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Short-term rentals in Vila Real de Santo António

Vila Real de Santo António has 234 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 148 on Airbnb and 86 on Booking.com. That ranks it 113th of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 26% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 15%, led by Feels Like Home (5 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
234
Market rank
#113 / 124
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
5

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Vila Real de Santo António

In Vila Real de Santo António, Airbnb leads with 148 listings (63%), versus 86 on Booking.com (37%).

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 223 sampled locations from 234 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Vila Real de Santo António

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 17 local listings between them, and the three largest — Feels Like Home, homerez.com and Rentals By Smartavillas — account for 82% of that. The other 44 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
26%
Median market
15%
Single-listing hosts
41%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 95
  • 2–5 listings 49
  • 6–25 listings 29
  • 26+ (professional) 61

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%).

  • Apartments & flats 121
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 82
  • B&Bs & guest houses 20
  • Private & shared rooms 4
  • Hotels & hostels 3
  • Unique & outdoor 3
  • Other 1

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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Largest operators in Vila Real de Santo António, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Feels Like Home 5 4.43 / 5 8.0 / 10 52,847
2 homerez.com 5 4.63 / 5 8.0 / 10 4,853
3 Rentals By Smartavillas 4 4.78 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,306
4 Host Wise 2 4.47 / 5 7.9 / 10 22,129
5 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 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:

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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 234 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 148 on Airbnb and 86 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 Feels Like Home, with 5 local listings.

How professionalised is the Vila Real de Santo António short-term rental market?

26% of Vila Real de Santo António's listings (61 of 234) 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: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 17 local listings between them, and the three largest — Feels Like Home, homerez.com and Rentals By Smartavillas — account for 82% of that. The other 44 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 (63%), versus 86 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Vila Real de Santo António?

5 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 234 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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