Begur Villas & Holiday Rentals – Costa Brava

Our Begur villas to rent collection sits at the heart of the Costa Brava — fourteen private-pool villas in and around the medieval hilltop town of Begur, sleeping from six up to twelve, from around €270 per night. Unlike our other Costa Brava villages, Begur is a hilltop town rather than a beachfront one: from the village you're a short drive from eight separate beaches and coves, which means one villa gives you access to the whole stretch of coast rather than committing you to a single beach.

Begur villas from a family-run agency

Prestige Villas Spain has been arranging direct holiday rentals on the Costa Brava since 2004. The Begur collection is fourteen private villas — no apartments, no large complexes. The houses range from compact three-bedroom places sleeping six up to six-bedroom houses sleeping twelve, suiting couples, families and larger group holidays alike.

Every booking is handled directly, without the commission layer you'll pay on the major aggregator platforms — no Airbnb, Booking.com or aggregator in between, and the price you see on each villa's page is the price you pay. There's a real team behind the website (an experienced UK office and Spanish ground support) and we've worked with most of the Begur villa owners for years. Browse the collection below and book online, or get in touch if you'd rather talk through which house suits your group.

What Begur is like

Most of the well-known Costa Brava villages — Tamariu, Llafranc, Calella de Palafrugell — sit directly on the beach. Begur is different. It's a hilltop town set back from the coast, with the village proper at around 200 metres above sea level. From the village, the eight separate beaches and coves that make up Begur's coastline are reached by car or by local shuttle, with the closest about 1.5 km away.

This matters for two reasons. First, you're not committed to a single beach: from your villa you can be at a sandy family beach one morning and a quiet rock cove the next. Second, the village itself is the kind of place where you'd be happy to spend a day with no beach involved at all — cobbled lanes, the ruined castle on the hill, an open-air market on Wednesday mornings, a string of restaurants and tapas bars under the church tower.

Begur's character was shaped by the indianos — locals who emigrated to Cuba in the mid-nineteenth century, made fortunes in tobacco, cork and sugar, and came home to build the elaborate colonial mansions that still line the village streets. Many of those buildings have been converted into hotels and villas; the village's annual Indians Fair every September is built around that history.

The Begur villa collection

Fourteen private villas, all in or around the Begur municipality, every one of them visited by our team. The collection breaks down roughly into three sleeping-capacity brackets:

• Sleeps 6: three-bedroom houses with private pools and outside space. Good for families of four to six, or two couples looking for a shared base.
• Sleeps 7–9: four-bedroom houses for extended families, small groups or a couple travelling with older children.
• Sleeps 10–12: five- and six-bedroom houses suiting large family groups, extended families or two families sharing.

All of the villas include private pools and private gardens. Nightly rates start from around €270 in the smaller houses and range up to around €1,200 in the larger and higher-specification properties. The location split is roughly half in or close to the village itself (good for restaurants and the medieval centre on your doorstep) and half on the hillsides above the beach coves (good for sea views and proximity to the coastline). If you want help narrowing the list, get in touch — we can talk you through which villa fits your group and the kind of holiday you're after.

Choosing a Begur villa

Begur villas with a private pool

All of our Begur villas have a private pool — without exception. That's built into the way the collection has developed over the years: the properties are hillside or village houses with private gardens and pool terraces, laid out for outdoor summer living. If a private pool is a hard requirement (as it is for most Costa Brava villa holidays), the whole Begur collection qualifies.

Luxury villas in Begur

Our higher-end Begur villas combine larger private pools, more generous outdoor space, better positioning either in the medieval centre or on the coast-facing hillsides, and higher-specification finishes throughout. Villa Gavina sits at the top of the range on price and finish; several of the six-bedroom houses (Villa Halcon, Villa Vista Alegre) fall into the same bracket on scale. Luxury villas here suit group holidays, milestone family trips and multi-generation stays — and, as with everything else in our collection, at the actual nightly rate rather than a platform-marked-up one.

Large Begur villas

Our largest Begur villas sleep up to twelve — good for multi-generation family holidays, group get-togethers or two families sharing. Villa Halcon (sleeps 12), Villa Vista Alegre (sleeps 11) and Villa Agustin (sleeps 10) are the biggest in the collection; the sleeps-8 bracket adds another five villas for slightly smaller groups. Large villas here are limited in supply relative to the smaller houses — if you need one for July or August, book earlier rather than later. If you're planning a bigger party — say fourteen or sixteen across two nearby villas — get in touch and we'll suggest pairings.

Family villas in Begur

Begur is one of the Costa Brava's more family-friendly bases thanks to Sa Riera — the municipality's main sandy family beach — and the flexibility of having eight separate beaches within a short drive. Family features vary per villa (fenced pool, cot, high chair, ground-floor bedrooms) and we list what's available on each villa's page. Our family villas in Spain shortlist collects the best family-friendly properties across all our destinations.

