€3,000-a-night apartments listed on Granada’s Costa Tropical for the 2027 eclipse

Holiday lets between €800 and €3,000 a night, plus villas above €5,000, are already being advertised for August 1 and 2, 2027, on Granada’s Costa Tropical. That date is when southern Andalucia is due a total solar eclipse, often tagged the eclipse of the century, with totality expected around 10.30am and roughly four minutes of darkness in the best coastal pockets.

Holiday-rental searches jumped after last month’s partial eclipse further north. Holidu says queries for July 30 to August 2, 2027, in Granada province ran fourteen times higher than early July, peaked in the week of August 10, then eased by about half. Interest is still well above midsummer 2026. Almuñecar leads the list, especially La Herradura, followed by Salobreña and Motril.

Hotels stay calmer so far than the rental sites

Hotel managers sound less breathless than the apartment platforms. August is already selling out along this stretch, so they expect full houses without any bidding war. Jesus Megias, president of the hoteliers’ association and director of Hotel Albayzin del Mar in Almuñecar, says a technical full house this summer means next August should fill as well. Average rates have gone up. His group used the same playbook in Mallorca for the 2026 eclipse and still has rooms left. Regular Spanish August guests remain the core market.

Trade sources want loyal summer regulars kept first. Many families return to the same dates year after year. Losing them to another coast because rooms vanished would hurt more than a one-off spike. Separate rates for returning guests are under discussion so prices do not jump for people who already book every August.

Crowds and safety plans still sit on the to-do list

Cerro Gordo viewpoint jammed last month even though a full eclipse totality missed this coast. Civil Protection volunteers, local police and the Guardia Civil had to close roads. Town halls now need crowd control and traffic plans for the hotter spots in 2027.

Compared with Almeria, where rooms for the same nights are already going for thousands, Costa Tropical demand looks slower. Curiosity is driving a lot of the search traffic: people checking prices and leftover stock on a date that usually works anyway.