Short-term rentals in Vila Real de Santo António
Vila Real de Santo António is the 113th-largest of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal: 239 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 23% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 13%, led by East Algarve Rentals (11 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 239
- Market rank
- #113 / 124
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Vila Real de Santo António
In Vila Real de Santo António, Airbnb leads with 148 listings (62%), versus 91 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Vila Real de Santo António
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 Vila Real de Santo António
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 30% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — East Algarve Rentals, Feels Like Home and homerez.com — account for 76% of that. The other 26 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 23%
- Median market
- 13%
- Single-listing hosts
- 44%
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 52% of Vila Real de Santo António's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (35%).
Largest operators in Vila Real de Santo António
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 | East Algarve Rentals | 11 | — | 8.1 / 10 | 75 |
| 2 | Feels Like Home | 6 | 4.44 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 53,634 |
| 3 | homerez.com | 5 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 4,095 |
| 4 | Rentals By Smartavillas | 4 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 2,269 |
| 5 | Host Wise | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 20,503 |
| 6 | Pestana Hotel Group | 1 | — | 8.6 / 10 | 80,995 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Portugal and count Vila Real de Santo António among their markets. See the full interactive Vila Real de Santo António market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Vila Real de Santo António compares
Vila Real de Santo António ranks 113th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
- Bicas 256 listings
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Mondim de Basto 255 listings
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Apúlia 241 listings
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Paredes de Coura 232 listings
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Fão 231 listings
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Furnas 223 listings
Photo credits
- Mondim de Basto: Photo: Vila de Mondim de Basto by CMMondim · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Apúlia: Photo: Apulia's igreja by Michael Gil · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paredes de Coura: Photo: Antiga Cadeia de Paredes de Coura - 08 by Reis Quarteu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fão: Photo: Fão aerial by Joseolgon · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Furnas: Photo: Caldeira, Vale das Furnas, Povoação, ilha de São Miguel, Açores by José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Vila Real de Santo António market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Vila Real de Santo António?
Vila Real de Santo António has 239 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 148 on Airbnb and 91 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Vila Real de Santo António?
The largest professional operator in Vila Real de Santo António is East Algarve Rentals, with 11 local listings.
How professionalised is the Vila Real de Santo António short-term rental market?
23% of Vila Real de Santo António's listings (55 of 239) 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: 30% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — East Algarve Rentals, Feels Like Home and homerez.com — account for 76% of that. The other 26 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Vila Real de Santo António?
In Vila Real de Santo António, Airbnb leads with 148 listings (62%), versus 91 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Vila Real de Santo António?
6 named professional operators run listings in Vila Real de Santo António. 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 239 public short-term rental listings in Vila Real de Santo António, 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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