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Short-term rentals in Baleal

Baleal has 340 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 214 on Airbnb and 126 on Booking.com. That ranks it 91st of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 14% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 15%, led by Best Houses Portugal (17 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
340
Market rank
#91 / 124
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
4

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Baleal

In Baleal, Airbnb leads with 214 listings (63%), versus 126 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Baleal

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 340 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Baleal

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 43 local listings between them, and the three largest — Best Houses Portugal, Feathers Houses and Be Silvercoast Rentals — account for 91% of that. The other 6 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
14%
Median market
15%
Single-listing hosts
24%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 83
  • 2–5 listings 103
  • 6–25 listings 105
  • 26+ (professional) 49

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 39% of Baleal's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (38%).

  • Apartments & flats 133
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 128
  • Private & shared rooms 35
  • B&Bs & guest houses 24
  • Hotels & hostels 18
  • Unique & outdoor 2

Largest operators in Baleal

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Portugal listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Baleal, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Best Houses Portugal 17 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 3,497
2 Feathers Houses 16 4.68 / 5 8.4 / 10 9,223
3 Be Silvercoast Rentals 6 4.63 / 5 8.7 / 10 551
4 We Stay Home, Lda 4 4.58 / 5 8.4 / 10 8,127

Browse the full Portugal operator directory →

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Portugal and count Baleal among their markets. See the full interactive Baleal market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Baleal compares

Baleal ranks 91st of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Baleal market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Baleal?

Baleal has 340 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 214 on Airbnb and 126 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Baleal?

The largest professional operator in Baleal is Best Houses Portugal, with 17 local listings.

How professionalised is the Baleal short-term rental market?

14% of Baleal's listings (49 of 340) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 124 markets across Portugal (15%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 43 local listings between them, and the three largest — Best Houses Portugal, Feathers Houses and Be Silvercoast Rentals — account for 91% of that. The other 6 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Baleal?

In Baleal, Airbnb leads with 214 listings (63%), versus 126 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Baleal?

4 named professional operators run listings in Baleal. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 340 public short-term rental listings in Baleal, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across Portugal. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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