TOURIST RENTAL LICENCE SERVICE
Tourist Rental Licence
in Dénia
We get British, German, Dutch, Belgian and Scandinavian owners a legal tourist-rental licence (VUT) in Dénia, and we check your zone before you buy or apply, because some streets are now closed and others stay open.
- We check your exact zone before you buy or apply, our differentiator
- New licences are suspended in the urban core, but Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó stay open
- We handle the full VUT registration end to end, in English
- Every step signed off by a named, registered Spanish lawyer
Complete service €549 + VAT, the whole licence done for you; complex cases from €699 + VAT, quoted in writing before we start.
Legal position last reviewed: July 2026
Why owners in Dénia choose us for their VUT
We check your zone first
Before you buy or apply, we confirm whether your address can still get a new tourist licence. New permits are blocked in the urban core, while Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó remain open. Nobody else covers this map in English, kept up to date.
A real, named lawyer
Your file is handled under Juan Bertomeu, abogado colegiado ejerciente, ICALI #4643, with the tax side guided by Daniel Bertomeu, Tax and Legal Advisor (AEDAF, APAFCV).
Local to the Marina Alta
We work daily with the Ayuntamiento de Dénia and the Servicio Territorial de Turismo in Alicante, so your compatibility certificate and your VUT registration move together.
English-first service
Plain-English explanations of every rule, so you know exactly what you can and cannot do with your property before you commit.
Who we help
Non-resident owners who want to let short-term in Dénia and the Marina Alta: a British couple with a villa near Les Rotes, a German family with an apartment in Las Marinas, a Dutch or Belgian owner weighing whether a flat in the centre can still be licensed. Some are buying with holiday rental in mind and want to check the zone before they sign; others already own and want to register correctly. The rules changed sharply in 2024 and 2025, and getting the zone wrong can mean a property you simply cannot let. Letting in Jávea instead? Xàbia rewrote its rules on 28 May 2026
What we handle for you
Zone check before you commit
We check the address against the Dénia suspension and the proposed zoning. If you are still house-hunting, we tell you whether a holiday licence is realistic on that street before you pay a deposit.
Licence of occupation
We file the declaración responsable de segunda ocupación (Decreto 12/2021), which has replaced the old cédula de habitabilidad and is required before a tourist registration.
Compatibility certificate
We apply for the urban compatibility certificate (CCU) at the Ayuntamiento de Dénia, which the suspension blocks in the urban core but keeps available in Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó.
Community-of-owners consent
In apartment blocks we guide you on the 3/5 owners' approval now required for a new tourist let, and confirm where your building stands before you rely on it.
VUT registration
We file the declaración responsable to register the dwelling in the Comunidad Valenciana tourism register and obtain your VT number, the live requirement to advertise and let.
Guest reporting set-up
We set up your SES.Hospedajes guest-reporting obligation to the Ministry of the Interior, so you are compliant from the first booking.
What a tourist licence in Dénia really involves
These are the rules and our fees, not a fixed quote. What is possible depends above all on where the property is. We confirm your position in writing before any work begins.
Urban-core suspension (Dénia)
New tourist-use compatibility certificates are suspended in the Dénia urban core since 11 September 2024, extended and in force from 12 September 2025. Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó are excluded and still open.
Ayuntamiento de Dénia (DOGV nº 9933, 10 Sep 2024; extension in force 12 Sep 2025)
New licences blocked
Proposed permanent cap (urban core)
On 5 June 2026 the council gave initial approval to a permanent ordinance cutting urban-core licences from 639 to 344 from 2029, with Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó unaffected. Not yet final and in public consultation, so we check the live position for your street.
Ayuntamiento de Dénia (denia.es, initial approval 5 Jun 2026) [ordinance in public consultation, not yet definitively approved]
639 to 344 from 2029
What a VUT is, and the 10-day rule
A VUT is a whole dwelling let for up to 10 continuous days to the same guest; letting by the room is prohibited. The tourism registration is valid for 5 years.
Decreto-ley 9/2024 de la Generalitat Valenciana (DOGV 7 Aug 2024, in force 8 Aug 2024), reforming Ley 15/2018
Whole dwelling, ≤10 days
Penalties for unlicensed letting
Fines for serious and very serious breaches can reach 600,000 euros, which is why getting the registration right matters.
Decreto-ley 9/2024 de la Generalitat Valenciana
Up to €600,000
Community-of-owners consent (flats)
Since 3 April 2025, a new tourist let in an apartment block needs the express prior approval of the community of owners by a 3/5 majority. Activity already lawfully carried on before that date is protected.
Ley Orgánica 1/2025 (BOE 3 Jan 2025), reforming art. 17.12 LPH [scope of the safe-harbour for pre-existing activity not yet settled by the courts]
3/5 approval
National register (NRA), now annulled
The Supreme Court annulled the national single rental register in May 2026, so the state number is no longer the gateway to advertise. The Comunidad Valenciana VUT registration is the live authorisation to let.
