm shallow water that's good for younger children. The seafront Cipsela promenade is tree-lined and pedestrianised, runs the length of the bay, and is the heart of the village in summer evenings: ice-cream queues, drinks tables spilling out from the bars, families heading out for late dinners.

It's a livelier village than Tamariu but still genuinely Spanish. Catalan families have holidayed here for decades — there are second homes in the hills above the bay, regulars who eat in the same restaurants every August, and the place hasn't been swallowed by overdevelopment. It's also far from the resort scale of Lloret de Mar an hour down the coast. If you want a beach village that's busy enough to feel alive but small enough to walk across in fifteen minutes, Llafranc is the spot.

The villa and apartment collection

The Llafranc villas and apartments in our collection are unusual among our Costa Brava destinations in being genuinely split between the two. Fifteen self-catering apartments — from cosy two-bedroom places sleeping three or four, up through larger four-bedroom duplexes — sit in well-located buildings on or near the seafront. Eleven villas and casas extend the range, from three-bedroom houses sleeping six up to Villa Esquer, our largest in Llafranc at six bedrooms and twelve beds.

Most of the houses include private pools and outside space; most of the apartments share landscaped communal pools within their building. If a private pool is non-negotiable, filter to the villas and casas. If you want to be within a short walk of the beach and the restaurants, the apartments tend to be closer in. We're happy to talk you through which properties suit your group — every Llafranc villa and apartment in the list below has been visited by our team.

Things to do in and around Llafranc

Llafranc beach and the Cipsela promenade

The main beach is the focus of village life. Sand rather than pebbles, calm water, paddle-board and kayak hire on the sand in summer, and the Cipsela promenade running along the back with cafés and restaurants. There's a small marina at the southern end where the coastal path begins.

Sant Sebastià lighthouse and chapel

The Far de Sant Sebastià sits 169 metres above sea level on the headland north of the bay. The lighthouse itself was inaugurated in 1857 and is still operational; the site also takes in a 15th-century watchtower (built to warn of approaching pirates) and a small hermitage. The viewpoint is one of the most photographed on the Costa Brava — clear days give you a sweep of coastline from Begur down past Calella. It's reachable by car via the switchback road from the village or, more rewardingly, on foot along the coastal path.

The Camí de Ronda coastal walk

The Camí de Ronda is a clifftop path that traces the entire Costa Brava. The Llafranc section is one of the most rewarding. Heading south, it's a gentle twenty-minute walk through pine and stone into Calella de Palafrugell. Heading north, it climbs steeply up to the Sant Sebastià lighthouse and continues down the far side into Tamariu — allow about ninety minutes one-way for the Tamariu walk, and take water.

Eating out

For a village of this size Llafranc punches above its weight on the food front. The Cipsela promenade has a long line of restaurants ranging from casual paella-on-the-terrace places to more serious fish and seafood. Casamar, run by the Casellas family in an elevated position overlooking the bay, has been featured in the Michelin Guide for many years and is the village's best-known fine-dining option. Booking is essential in season.

Day trips

Begur — the medieval town fifteen minutes' drive up the coast — is well worth half a day for its castle ruins, narrow lanes and tapas bars. The botanical garden at Cap Roig, between Llafranc and Palamós, is one of the most striking in Catalonia and hosts a summer concert season. Girona itself is about an hour's drive and rewards a full day for its old city, Jewish quarter and the cathedral steps that featured in Game of Thrones.

Getting to Llafranc

The nearest airport is Girona–Costa Brava (GRO), about 60–70 minutes by car. Barcelona–El Prat (BCN) is around 90 minutes. There are scheduled flights from most UK airports to Barcelona year-round and to Girona seasonally through the summer; car hire is straightforward from either.

Public transport into the village runs via Palafrugell, the larger inland town a few minutes away. Moventis Sarfa (still widely known by its older name, Sarfa) operates regular buses from Barcelona, Barcelona Airport and Girona direct to Palafrugell, with a frequent local connection through to Llafranc and Calella. Once you've arrived, the village itself is fully walkable — most apartments are a short walk from the beach, and the Llafranc villas a little further.

For beautiful villa and apartment rentals from Prestige Villas Spain, check out our destinations:
Jávea, Tamariu, Calella de Palafrugell, Cala D'Or, Llafranc, Pollensa, Puerto Pollensa, Son Bou, Begur, Lloret de Mar