{"id":102142,"date":"2026-04-13T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=102142"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:00:42","slug":"buying-property-costa-brava-vs-costa-blanca-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/buying-property-costa-brava-vs-costa-blanca-prices\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Costa Brava vs. Costa Blanca: Where is it cheaper to buy beachfront property?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-500\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>Costa Brava<\/b> presents a housing price of <b>\u20ac3,113\/sqm<\/b> compared to <b>\u20ac3,022\/sqm<\/b> on the <b>Costa Blanca<\/b> in March 2026, according to the Fotocasa Real Estate Index.<\/li>\n<li>A standard <b>80 sqm<\/b> apartment costs an average of <b>\u20ac249,017<\/b> on the Girona coast, while in the province of Alicante, the investment drops to <b>\u20ac241,766<\/b>, according to Fotocasa data.<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive areas such as <strong>Cadaqu\u00e9s<\/strong> push the budget up to <strong>\u20ac535,360 for an 80 sqm home<\/strong>, marking the largest price gap between both coasts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Buying a home on the Costa Brava is, in general, more expensive<\/strong> than on the Costa Blanca. While on the Girona coastline the average price stands at <b>\u20ac3,113\/sqm in March 2026, according to Fotocasa data<\/b>, in the province of Alicante the average drops to <strong>\u20ac3,022\/sqm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This difference means that buying a standard <b>80 sqm<\/b> apartment in March 2026 requires an investment of <b>\u20ac249,017<\/b> in the north, compared to the <b>\u20ac241,766<\/b> it would cost in the south, according to Fotocasa data.<\/p>\n<p>The Costa Brava maintains an exclusivity marked by its rugged geography and a more limited supply of land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know exactly how much more you would pay for an 80 sqm apartment in Cadaqu\u00e9s compared to one with the same surface area in Denia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Fotocasa, <strong>we compare purchase prices<\/strong> and the cost of living in the most iconic towns of both coastlines.<\/p>\n<h2>Where is it cheaper to buy a house by the sea: Costa Brava or Costa Blanca?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The direct answer is that the Costa Blanca is usually cheaper than the Costa Brava for buying a home by the sea,<\/strong> although there will be significant differences depending on the municipality we choose.<\/p>\n<p>This is mainly due to a combination of <strong>greater housing supply and more varied prices<\/strong>, compared to a more limited Costa Brava with high demand.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-100\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Price per sqm<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>80 sqm Apartment<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Costa Brava<\/td>\n<td>\u20ac3,113<\/td>\n<td>\u20ac249,017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Costa Blanca<\/td>\n<td>\u20ac3,022<\/td>\n<td>\u20ac241,766<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Source: Fotocasa, data for March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Which towns and areas does each coast cover?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_102300\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102300\" class=\"wp-image-102300 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"Coasts of Spain, beaches and shorelines of the Spanish Riviera, political map. Peninsular Spain in the Iberian Peninsula, with the tourist names of the seventeen famous coasts, such as the Costa del Sol.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" title=\"-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429-1536x1139.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2161792429.jpg 2011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-102300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the coasts of Spain. Source: Fotocasa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Costa Brava<\/strong> stretches across the province of <b>Girona<\/b>, from Blanes to the French border, including iconic municipalities such as <b>Cadaqu\u00e9s, Begur, or Calella de Palafrugell<\/b>. It is characterized by its steep relief and its famous coves surrounded by pine trees.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the <strong>Costa Blanca<\/strong> occupies the coastline of the province of <b>Alicante<\/b>. Here we find highly sought-after locations such as <b>J\u00e1vea, Altea, Benidorm, or Torrevieja<\/b>. This area is famous for its extensive white sand beaches and an exceptionally warm climate.<\/p>\n<h2>The most searched towns to buy a house on the Costa Brava: prices and lifestyle<\/h2>\n<p>The Costa Brava is characterized by a high-end real estate market, where privacy and artistic surroundings define the value of properties.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we explain what it is like to live and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/buying-house-costa-brava\/?lang=en\">buy a house in the main towns of the Costa Brava.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Buying a house in Cadaqu\u00e9s: Dal\u00ed&#8217;s refuge<\/h3>\n<p>Cadaqu\u00e9s is <strong>the most expensive municipality in the area.<\/strong> This town is the ultimate exponent of exclusivity in Girona. <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/quiero-comprar-casa\/\">Buying a house<\/a> in Cadaqu\u00e9s costs \u20ac6,692\/sqm in March 2026<\/b>, according to data from the Fotocasa Price Index. This village, famous for its white facades and its geographical isolation (which guarantees privacy), is the jewel in the crown.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>80 sqm property:<\/b> \u20ac535,360.<\/li>\n<li><b>Highlights:<\/b> Its protected environment in Cap de Creus, its proximity to France, and its artistic heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":102150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[14642,13692,13548,14038,14643,14644,13535,14645,14043,13552,13551,13549,14434,13550,14646,13547],"class_list":["post-102142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-benidorm","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-cadaques","tag-casas-en-altea","tag-comprar-casa-playa","tag-compraventa","tag-costa-blanca","tag-costa-brava","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-inversion-inmobiliaria","tag-live-in-spain","tag-precio-vivienda-2026","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}