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Short-term rentals in Faro

Faro is the 6th-largest of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal: 3,351 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 23% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 13%, led by BLife Vacation Rentals (183 listings).

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Tracked listings
3,351
Market rank
#6 / 124
National share
2.1%
Named professional operators
23

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Faro

In Faro, Airbnb leads with 2,134 listings (64%), versus 1,217 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Faro

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 3,351 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Faro

Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 22% of Airbnb listings and 25% of Booking.com listings. The 23 named professional operators run 355 local listings between them, and the three largest — BLife Vacation Rentals, HD PROPERTIES and ENJOY YOUR STAY — account for 82% of that. The other 429 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
23%
Median market
13%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 933
  • 2–5 listings 1,061
  • 6–25 listings 573
  • 26+ (professional) 784

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 45% of Faro's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (26%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,519
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 861
  • Private & shared rooms 539
  • B&Bs & guest houses 275
  • Hotels & hostels 105
  • Unique & outdoor 40
  • Other 12

Largest operators in Faro

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

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Largest operators in Faro, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 BLife Vacation Rentals 183 4.03 / 5 6.7 / 10 15,844
2 HD PROPERTIES 78 4.52 / 5 8.2 / 10 10,148
3 ENJOY YOUR STAY 30 4.78 / 5 8.6 / 10 1,869
4 Rental Valley 14 4.66 / 5 8.4 / 10 10,921
5 Cavacotimeshare, Lda 6 4.28 / 5 7.6 / 10 329
6 Eos Villas 6 4.63 / 5 9.2 / 10 108
7 Jacky @ My Algarve Rentals 5 4.77 / 5 8.5 / 10 691
8 BeGuest Holiday Rentals 4 4.54 / 5 8.0 / 10 6,765
9 Travelnest 4 4.49 / 5 7.9 / 10 3,326
10 Your.Rentals 4 4.61 / 5 7.8 / 10 2,496

The other 13 professional operators in Faro

Local listings

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

How Faro compares

Faro ranks 6th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 2.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Faro market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Faro?

Faro has 3,351 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 2,134 on Airbnb and 1,217 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Faro is BLife Vacation Rentals, with 183 local listings.

How professionalised is the Faro short-term rental market?

23% of Faro's listings (784 of 3,351) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 124 markets across Portugal (13%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 22% of Airbnb listings and 25% of Booking.com listings. The 23 named professional operators run 355 local listings between them, and the three largest — BLife Vacation Rentals, HD PROPERTIES and ENJOY YOUR STAY — account for 82% of that. The other 429 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Faro?

In Faro, Airbnb leads with 2,134 listings (64%), versus 1,217 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Faro?

23 named professional operators run listings in Faro. 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 3,351 public short-term rental listings in Faro, 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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