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Short-term rentals in Quarteira

Quarteira has 1,587 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 977 on Airbnb and 610 on Booking.com. That ranks it 11th of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 33% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 15%, led by BLife Vacation Rentals (56 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,587
Market rank
#11 / 124
National share
1.0%
Named professional operators
24

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Quarteira

In Quarteira, Airbnb leads with 977 listings (62%), versus 610 on Booking.com (38%).

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 1,587 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Quarteira

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 278 local listings between them, and the three largest — BLife Vacation Rentals, Oceanovilas Lda (Vale Do Lobo) and Algarve Holidays — account for 47% of that. The other 238 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
33%
Median market
15%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 422
  • 2–5 listings 327
  • 6–25 listings 322
  • 26+ (professional) 516

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 937
  • Apartments & flats 451
  • Private & shared rooms 77
  • B&Bs & guest houses 49
  • 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 56 3.97 / 5 6.6 / 10 18,903
2 Oceanovilas Lda (Vale Do Lobo) 44 4.05 / 5 7.5 / 10 43
3 Algarve Holidays 32 4.63 / 5 8.3 / 10 2,475
4 Ocholo Ltd 23 4.64 / 5 8.1 / 10 114
5 Villa Plus Limited 18 4.53 / 5 8.4 / 10 885
6 BmyGuest - Short Term Rental 17 4.20 / 5 7.1 / 10 3,648
7 Belvilla by OYO 16 4.68 / 5 8.6 / 10 743
8 Algarve Vacation 10 4.76 / 5 8.4 / 10 867
9 Olivers Travels 8 4.00 / 5 — 1
10 Travelnest 8 4.47 / 5 7.9 / 10 2,962

The other 14 professional operators in Quarteira

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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 1,587 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 977 on Airbnb and 610 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Quarteira is BLife Vacation Rentals, with 56 local listings.

How professionalised is the Quarteira short-term rental market?

33% of Quarteira's listings (516 of 1,587) 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: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 278 local listings between them, and the three largest — BLife Vacation Rentals, Oceanovilas Lda (Vale Do Lobo) and Algarve Holidays — account for 47% of that. The other 238 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 977 listings (62%), versus 610 on Booking.com (38%).

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 1,587 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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