Real Estate Agency in Costa Ballena (Rota and Chipiona)

What Costa Ballena is and where exactly it is

Costa Ballena was built on former farmland belonging to the Orleans-Borbón family, with beet, wheat and sunflower crops. Today it is a resort with parks, lakes, golf and hotels. Only 25 % of the land is built on, according to the resort's reference website; the rest is green areas, lakes, beaches and golf courses.

• Rota phase: the first, already established, with about 5,200 homes according to the Villa de Rota municipal portal.
• Chipiona phase: development began in late 2003 and was completed in 2014. It is newer and less dense.
• A park with two lakes and a canal separates the two phases.

Avenida Reina Sofía runs through much of the area and gives access to the hotel and the golf club.

What houses and apartments you can buy here

The typical property is an apartment or duplex in a gated development with a pool, landscaped areas, padel courts and a garage. There are also townhouses and semi-detached houses with a garden, as in El Paraíso VIP Playa Golf or Playa del Infante, and some larger houses on a plot.

• 2-bedroom apartments (80-100 m²): in recent listings, between about 285,000 and 350,000 € on streets such as Bogavante, Pargo or Avenida Reina Sofía itself.
• 3-bedroom apartments and duplexes (100-140 m²): between about 370,000 and 600,000 €, depending on the floor, renovation and proximity to the sea.
• Penthouses and frontline: examples on calle La Caleta are around 680,000 € for 130 m².

The price per m² in listings runs from about 2,700 to over 5,000 €, a huge spread. That is why it pays to compare each development carefully, not just the area.

Prices: what the data says in October 2026

Costa Ballena has no official statistics of its own. As a municipal reference, the Ministry (MITMA) put the average price in Rota at about 2,800 €/m² in the first quarter of 2026. Asking prices in Costa Ballena, especially near the sea and the golf course, are above that average: the apartments in the sample we reviewed on portals are very often between 3,000 and 4,500 €/m².

For rentals, almost everything is seasonal. Portals give an average of about 13-14 €/m² a month in Largo Norte and about 12-13 €/m² in the Playa de la Ballena area. Watch the contracts: some prices apply from October to May and shoot up in summer fortnights.

If you are selling, do not trust the listing price: you need to look at what really closes in your development.

Golf, beaches and amenities

The sporting hub is the Costa Ballena Ocean Golf Club: 27 holes designed by José María Olazábal, plus a 9-hole par 3 course and a practice area. It is on the Rota-Chipiona road, km 5. Some of the developments are built inside the course.

• Beaches: La Ballena, Aguadulce and Punta Candor (dunes and pines, about 1.5 km of sand) in Rota; Tres Piedras and La Regla towards Chipiona.
• Hotels: Barceló Costa Ballena Golf & Spa and Playaballena Spa Hotel, plus the AquaFun water park.
• Sport: padel, tennis, sailing, horse riding and cycling routes. There is a disc-golf course in the Parque de los Lagos.

The hotels and year-round activity stop the area from emptying out in winter, although the atmosphere changes a lot between July and January.

Distances and access

Costa Ballena sits between two towns with a life of their own. Approximate distances by road, according to local accommodation information:

• Chipiona: about 4 km.
• Rota: about 8 km.
• Sanlúcar de Barrameda: about 15 km.
• El Puerto de Santa María: about 22 km, where the Aurovas office is.
• Jerez: about 28 km; the airport, about 40 km.
• Cádiz: about 45 km; Sevilla: about 100 km.

There is no train in the area: the nearest station is more than 20 km away. You need a car for day-to-day life. For work and schools, most people live in Rota or Chipiona and use Costa Ballena as a summer home.

Who buys and how we work

This is a second-home area: Villa de Rota estimates that the homes house more than 31,000 people in summer. Typical buyers: Andalusian families, mainly from Sevilla and Córdoba, and people from Madrid looking for golf and beach without going to Sotogrande. We have no reliable data on buyer nationality for this specific area, so we do not give any.

With the list of requirements you give us, Aurovas:

• Searches for and filters properties by development, orientation, floor and the condition of the community.
• Checks community fees, special levies, tourist or seasonal rental licence and actual use.
• Negotiates and goes with you to the notary.

If you are an owner, we can also value and sell your property: call us on +34 654 841 986.