A family, shoulder, four-bedroom in Nueva Andalucía.
Headline: €12,000 / wk (late May, golf villa).
IVA (10%) €1,200. Cleaning €400. Chef for three dinners €1,200 plus food €600.
All-in: about €15,400 for the week, roughly €2,200 a night for eight.
A five-bedroom in Nueva Andalucía asks €11,000 a week in May and €36,000 in August, while a La Zagaleta estate clears €150,000. Marbella has the widest price spread of any Mediterranean market we track, and the address moves the number as much as the calendar. The full structure, by enclave and season.
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The number that matters first: €6,000 to €200,000 per week. That spread is wider than St Tropez or Mykonos because the market runs from comfortable golf villas to the most guarded estate in southern Europe. Where you land depends on four things, in this order: the address, the week of the year, the number of bedrooms, and the sea view.
Marbella’s season is short and steep. August is the single peak, the first three weeks tightest, and rates ease quickly into September. The shoulders of April through June and September into October hold warm Andalusian weather at 30 to 45 percent below the August figure, which is the smartest window for renters who do not need school-holiday dates.
Indicative weekly rates in euros. Low season is roughly November to March. Shoulder is April to June and September to October. August is the single peak. La Zagaleta and prime Golden Mile beachfront sit at the top of each band.
| Villa size | Low season | Shoulder | August (peak) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 bedrooms | €6,000 to €12,000 | €10,000 to €20,000 | €18,000 to €35,000 |
| 5 bedrooms | €9,000 to €18,000 | €16,000 to €32,000 | €30,000 to €55,000 |
| 6 bedrooms | €14,000 to €28,000 | €25,000 to €50,000 | €45,000 to €85,000 |
| 7+ bedrooms | €25,000 to €50,000 | €45,000 to €90,000 | €80,000 to €200,000+ |
Bands reflect the Golden Mile, Sierra Blanca, Nueva Andalucía, and La Zagaleta, May 2026. The seven-bedroom band tops out in La Zagaleta, which rents in its own tier above the coast.
The address moves a Marbella rate more than anything, which is unusual for a beach market. Four enclaves set the bands. The Golden Mile, the strip between Marbella town and Puerto Banús, carries the beachfront premium. Sierra Blanca, the gated hillside above it, offers privacy and sea views for slightly less.
Nueva Andalucía, the Golf Valley behind Puerto Banús, is the family and golf base and the best value of the four. La Zagaleta, the ultra-private estate in neighbouring Benahavís, sits in a category of its own, with peak-August houses that rent from roughly €30,000 to well over €100,000 per week. An August week in La Zagaleta is the most expensive combination on the coast; the same villa in May costs less than half.
Serviced accommodation in Spain carries 10 percent IVA, the reduced VAT rate. On a €32,000 August week that is €3,200. Some private owners let on a purely residential basis where IVA does not apply, so always confirm whether a quote is gross or net before comparing two houses.
Andalusia does not levy a regional tourist tax, unlike Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. That keeps the Marbella line-item stack shorter than the Spanish islands, which is worth a few hundred euros on a long August booking.
Expect an end-of-stay cleaning fee of €300 to €800 depending on the size of the house, and on managed villas a concierge or service charge of 3 to 5 percent that covers the welcome, mid-stay housekeeping, and a local point of contact.
A private chef on the coast runs €350 to €550 per day plus food, and most groups book one for at least half their dinners. A driver is around €300 per day, and security details, in-villa spa, and yacht days are easy to arrange through the manager at La Zagaleta and on the Golden Mile.
Plan on a refundable deposit of €3,000 to €25,000 depending on the value of the villa, held by card or transfer and returned within two weeks of checkout.
Each budget is built from the rate plus the fees that actually land on the invoice. In Marbella the line items add 12 to 20 percent on top of the headline.
Headline: €12,000 / wk (late May, golf villa).
IVA (10%) €1,200. Cleaning €400. Chef for three dinners €1,200 plus food €600.
All-in: about €15,400 for the week, roughly €2,200 a night for eight.
Headline: €60,000 / wk (second week of August, beachfront).
IVA (10%) €6,000. Service (4%) €2,400. Chef for five dinners €2,000 plus food €1,200. Driver for the week €2,100.
All-in: about €73,700 for the week, roughly €10,530 a night for twelve.
Headline: €150,000 / two-week minimum (first fortnight of August).
IVA (10%) €15,000. Service (4%) €6,000. Full-time chef €5,500 plus food €4,000. Two drivers €4,200.
All-in: about €184,700 before events and security.
Three levers move the all-in cost on a Marbella week.
Move off August. A September week in the same villa typically costs 35 to 45 percent less, the sea is at its warmest, and the crowds in Puerto Banús have thinned. June is the other sweet spot, dry and long-dayed before the peak.
Buy the enclave you will use. Renters overpay for the Golden Mile beachfront and then sit by the pool, when a Sierra Blanca villa 600 metres uphill offers a better view for less. Pay for the address you will actually use, not the one that sounds best.
Skip La Zagaleta if you want the beach. The estate is magnificent and genuinely private, but it is a 15 to 20 minute drive from the sand. A party that wants to walk to the water should look at the Golden Mile and not pay the estate premium for seclusion it will not use.
From about €6,000 per week for a four-bedroom in low season to €200,000 or more for a peak-August estate in La Zagaleta. Most quality five-bedrooms land between €16,000 and €32,000 per week in shoulder season and €30,000 to €55,000 in August.
August is the apex, with the first three weeks tightest. Peak-August rates run two and a half to three times the low-season figure, the best villas carry a two-week minimum, and the top La Zagaleta houses are booked 9 to 12 months ahead.
No. Andalusia does not levy a regional tourist tax, unlike Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. The main tax to budget for is 10 percent IVA on serviced accommodation, plus service, staff, and the security deposit.
Budget 10 percent IVA where it applies, an end-of-stay cleaning fee, a concierge or service charge on managed villas, a refundable deposit, and any staff. A private chef runs about €350 to €550 per day plus food, and a driver around €300 per day.
September is the value week: 35 to 45 percent below August, the sea at its warmest, and Puerto Banús thinned out. June is the other sweet spot, dry and long-dayed before the peak.
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