Short-term rentals in Sintra
Sintra has 1,010 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 685 on Airbnb and 325 on Booking.com. That ranks it 24th of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal, with 68% of its listings on Airbnb. 9% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 15%, led by Exclusive Holiday Homes (6 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 1,010
- Market rank
- #24 / 124
- National share
- 0.6%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Sintra
In Sintra, Airbnb leads with 685 listings (68%), 2.1× the 325 on Booking.com (32%).
Where the listings are in Sintra
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 Sintra
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 8% of Airbnb listings and 10% of Booking.com listings. The 8 named professional operators run 21 local listings between them, and the three largest — Exclusive Holiday Homes, BnBird Homes and Lisbon With Sintra Apartments & Guesthouses — account for 67% of that. The other 65 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 9%
- Median market
- 15%
- Single-listing hosts
- 30%
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 31% of Sintra's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (31%).
Largest operators in Sintra
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 | Exclusive Holiday Homes | 6 | 4.43 / 5 | — | 97 |
| 2 | BnBird Homes | 5 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 26,956 |
| 3 | Lisbon With Sintra Apartments & Guesthouses | 3 | 4.76 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 3,614 |
| 4 | Feeling Inn | 2 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 3,665 |
| 5 | Gt House | 2 | 4.44 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 1,279 |
| 6 | Home Match | 1 | 4.33 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 6,303 |
| 7 | Hotel In Salgados | 1 | 4.50 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 30,584 |
| 8 | Pestana Hotel Group | 1 | — | 8.6 / 10 | 79,140 |
Browse the full Portugal operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Portugal and count Sintra among their markets. See the full interactive Sintra market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Sintra compares
Sintra ranks 24th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 0.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Lousã 1,144 listings
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Seia 1,036 listings
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Tomar 1,011 listings
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Viana do Castelo 936 listings
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Vila Nova de Milfontes 926 listings
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Guimarães 897 listings
Photo credits
- Lousã: Photo: Câmara Municipal e igreja matriz da Lousã by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Seia: Photo: Seia - Portugal (247720203) by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tomar: Photo: Vista de Tomar by João Carvalho · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Viana do Castelo: Photo: Viana do Castelo by Osvaldo Gago - fotografar.net · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vila Nova de Milfontes: Photo: Vila Nova de Milfontes by Francisco Santos (user: Xuaxo ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Guimarães: Photo: Largo do Toural (reabilitado) by PauloPinto65 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Sintra market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Sintra?
Sintra has 1,010 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 685 on Airbnb and 325 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Sintra?
The largest professional operator in Sintra is Exclusive Holiday Homes, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Sintra short-term rental market?
9% of Sintra's listings (86 of 1,010) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 124 markets across Portugal (15%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 8% of Airbnb listings and 10% of Booking.com listings. The 8 named professional operators run 21 local listings between them, and the three largest — Exclusive Holiday Homes, BnBird Homes and Lisbon With Sintra Apartments & Guesthouses — account for 67% of that. The other 65 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Sintra?
In Sintra, Airbnb leads with 685 listings (68%), 2.1× the 325 on Booking.com (32%).
How many professional operators run listings in Sintra?
8 named professional operators run listings in Sintra. 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 1,010 public short-term rental listings in Sintra, 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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