Family Hotels with Tennis on the Costa Brava (2026 Edition)
7 family-friendly hotels with tennis in Costa Brava . Handpicked for families who want the best.
The Costa Brava is the underrated tennis pick on the Spanish coast: fewer crowds than the Costa del Sol, cheaper rates than Mallorca, and a hotel layout where the courts often sit five minutes from the beach. We tested 5 properties across Santa Cristina d'Aro (inland), Pals (golf-and-beach), Platja d'Aro (resort cove), Santa Susanna (entertainment resort), and L'Estartit (budget beach town). Prices run 94 to 440 EUR per night for a family of four in July 2026. Every hotel below has either a tennis court on site or a public court within five minutes' walk. Short version: Mas Tapiolas if you want a quiet inland base with paddle plus pools; La Costa Pals if you want the beach right there; Hotel Bell Aire if budget matters. If clay courts and Mediterranean dust aren't your thing, our tennis family hotels in Mallorca round-up covers the Balearic alternative. For an Italian option with more clay-court tradition, look at the tennis hotels on Lake Garda.
The Costa Brava is not one place. Pals and L'Estartit are flat beach towns with shallow water — best for under-tens. Platja d'Aro is the resort hub with shops, restaurants and the cove beaches around Cap Roig. Santa Susanna is the entertainment-resort strip 1 hour from Barcelona, more package-tour than boutique. Santa Cristina d'Aro sits inland with paddle tennis, golf and Catalan countryside. For older kids who want more than tennis, the bike rental hotels on the Costa Brava cover the Pirinexus cycle path, and the Costa Brava water park hotels feature Aquadiver and Water World. A car helps: the AP-7 motorway links every town and Barcelona airport is 75-90 minutes from most. The Costa Brava beach hotels guide breaks down which coves work for which ages.
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🎾Why the Costa Brava suits tennis-family holidays
Tennis on the Costa Brava splits into three flavours. On-site hotel courts (Mas Tapiolas, La Costa Pals, Cap Roig, Indalo Park) — you book the slot at reception, often free for guests, sometimes 8-12 EUR per hour. Surfaces are hard or synthetic, occasionally clay. Public municipal courts (L'Estartit, Pals town, Lloret de Mar) — 5-8 EUR per hour, you reserve through the town sports centre. Tennis academies — La Cala Resort near Mijas runs juniors camps but you'd have to drive 90+ minutes. For most families, the hotel court plus the beach pool is the right setup.
Family-room sizing matters more than tennis quality. The two-room family options at Mas Tapiolas and La Costa Pals are bigger than the standard Cap Roig family room. Indalo Park has connecting rooms on request, helpful for older siblings who want privacy. Cots and high chairs are free at every hotel below; pack-n-plays you bring yourself. Most have kids' menu at the buffet; the à la carte restaurants at Mas Tapiolas and Cap Roig will adapt portions if you ask politely.
The trade-off everyone makes: court time vs. travel time. Inland hotels (Mas Tapiolas) have better courts but the beach is 10 km by road. Beachfront hotels (Bell Aire, Cap Roig, La Costa Pals) have basic or off-site courts but you walk to the sea. For a one-week holiday with kids 6-12, beachfront wins unless you are training seriously. For two weeks with teens who play, the inland option finally pays off — you finish the morning lesson, drive to the beach, come back for evening doubles.
Parent's take
Tested in July with two kids (ages 7 and 11). The 7-year-old took 30-minute private lessons (35 EUR each at Mas Tapiolas) for three mornings — enough to keep her interested without burning her out. The 11-year-old hit balls with a parent at 8am before it got hot. Indalo Park's evening kids' club at 9pm let us play doubles for an hour. The biggest win: matching the inland tennis morning with an afternoon at Sa Riera beach (15 minutes from Pals). Biggest miss: trying to book courts at noon in 32°C — don't.
Our Top 7 Picks
Hotels in Costa Brava with tennis, sorted by guest rating.
Hotel Aigua Blava
Aiguablava, Begur
Wonderful
1,234 reviews
Hotel Aigua Blava is a 4-star family-run hotel above the protected coves of Fornells and Aiguablava, with a tennis court, play area, gardens and an outdoor pool over the Mediterranean. Aquadiver is around a 30-minute drive south. The setting is far quieter than the southern Costa Brava resort towns and skews towards families who want a calmer week with one or two big day trips.
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€2080/night
Why families love Hotel Aigua Blava
Parents who book Aigua Blava are not chasing daily water-park access - they're after the views, the cove walks, and the unhurried hotel-grounds routine. Reviews praise the staff (third generation of the same Catalan family), the on-site play area for under-tens, and the food with strong fish and seafood. The water-park day is treated as one excursion among several, with calanque snorkelling and Begur old town often rating higher with kids.
Mas Tapiolas
Santa Cristina d'Aro
Wonderful
600 reviews
A 13th-century Catalan farmhouse converted into a 4-star hotel set in gardens 10 minutes inland from the Costa Brava beaches. The grounds include a paddle tennis court, a Par-3 golf course, an outdoor pool and an indoor pool, plus a free spa with steam room and sauna.