STS (Sala 3ª) 620/2026, 19 May 2026, annulling the register created by RD 1312/2024 [post-judgment transition for platforms still settling]
Regional VUT is the live requirement
Our fee (complete service)
Zone check, segunda ocupación, compatibility certificate and full VUT registration, end to end, the whole licence done for you
Expat Abogados published fee
€549 + VAT
Our fee (complex cases)
Rustic land, a prior urban report, regularisation or a change of holder, quoted per case before any work starts
Expat Abogados published fee
from €699 + VAT
Our complete service is €549 plus VAT for the zone check, the segunda ocupación, the compatibility certificate and the full VUT registration, the whole licence done for you. Cases with urban-planning complications, rustic land, a prior urban report, regularisation or a change of holder, run from €699 plus VAT, quoted per case. We tell you the fee in writing first, and if your street cannot get a licence we tell you before you spend a euro on the application.
See all our fees for Dénia in one place
Estimates only. What is possible and what it costs depend on the property's location and your circumstances.
Prefer to run it fully online?
Get your licence online with EasyTouristLicense
The same firm runs EasyTouristLicense, where the whole licence happens online from start to finish: you upload your documents, we do the rest, and the zone check comes first so you never pay for an application your street cannot have. Same fee, same lawyer behind it. If you would rather sit across a desk, that is exactly what this page is for.
€549 plus VAT, the same fee as in the office. The zone check is free.
Same firm behind both: Juan Bertomeu, abogado ICALI 4643, and Daniel Bertomeu, tax adviser (AEDAF 06838).
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How your licence works
01
We check your zone and confirm a licence is possible
02
We obtain or confirm your segunda ocupación
03
We apply for the compatibility certificate (CCU)
04
We confirm community-of-owners consent where needed
05
We file your VUT registration and obtain your VT number
06
We set up SES.Hospedajes guest reporting
What we need from you
- Passport and NIE for each owner
- Digital certificate or Cl@ve, or a power of attorney for us to act
- Country of tax residence
How we saved Klaus a flat he could never have let
Klaus, a German buyer, had a deposit ready on an apartment in the Dénia centre that the agent described as perfect for holiday rental.
First call
Klaus told us his whole plan depended on letting the flat to tourists, so before anything else we checked the address against the Dénia suspension.
Zone check
The apartment sat inside the urban core, where new tourist-use compatibility certificates have been suspended since 12 September 2025, so a new VUT was not available there.
A better street
We pointed him to Les Marines, expressly excluded from the suspension, where a new licence was still possible, and he changed his search.
Registration
On the new property we filed the segunda ocupación, applied for the compatibility certificate and registered the VUT in the Comunidad Valenciana tourism register.
Compliance
We set up his SES.Hospedajes guest reporting so he was compliant from his first booking.
He avoided buying a flat he could never legally let, and instead bought one with a valid tourist licence in an open zone.
Illustrative example based on real cases. Names changed. Outcomes depend on the property and the live zoning position.
Costly mistakes owners make with tourist lets in Dénia
Buying for holiday rental without checking the zone
What goes wrong: New tourist licences are suspended in the Dénia urban core, so you can end up with a flat you cannot legally let.
How we prevent it: We check the exact address against the suspension and the proposed zoning before you pay a deposit.
Assuming the whole town is open
What goes wrong: Owners hear that Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó are open and assume that covers the centre too. It does not.
How we prevent it: We confirm which specific streets remain open and which are blocked, kept up to date.
Letting by the room
What goes wrong: Letting individual rooms is prohibited under the Valencia rules and counts as a serious breach.
How we prevent it: We structure the registration as a whole-dwelling let, as the law requires.
Skipping the community-of-owners approval
What goes wrong: In a block, a new tourist let now needs 3/5 owners' approval, and skipping it can stop the activity.
How we prevent it: We guide you on the 3/5 consent and confirm where your building stands before you rely on it.
Relying on the old national register number
What goes wrong: The national single register was annulled in 2026, so the state number is no longer the gateway to advertise.
How we prevent it: We register the dwelling in the Comunidad Valenciana tourism register, the live requirement to let.
Letting unregistered to save time
What goes wrong: Letting without a valid registration risks fines that can reach 600,000 euros for the most serious breaches.
How we prevent it: We complete the VUT registration before you take a single booking.
The zone map is the whole game in Dénia
Whether you can let depends above all on the street. New tourist-use compatibility certificates have been suspended in the Dénia urban core since 11 September 2024, and that suspension was extended and remains in force from 12 September 2025. Les Marines, Les Rotes and Montgó are expressly excluded, so new licences there are still possible. On 5 June 2026 the council gave initial approval to a permanent ordinance that would cut urban-core licences from 639 to 344 from 2029, keeping some streets only by vacancy and letting others lapse over time. That ordinance is not yet final and is in public consultation, so we check the live position for your specific street before you buy or apply (Ayuntamiento de Dénia, denia.es). Check your Dénia street free, then get the licence online with EasyTouristLicense
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Moraira office
Calle del Dr. Calatayud, 39, planta baja, 03724 Moraira, Alicante
Property and tax legal support for international clients in Moraira.
Dénia office
Calle Ramón y Cajal 5E, Oficina 1, Dénia, Alicante, Spain
Broader support across Dénia, Alicante province, and international client matters.
Tourist rental licences in Dénia: your questions answered
Common questions from non-resident owners who want to let short-term in Dénia and the wider Marina Alta.
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Calle Ramón y Cajal 5E, Oficina 1, 03700 Dénia, Alicante
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Calle del Dr. Calatayud, 39, planta baja, 03724 Moraira, Alicante