Short-term rentals in Horta
Horta has 314 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, all on Booking.com. That ranks it 100th of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal. 4% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 15%. The largest named operator, homerez.com, runs a single local listing. Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 314
- Market rank
- #100 / 124
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 2
Platform coverage in Horta
Horta has 314 Booking.com listings and none on Airbnb, so the two platforms cannot be compared.
Where the listings are in Horta
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 Horta
The 2 named professional operators — homerez.com and Pestana Hotel Group — run 2 local listings between them. The other 12 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 4%
- Median market
- 15%
- Single-listing hosts
- 53%
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
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 39% of Horta's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (36%).
Largest operators in Horta
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 | homerez.com | 1 | 4.63 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 4,853 |
| 2 | Pestana Hotel Group | 1 | — | 8.6 / 10 | 79,140 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Portugal and count Horta among their markets. See the full interactive Horta market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Horta compares
Horta ranks 100th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Manta Rota 321 listings
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Troia 320 listings
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Ponta do Sol 319 listings
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Cabeceiras de Basto 306 listings
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Pataias 300 listings
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Caldas da Rainha 297 listings
Photo credits
- Manta Rota: Photo: Praça da Manta Rota 3 by Manuel Correia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Troia: Photo: Troia entrada maritima by Filipe Rocha,user:sacavem (pt) (pt:usuário:sacavem) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ponta do Sol: Photo: The seafront at Ponta do Sol, Madeira, Portugal by Paul Mannix · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cabeceiras de Basto: Photo: Mosteiro de São Miguel de Refojos de Basto 10 by Ricardo Martins · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pataias: Photo: Pataias - Portugal (6951351294) by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Caldas da Rainha: Photo: Rainha Dona Leonor Statue by Nricardo at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Horta market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Horta?
Horta has 314 short-term rental listings as of November 2026, all on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Horta?
Professional operators have only a small footprint in Horta. The largest local presence is homerez.com, with 1 listing.
How professionalised is the Horta short-term rental market?
4% of Horta's listings (14 of 314) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 124 markets across Portugal (15%). The 2 named professional operators — homerez.com and Pestana Hotel Group — run 2 local listings between them. The other 12 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Horta?
Horta has 314 Booking.com listings and none on Airbnb, so the two platforms cannot be compared.
How many professional operators run listings in Horta?
2 named professional operators run listings in Horta. 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 314 public short-term rental listings in Horta, 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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