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Clifftop infinity pool at blue hour overlooking a calm Mediterranean bay — illustrative scene, not a bookable property
Honest villa comparison · Launching autumn 2026

Compare what
actually matters

Every villa site says “5 minutes to the beach”. We measure it. CompareVillas scores holiday villas on the things you care about — real walking distance to the sand, genuine privacy, family fit — using verifiable data, never the listing’s marketing copy.

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272hand-checked villas
25destination guides live now
0bookings we take — you book direct
The problem · Checked July 2026

Why villa booking needs an honest referee

Villas are the highest-stakes accommodation booking most families make — often thousands of pounds, committed months ahead, and chosen from photos alone. Yet the information you’re given is largely unverifiable.

01

“Distances” are marketing

Beach-distance claims in listings are self-reported by owners. Some large platforms only show an approximate location circle before you book — so the “300m to the beach” villa can turn out to be a 20-minute uphill walk.

02

The price you see isn’t the price

Cleaning fees, service fees, damage deposits, pool heating and tourist taxes stack up at checkout. UK law now requires headline prices to include mandatory fees — we explain what you’re entitled to see upfront.

03

The best villas are hidden

The UK’s specialist villa companies — with hand-inspected, often exclusive properties — barely appear on the big comparison platforms. If you only search the household names, you never see them.

Stone villa terrace above a white-sand cove with clear turquoise water on Sardinia — illustrative scene
fresh from our research — Sardinia

Some of the Mediterranean’s clearest water.

And the facts to choose your corner of it — the Costa Smeralda scene or the better-value south, compared honestly.

Read the Sardinia guide →
The method

How CompareVillas works

Three steps, no account, free to use. Our villa finder (beta) is live today with 272 hand-checked villas across all twenty-five destinations we cover — every one with independently measured walking distances. We never take your booking — you always book directly with the villa company or platform.

1

Tell us what matters

Near a sandy beach? Total seclusion? Toddler-safe pool? Walking distance to restaurants? Pick your priorities — everyone’s perfect villa is different.

2

See villas scored on your terms

We score each villa per criterion using map data, published specifications and our own checks — and we show you the working behind every score.

3

Book direct with the provider

We link you to the villa company or platform to book. Some links pay us a commission; it never changes a score, and we say so on every page.

Our proof point

What we score — and what we honestly can’t (yet)

Beach distancemeasured from map & routing data
Amenity fitpool, A/C, cot, parking — from published specs
Walkabilityrestaurants & shops within reach, from open map data
The gap we show you
Peacefulnessnot scored yet — no data source we trust

This low bar is deliberate. Until we find a data source we trust, peacefulness stays unscored.

If we can’t verify something, we don’t score it — we’d rather show you a gap than a guess. That empty bar is the whole point of this site. Read the full methodology →

The destinations

Start with our honest guides

Researched, sourced and date-stamped. No villa company saw these before publication, and none can pay to change them.

Traditional stone finca with a private pool beneath the Tramuntana mountains, Mallorca — illustrative scene Destination guideMallorca Tuscan hills, cypress drive and farmhouse — illustrative scene Destination guideTuscany Corfu olive hillside and turquoise cove — illustrative scene Destination guideCorfu Pastel houses stacked down the cliffs on the Amalfi Coast — illustrative scene Destination guideAmalfi Coast Villa terrace with Etna in the distance, eastern Sicily — illustrative scene Destination guideSicily Golden limestone cliffs, sea stacks and a sheltered cove beach on the Algarve at golden hour — illustrative scene Destination guideAlgarve Sandy bay and rugged mountains, western Crete — illustrative scene Destination guideCrete Whitewashed finca among pine hills above a turquoise cove on Ibiza — illustrative scene Destination guideIbiza

Twenty-five destination guides live now — from the Algarve to Provence.

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Essential reading

UK villa companies compared

Oliver’s Travels, James Villas, Villa Plus, CV Villas and more — size, specialism, financial protection and satisfaction ratings, side by side.

Compare the companies →
Essential reading

The true cost of a villa holiday

Cleaning fees, service fees, deposits, pool heating, tourist tax: how the fee stack works on each platform, and your legal right to see the full price upfront.

See the true-cost guide →
Whitewashed villa with an infinity pool above a calm Mediterranean bay at golden hour — illustrative scene, not a bookable property
independent, always

We never take your booking.

You always book directly with the villa company or platform — we’re just here to make sure you choose it on facts, not marketing copy.

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