Short-term rentals in Ferrel
Ferrel has 410 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 281 on Airbnb and 129 on Booking.com. That ranks it 72nd of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal, with 69% of its listings on Airbnb. 19% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 15%, led by Feathers Houses (31 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 410
- Market rank
- #72 / 124
- National share
- 0.3%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ferrel
In Ferrel, Airbnb leads with 281 listings (69%), 2.2× the 129 on Booking.com (31%).
Where the listings are in Ferrel
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.
Market structure in Ferrel
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 30% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 67 local listings between them, and the three largest — Feathers Houses, Best Houses Portugal and Be Silvercoast Rentals — account for 94% of that. The other 11 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 19%
- Median market
- 15%
- Single-listing hosts
- 23%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Apartments & flats make up 42% of Ferrel's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (28%).
Largest operators in Ferrel
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feathers Houses | 31 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 9,223 |
| 2 | Best Houses Portugal | 28 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 3,497 |
| 3 | Be Silvercoast Rentals | 4 | 4.63 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 551 |
| 4 | Belvilla by OYO | 2 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 743 |
| 5 | PMP Rentals by Tripwix | 2 | 4.96 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 291 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Portugal and count Ferrel among their markets. See the full interactive Ferrel market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ferrel compares
Ferrel ranks 72nd of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 0.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Arco da Calheta 433 listings
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Terras de Bouro 432 listings
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Porto Covo 416 listings
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Moncarapacho 410 listings
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Amoreira 404 listings
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Ponte da Barca 402 listings
Photo credits
- Arco da Calheta: Photo: Paragliding at Arco da Calheta - Madeira 2009 by Claudio Vosti · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terras de Bouro: Photo: S. Bento da Porta Aberta by Vitor107~commonswiki · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Porto Covo: Photo: Porto Covo - Praia Grande by Filipe Rocha,user:sacavem (pt) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Moncarapacho: Photo: Igreja Matriz de Moncarapacho by rogeriodomingos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Amoreira: Photo: 2025-10-05 Village house in Amoreira by Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ponte da Barca: Photo: Ponte da barca by Lusitana · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ferrel market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ferrel?
Ferrel has 410 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 281 on Airbnb and 129 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ferrel?
The largest professional operator in Ferrel is Feathers Houses, with 31 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ferrel short-term rental market?
19% of Ferrel's listings (78 of 410) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 124 markets across Portugal (15%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 30% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 67 local listings between them, and the three largest — Feathers Houses, Best Houses Portugal and Be Silvercoast Rentals — account for 94% of that. The other 11 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ferrel?
In Ferrel, Airbnb leads with 281 listings (69%), 2.2× the 129 on Booking.com (31%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ferrel?
5 named professional operators run listings in Ferrel. 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 410 public short-term rental listings in Ferrel, 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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