Seaside Villas in Mallorca, on the Water or Near the Beach

Other houses are in coastal villages within 1 km of the nearest beach, close enough to stroll down with a towel and back again for lunch in the shade of your own garden, with no car and no hunt for parking. The exact distance is shown on each house's page where the owner has provided it. The Near the beach filter above the listings shows every house within 1 km of a beach, while the Seafront filter narrows it to houses directly on the water.

Many of these houses are in the southwest, in places such as Port d'Andratx, Santa Ponsa, Sol de Mallorca and Costa d'en Blanes, with marinas and small coves close by. On the northwest coast there are houses near Banyalbufar and Deià, where the Tramuntana drops steeply into the sea and the sun sets over the water. In the north lies the Bay of Alcúdia with the long sandy beach of Playa de Muro; in the northeast, Capdepera, Canyamel and Son Servera. Colònia de Sant Jordi completes the picture in the south. Our region pages describe each coast in more detail.

Many guests look for a finca by the sea and are surprised how rare one is. There are two reasons. In Mallorca, fincas are traditionally country estates inland, built for farming rather than for the view. And Spanish coastal law prohibits new homes within a protected strip of 100 m inland from the shore (Ley 22/1988 de Costas, articles 23 and 25), reduced to 20 m in areas already classed as urban in 1988. That is why this page is mainly villas, with only a few fincas close to a beach. If you would like country life with a view of the sea, our luxury fincas collection includes houses with sea views.

The coastline in Spain is public, so there are no private beaches, even in front of a waterfront villa. Some houses have a bathing platform or a path to a quiet cove. Marinas are close to many coastal villages, and our concierge can arrange a day on a boat or a yacht charter on request, at an additional cost. One practical note: open coasts catch the swell when the wind comes from the north, while sheltered bays usually stay calm. We will tell you before you book how your house fares when the wind picks up.