Begur's beaches and coves

Begur's municipal coastline is one of the most varied stretches on the Costa Brava. Eight separate beaches and coves, each with its own character, all within a fifteen-minute drive of the village. They split roughly into three groups along the coast:

Northern coves — Sa Riera, Illa Roja and Platja del Racó

Sa Riera is Begur's largest beach: a long stretch of sand with restaurants on the front and a small fishing harbour at one end — the main family beach of the municipality. Platja del Racó is the next bay north, smaller and sandy, with views out toward the Medes Islands off L'Estartit. Between them sits Illa Roja, a smaller cove with distinctive red rock formations (and a long-standing reputation as Begur's clothing-optional beach, worth mentioning if you'd rather not stumble across it accidentally).

Eastern coves — Aiguafreda and Sa Tuna

Sa Tuna is the postcard fishing cove — a tight, sheltered bay with whitewashed cottages curling around the seafront and a handful of restaurants overlooking the water. Aiguafreda is the smaller cove next door, reached by a short walk along the cliff path, with a tiny picnic area and very quiet swimming. Both are best visited by car (parking is limited; arrive before mid-morning in season).

Southern coves — Platja Fonda, Fornells and Aiguablava

Aiguablava ("blue water" in Catalan) is the resort end of Begur's coastline — fine sand, crystal-clear water, the well-known Hotel Aiguablava on the headland, and good restaurants on the beach. Fornells is the small fishing port immediately to the north, with a few smaller coves on either side. Platja Fonda — "deep beach" — is the dramatic outlier: a small dark-sand beach reached down fifty steps from the cliff above, hemmed in by rock walls, and almost always quiet because of the effort required to reach it.

Things to do in Begur

The medieval village and the castle

The Castell de Begur — ruined since the nineteenth century — sits at the top of the village and is the best single viewpoint on this stretch of the Costa Brava. The walk up takes around fifteen minutes from the main square and rewards you with a complete sweep of the coastline. Below the castle, the village proper is small enough to cover on foot in an afternoon: the parish church of Sant Pere de Begur, the Plaça de l'Església (which hosts an open-air market on Wednesday mornings), and the streets of indianos mansions running down the hillside.

The Camí de Ronda

The Camí de Ronda coastal path runs along Begur's full municipal coastline and connects all eight beaches and coves. Several rewarding day-hikes are possible from any of the villas: Sa Riera to Illa Roja and back is a gentle twenty minutes each way; Sa Tuna to Aiguafreda is a thirty-minute clifftop walk; Aiguablava to Platja Fonda and Fornells is a half-day route through some of the most scenic stretches of the Costa Brava.

Shopping and markets

The Wednesday-morning market in Plaça de l'Església is the village's main weekly fixture (fruit, clothing, baskets, local cheese). Begur itself has a small but well-regarded set of boutiques selling jewellery, summer dresses and beachwear. For a wider day-trip, La Bisbal d'Empordà, twenty minutes inland, is Catalonia's centre for handmade ceramics — a long street of small workshops worth a morning.

Eating out

Begur punches above its weight on the food front. Catalan seafood dominates — fresh anchovies, suquet (fish stew), and rice dishes — with the best restaurants split between the village (around the Plaça de l'Església and the streets coming off it) and the coves (notably at Aiguablava and Sa Tuna, where the seafront restaurants are part of the experience). Most of the higher-end places need booking ahead in season.

Getting to Begur

The nearest airport is Girona–Costa Brava (GRO), about 50 minutes by car. Barcelona–El Prat (BCN) is around 1 hour 40 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, and the AP-7 motorway carries you most of the way.

Moventis Sarfa (still widely known by its older name, Sarfa) runs direct buses from Barcelona, Barcelona Airport and Girona to Palafrugell, which is the nearest larger town. From Palafrugell, a connecting bus or short taxi covers the few kilometres to Begur. Once you're in Begur, the village itself is walkable; getting down to the beaches needs either a car or the seasonal local shuttle bus that loops Begur ↔ Sa Riera ↔ Sa Tuna ↔ Aiguablava in the summer months.

Booking a Begur villa

You book directly with us, not through a platform. Prestige Villas Spain has been arranging Spanish villa holidays since 2004 and we work with local partners on the ground for every villa we represent — no Airbnb, Booking.com or aggregator in between, no platform mark-up on the nightly rate, and one real person to call before, during and after your stay. The price you see on each villa's page is the price you pay.

Peak Begur villa demand runs from mid-June through August, with the larger houses and best-value villas often booked six to nine months ahead. May, June and September are excellent for cooler weather, easier flights and better rates. If a specific villa, week or a particular sleeping arrangement matters, book earlier rather than later — enquire through the villa's page and we'll come back to you with availability and confirm pricing.

Begur Area Map

More Costa Brava destinations: Costa Brava villas, Tamariu, Llafranc, Calella de Palafrugell, Lloret de Mar. Or browse the wider Prestige collection: Costa Blanca villas, Mallorca villas, and our family villas in Spain shortlist.