Art Basel Miami Beach Villas

Private Miami villas for Art Basel Miami Beach, December 4 to 6, 2026: whole houses in Miami Beach, Miami Shores and North Miami Beach for groups of 12 to 22.

Art Basel Miami Beach returns from December 4 to 6, 2026, and for the few days around it the whole city reorganises itself around art. Collectors, gallery teams, advisers and friends who fly in for the fair all want the same thing at the same time: a base close enough to the fair and the dinners, with enough room to host, rest and work between appointments. That is the week when the large private houses go first. A private villa suits Basel week better than a run of hotel rooms. A gallery team or a group of collectors can stay under one roof, hold a breakfast meeting at their own table, take calls from a quiet terrace, and come back to a pool after a long day on the floor. The houses in this collection sleep between twelve and twenty-two guests, and every one has a private pool. The largest, Villa Calabassa, sits on the water in Miami Beach itself, with its own dock. These are homes to stay in for the week, not venues for a reception. Every house named on this page carries the same written house rules: quiet hours from 10 PM to 8 AM, no events or parties beyond the booked guest count without advance approval, and maximum occupancy as listed. If the plan includes hosting a client dinner at the house, tell us first, and we ask the owner before anything is held.

Why a private house works for Basel week

The case for a house is the shape of the week. A gallery team runs on early starts and late dinners, and the hours in between are for preparing, recovering and talking business in private. A hotel gives each person a room; a house gives the group a kitchen table, a living room and a terrace that belong to them alone. For a collector travelling with family or advisers, the same space is where the day gets planned and the evening gets decided. The second case is rest. Art Basel is three fair days in a longer week of previews, dinners and visits, and the people who enjoy Sunday are the ones who slept on Wednesday. Villa Indigo in Miami Shores pairs its pool and spa with a sauna and a cold plunge, and gives each of its eight bedrooms a private en-suite. Villa Reverie, also in Miami Shores, gives five bedrooms six and a half bathrooms, which suits a smaller party that wants space rather than headcount. The third case is honesty about beds. A listing that says twenty-two guests does not always mean twenty-two separate beds. Villa Calabassa has ten bedrooms and eight and a half bathrooms, so some rooms share, and its full count assumes two guests per bed. We send the room-by-room layout before anything is held, so the group knows who sleeps where.

Where to stay: Miami Beach, Miami Shores or North Miami Beach

The fair is in Miami Beach, and only one house in this collection sits there: Villa Calabassa, a ten-bedroom waterfront home with a private pool, a spa, more than one hundred and forty feet of dock and 8,600 square feet of space. For a group that wants to be on the beach side of the bay for the whole week, it is the obvious first ask. Miami Shores is the quieter, leafier choice on the mainland, with houses that trade a beach address for space and calm: Villa Indigo for eighteen guests, Villa Summercrest for twelve with a heated pool and a rooftop deck, and Villa Reverie for twelve. North Miami Beach offers the larger group houses, Villa Ruby for twenty with nine bedrooms each with an en-suite, and Villa Maya for twelve with a pool, a spa and a half basketball court for the hours away from the fair. Every one of these houses sits in a residential neighbourhood with written quiet hours. That is part of the appeal during a loud week, and it is also a rule a group has to keep. We walk the group lead through the house rules, the parking and the arrival details before booking. Several of these homes list a washer and dryer and a full kitchen, which matter more than they sound across a five or six night stay, and every one of them lists wifi for the work that follows the group from the fair floor back to the house.

Minimum stays, timing and how we hold a house

Each house on this page lists a three-night minimum stay. Event weeks are when owners can set longer minimums, and agencies across Miami publish five to seven nights for Basel week, so we confirm the minimum for your exact dates with the owner before quoting. A stay from Wednesday to Monday covers the fair and the evenings either side of it. Timing matters more for Basel than for almost any other week in Miami. The fair dates are fixed, the large houses are a small share of the market, and the groups who return every year tend to commit early. With the fair a few weeks away, our advice is simple: settle the headcount, send us your arrival and departure days, and let us check which of these houses are still open before the week fills. If the group wants a day away from the fair, a private charter on Biscayne Bay is the natural break. We arrange the yacht alongside the house, so both run on one schedule, and we confirm the rules, the room layout and the real guest count before anything is booked.

When is Art Basel Miami Beach 2026?

Art Basel Miami Beach runs from December 4 to 6, 2026, in Miami Beach. We plan the house around your full stay, not only the three fair days.

Which villa is closest to the fair?

Villa Calabassa is the only house in this collection in Miami Beach, where the fair takes place. It sleeps twenty-two guests across ten bedrooms on the water, with a private dock. The Miami Shores and North Miami Beach houses are on the mainland side of the bay.

What is the minimum stay for Art Basel week?

Each house on this page lists a three-night minimum. Owners can set longer minimums for event weeks, and many Miami houses ask five to seven nights for Basel, so we confirm the minimum for your exact dates with the owner before we quote.

Can we host a client dinner or reception at the villa?

Not as a default. Every house here carries written house rules with quiet hours from 10 PM to 8 AM and no events or parties beyond the booked guest count without advance approval. If you want to host guests beyond your booked group, we ask the owner before you book and tell you plainly if the answer is no.

How many people can the largest house sleep?

Villa Calabassa is listed for twenty-two guests across ten bedrooms, with eight full bathrooms plus a half, so the full count means two guests per bed. Villa Ruby in North Miami Beach is listed for twenty guests across nine bedrooms, each with its own en-suite.

How far ahead should we book for Basel?

Now, if your dates are fixed. The fair is December 4 to 6, 2026, the large houses are few, and returning groups commit early. Send us your headcount and travel days and we check which houses are still open.

Can we add a yacht day during the week?

Yes. We arrange a private charter on Biscayne Bay alongside the villa booking, so the house and the boat run on one schedule. Larger groups split across two boats or take a smaller party out on the water.

What should we know about deposits and house rules before we book?

Each house states that guests are responsible for any damage beyond normal wear and tear, and a breach of the written rules, such as hosting beyond the booked guest count, can put the stay and the security deposit at risk. Before anything is held we go through the payment schedule, the deposit, the cancellation terms and the house rules for that specific villa with the group lead, so there are no surprises in December.

Villa Calabassa

The only house in the collection in Miami Beach itself: ten bedrooms for twenty-two guests on the water, with a private pool, a spa, more than one hundred and forty feet of dock and 8,600 square feet.

Villa Indigo

Eight bedrooms, each with a private en-suite, for eighteen guests in Miami Shores, with a pool, a spa, a sauna and a cold plunge: the recovery house for a long fair week.

Villa Ruby

Nine bedrooms and nine full en-suite bathrooms for twenty guests in North Miami Beach, with a private pool, a spa, an outdoor living room and a washer and dryer.

Villa Summercrest

Six bedrooms for twelve guests in Miami Shores, with a heated pool, a rooftop deck and a full chef's kitchen for a team that hosts its own breakfasts.

Villa Reverie

Five bedrooms with six and a half bathrooms for twelve guests in Miami Shores, with a private pool and a spa: space over headcount for a smaller party.

Villa Maya

Five bedrooms for twelve guests in North Miami Beach, with a private pool, a spa, a half basketball court, billiards and an outdoor kitchen.