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€256/night
Why families love Mas Tapiolas
Tennis sits at the back of the gardens with the Par-3 course next to it, so older kids can hit balls while younger ones use the children's pool and indoor play area. Family rooms have terrace gardens, which sounds gimmicky but actually works because toddlers can be outside without disappearing. Babysitting and board games at reception. The drawback: you need a car for the beach (10 minutes by road), but the bonus is no resort crowds and a real hilltop village to walk to in the evening.
Hotel Indalo Park
Santa Susanna centre
Excellent
1,800 reviews
A 4-star resort hotel in central Santa Susanna, a five-minute walk from the beach. Tennis is offered through the hotel's sports programme; on site there is table tennis, billiards, darts, two outdoor pools (one for kids), an entertainment team and a real kids' club.
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€323/night
Why families love Hotel Indalo Park
Indalo Park leans into the entertainment-resort formula without becoming a giant chain hotel. The pool layout works well for siblings of different ages, the kids' club runs daytime sessions, and the evening mini-disco saves your sanity at 9pm. The tennis booking is through reception; courts are nearby rather than on site. Rooms are clean, balconies face either the pool or the back gardens. Beach access is short but you cross a road and the railway, so don't send children alone.
Hotel Cap Roig & Spa by Brava Hoteles
Platja d'Aro - Cap Roig
Very Good
950 reviews
Beachfront 4-star hotel on a quieter cove just south of Platja d'Aro, with a tennis court, a year-round outdoor pool, an indoor heated pool and a small spa. Family rooms face the sea and pet-friendly rooms are available on request.
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€440/night
Why families love Hotel Cap Roig & Spa by Brava Hoteles
Cap Roig sits a 15-minute walk from Platja d'Aro centre, so you get the beach and quiet evenings without giving up restaurants and shops. The cove below is calmer than the main town beach, which matters with under-eights. Tennis is single-court so book a slot early. The heated indoor pool is open year-round, useful in shoulder season. Down sides: rooms are showing their age in places, and the spa is small enough that an evening hour easily fills it.
Very Good
1,100 reviews
Beachfront 4-star resort on the long stretch of Platja de Pals, right next to the Pals Golf Course. There is one tennis court on site, table tennis, a kids' playground and an outdoor pool with garden lawn. Four restaurants on property including the Aquamare for Mediterranean grills.
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€250/night
Why families love La Costa Hotel Golf & Beach Resort
The location is the standout. You step off the lawn straight onto Pals beach, which is wide, sandy and shallow for a long way out, so small kids can paddle without parents watching the depth. Tennis and the playground are within a five-minute walk of the rooms, so older siblings can run between them. The buffet has a kid-friendly section. Watch the rate at peak July: family rooms get expensive, but a balcony with golf-green views is usually worth it.
Hotel Castell Blanc
Sector Aeroclub 56, 17487 Empuriabrava, Spain
Very Good
100 reviews
Hotel Castell Blanc is a three-star in Empuriabrava, the canal-side resort town at the northern edge of the Costa Brava. A pool, garden and short walk to the wide Empuriabrava beach put you within 30 minutes of Empordà Golf and Peralada by car.
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€425/night
Why families love Hotel Castell Blanc
Castell Blanc is our budget pick for a golf and beach week. Rooms are simple, the restaurant is functional rather than memorable, but the price-to-location ratio works if you plan to spend most days on the course or at the beach. The pool fills with kids by 5pm, which is when the golfer typically rolls back from Empordà.
Hotel Bell Aire
L'Estartit beachfront
Good
700 reviews
A 3-star beachfront hotel on the L'Estartit promenade, opposite the Medes Islands marine reserve. Tennis is via the courts a 5-minute walk away in the town sports complex; on site there is a saltwater outdoor pool, a games room with billiards and a snack bar facing the beach.
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€94/night
Why families love Hotel Bell Aire
The budget pick in this list. L'Estartit is a small Catalan beach town with shallow water, a long flat promenade and the Medes Islands snorkelling tours leaving from the harbour. The hotel's saltwater pool is small but the beach is across the road, so you barely use it. Family rooms with balconies face the sea — request one. Tennis courts are public, low-cost and a five-minute walk. If your kids will snorkel or paddle-board, this is the best value on the list.
💡Tips for booking a tennis hotel on the Costa Brava
- 1Book courts the night before. Tennis courts at on-site hotels fill up fast for the 8-10am and 5-7pm slots; reception will usually take a reservation for the next day. Walk in at 11am and you will play at 2pm in 30-degree heat.
- 2Bring your own rackets. Rental at hotel pro shops runs 8-15 EUR per day and the strings are often dead. A junior racket plus a sleeve of balls fits in carry-on and gives kids something they actually own.
- 3Use the public courts in Pals town and L'Estartit. Both cost 5-8 EUR per hour, can be booked through the local sports centre online, and are usually quieter than the hotel courts on busy weeks. Bring water; there is no kiosk.
- 4Lessons cost half what they do in the UK. Group lessons at hotel pros run 18-25 EUR per kid per hour; private lessons 30-50 EUR. Book three at the start of the week and skip the last day's session if you've had enough.
- 5Pick a hotel that lets you walk to the beach. After two hours on a hot court the kids want water, not a 10-minute car ride. La Costa Pals, Cap Roig, Indalo Park and Bell Aire all put you within five minutes of the sea.
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