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Short-term rentals in Quarteira

Quarteira is the 11th-largest of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal: 1,595 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 30% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 13%, led by BLife Vacation Rentals (51 listings).

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Tracked listings
1,595
Market rank
#11 / 124
National share
1.0%
Named professional operators
24

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Quarteira

In Quarteira, Airbnb leads with 976 listings (61%), versus 619 on Booking.com (39%).

Where the listings are in Quarteira

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 1,595 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Quarteira

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 39% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 252 local listings between them, and the three largest — BLife Vacation Rentals, Oceanovilas Lda (Vale Do Lobo) and Algarve Holidays — account for 50% of that. The other 223 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
30%
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 447
  • 2–5 listings 371
  • 6–25 listings 302
  • 26+ (professional) 475

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 59% of Quarteira's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (28%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 943
  • Apartments & flats 451
  • Private & shared rooms 78
  • B&Bs & guest houses 50
  • Hotels & hostels 49
  • Unique & outdoor 24

Largest operators in Quarteira

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 Quarteira, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 BLife Vacation Rentals 51 4.03 / 5 6.7 / 10 15,844
2 Oceanovilas Lda (Vale Do Lobo) 40 4.17 / 5 7.5 / 10 35
3 Algarve Holidays 34 4.64 / 5 8.4 / 10 2,400
4 Villa Plus Limited 18 4.53 / 5 8.3 / 10 933
5 BmyGuest - Short Term Rental 17 4.21 / 5 7.0 / 10 4,204
6 Belvilla by OYO 14 4.71 / 5 8.6 / 10 1,207
7 Ocholo Ltd 12 4.58 / 5 8.2 / 10 574
8 Algarve Vacation 8 4.75 / 5 8.7 / 10 731
9 Travelnest 7 4.49 / 5 7.9 / 10 3,326
10 Your.Rentals 7 4.61 / 5 7.8 / 10 2,496

The other 14 professional operators in Quarteira

Local listings

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

How Quarteira compares

Quarteira ranks 11th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 1.0% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Quarteira market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Quarteira?

Quarteira has 1,595 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 976 on Airbnb and 619 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Quarteira is BLife Vacation Rentals, with 51 local listings.

How professionalised is the Quarteira short-term rental market?

30% of Quarteira's listings (475 of 1,595) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 124 markets across Portugal (13%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 39% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 252 local listings between them, and the three largest — BLife Vacation Rentals, Oceanovilas Lda (Vale Do Lobo) and Algarve Holidays — account for 50% of that. The other 223 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Quarteira?

In Quarteira, Airbnb leads with 976 listings (61%), versus 619 on Booking.com (39%).

How many professional operators run listings in Quarteira?

24 named professional operators run listings in Quarteira. 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 1,595 public short-term rental listings in Quarteira, 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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