Tourist licences for holiday rentals

The tourist licence and registrations you need to rent legally in Spain: what each autonomous community requires, how to apply, what the NRUA is and the three obligations almost everyone mixes up, with the real fines for renting without a licence.

A property manager with a blue folder leans over a table whose top is a carved colour relief map of Spain, with one monument for each region; a cat paws at one of them at the edge, and an inset shows the Canary Islands with palm trees

Tourist Licence in Spain by Region: Requirements 2026

Spain has no national tourist licence: each autonomous community has its own registry and requirements. This guide gathers them all, region by region, with the law and the 2026 changes.

June 10, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the living room of a 1940s Asturian flat, with green hills and slate roofs through the window, an inspector in a suit holding a tied bundle of papers examines a small brass fire extinguisher hanging on the wall beside a plan framed in white; the property manager waits a step behind with her folder; a cat sleeps on the sofa

Tourist Licence in Asturias, Spain: Requirements

Asturias has no tourist licence to apply for: there are two distinct categories and one electronic declaración responsable that enters you in the REAT. Decreto 4/2026 rewrote the requirements for both, and its six-month adaptation deadline expired on 3 September 2026.

October 16, 2026

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Tourist Licence in the Basque Country: Requirements

In the Basque Country there is no licence to apply for: there is a declaración responsable and free registration in the REATE. The requirements in force and the municipalities where a new home can no longer be registered.

October 13, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the reception office of a 1940s guest house, the manager lifts the last key off an empty hook board and slips it into a cloth pouch; on the counter, a register book tied with ribbon and its folder; a cat watches from the counter

Closing a Holiday Rental in Spain: How to Deregister

Closing is not the same as no longer taking bookings. There is an order (calendar, listings, registry) and three obligations that stay alive after the cese, the longest of them for three years.

October 9, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the boardroom of a Mallorcan consell in the 1940s, with green shutters half open, a clerk holds up the ballot she has just drawn from a glass urn full of ballots, while the property manager leans over the table to see it; a cat beside the urn

Tourist Licence in the Balearic Islands: Requirements

Four islands, four island registers and a pool of places you have to buy first. And since 2025 no new flat, unless it is your main home for 60 days.

October 6, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in a 1940s Spanish provincial office, an official with a cord-tied dossier under his arm pins a blank tag onto a large map of Spain on a corkboard, its regions shaded and unlabelled; beside him the manager with her folder points at another region; a cat sleeps on a stack of files

Tourist rental inspections and fines in Spain by region (2026)

Madrid inspects 588 flats a year and fines 86% of them, Mallorca proposed 10 million euros in penalties, and six regions publish nothing. The tracker, region by region, with the source behind every figure.

October 2, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the waiting room of a Valencian town hall in the 1940s, with a wooden bench and a grille counter at the back, the seated agent compares two blank forms, one in each hand; through the window, in the distance, the Miguelete tower; a cat dozes under the bench

Tourist Licence in the Valencia Region: Requirements

The Valencia region asks for a municipal urban-compatibility report before it will register a flat. And since August 2026 the requirements have changed.

September 29, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the entrance hall of a 1940s apartment building, with brass letterboxes and a glazed door onto the street, six owners sitting on folding chairs vote by a show of hands while the administrator counts them from a small table with the minute book open; outside, on the pavement, a guest with a suitcase waits; a cat under the table

Owners' Association and Tourist Flat: Spain's 3/5 Majority

The owners' association has decided on tourist flats by three fifths since 2019, and since 2025 anyone starting out needs its approval. How it is obtained, how far the resolution reaches and what protects the flat that was already operating with a licence.

September 25, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in front of a Canarian house of volcanic stone with a carved wooden balcony, a civil servant holding a tied bundle of papers points up at the balcony while the property manager, hat in hand, looks up; a dragon tree in the background and a cat on the doorstep

Tourist Licence in the Canary Islands: Requirements

Ley 6/2025 governs registration since December 2025 and Decreto 113/2015 still governs operation: planning that allows the use, a ten-year-old building, and an authorisation that expires after five.

September 22, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the registration room of a 1940s Seville delegation office, with the arched courtyard and an orange tree visible through the open door, the manager reads a large bound register on a lectern, her finger on the page; a clerk waits behind a small counter; a cat at the foot of the lectern

Tourist Licence in Andalusia: Requirements and Process

Andalusia registers flats in the RTA through a declaration, and has cancelled over 15,300 since 2024. What it asks for, and in what order.

September 18, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: a manager waters the geraniums on her modernist Eixample balcony in Barcelona while glancing at the wrought-iron street clock on the pavement below

Catalonia Tourist Flat Licences: the 2028 Deadline Stands

Junts tried to overturn Catalonia's tourist-flat regime and Parliament said no. What Decree-Law 3/2023 means for your HUT, how the little-known extension of up to 5 years works, and where Barcelona's 10,101 licences stand.

August 14, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: a manager on a low stool unscrews the redundant metal plate beside her door; the ceramic plaque stays firmly mounted and the cat inspects the fallen screws

Airbnb and Booking Registration Number in Spain After the NRUA

The Spanish state registry died in court, your regional licence number did not, and the platforms have not caught up. What to put in each Airbnb and Booking field, what to do with a cancelled provisional NRUA, and the format each region expects.

July 18, 2026

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Spain Holiday Rental Fines: What 'Muy Grave' Actually Means (2026)

Muy grave is the top rung of Spain's offence ladder. What it means, and why two completely different fines can both land on the same flat.

July 11, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the courtyard of a tenement block, a guest with a suitcase opens a door fitted with a key box while a neighbour watches anxiously from the gallery above; a cat nearby

How to Report an Illegal Tourist Flat in Spain (2026)

A neighbour renting without a licence: the real channels for reporting it, what evidence to gather, how much the fine is by region and what Spanish law says about reporting without giving your name.

July 1, 2026

Cobalt-blue tile: a property manager climbs a stepladder to fix a new plaque next to the door of a freshly prepared flat, with a suitcase at the foot and a cat holding the ladder steady

Do I Need a Licence for My Tourist Flat in Spain? (2026)

Three distinct obligations, not one. We tell you which you need, in what order and where each one is processed, without mixing them up.

June 26, 2026

At night, under a lantern, a property manager with a blue folder furtively fixes a key lockbox to the side of a door frame, glancing around; a cat watches from a window

Renting Without a Tourist Licence in Spain (2026)

Renting without your region's tourist licence is an offence under regional tourism law, with fines reaching six figures in several regions. The table, community by community.

June 10, 2026

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Licence, NRUA and Guest Report in Spain: Which Is Which

Regional licence, NRUA and guest report: three 'registrations' everyone mixes up. A decoder for working out which one you are being told about.

June 5, 2026

A manager with a blue folder hangs a paper tag beside the door of a Spanish building; a cat watches from the doorstep and a fig tree frames the scene

Spain NRUA: What Changed After the Supreme Court Ruling (2026)

Spain's state single registry lasted eighteen months. The number you actually need after the Supreme Court ruling, region by region.

May 3, 2026