Short-term rentals in Vila Real
Vila Real has 602 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 364 on Airbnb and 238 on Booking.com. That ranks it 44th of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 14% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 15%, led by FERO - Slow Living (7 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 602
- Market rank
- #44 / 124
- National share
- 0.4%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Vila Real
In Vila Real, Airbnb leads with 364 listings (60%), versus 238 on Booking.com (40%).
Where the listings are in Vila Real
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
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 20% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 6% on Booking.com. The 4 named professional operators run 13 local listings between them, and the three largest — FERO - Slow Living, Tripwix Luxury Rentals and weadvancehomes.com — account for 92% of that. The other 73 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 14%
- Median market
- 15%
- Single-listing hosts
- 37%
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
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 40% of Vila Real's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (28%).
Largest operators in Vila Real
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 | FERO - Slow Living | 7 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 521 |
| 2 | Tripwix Luxury Rentals | 3 | 5.00 / 5 | — | 3 |
| 3 | weadvancehomes.com | 2 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 1,724 |
| 4 | PMP Rentals by Tripwix | 1 | 4.96 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 291 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Portugal and count Vila Real among their markets. See the full interactive Vila Real market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Vila Real compares
Vila Real ranks 44th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Leiria 629 listings
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Marco de Canaveses 621 listings
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Fuzeta 615 listings
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Arouca 596 listings
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Óbidos 577 listings
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Fátima 548 listings
Photo credits
- Leiria: Photo: LeiriaView by Fulviusbsas · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marco de Canaveses: Photo: Igreja marco canaveses by Manuel Anastácio · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fuzeta: Photo: Fuzeta by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Arouca: Photo: Arouca by Vitor107~commonswiki · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Óbidos: Photo: Óbidos view592 by Lacobrigo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fátima: Photo: Fátima, Portugal by User:Maksim , Andreas Trepte, János Korom Dr. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Vila Real market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Vila Real?
Vila Real has 602 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 364 on Airbnb and 238 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Vila Real?
The largest professional operator in Vila Real is FERO - Slow Living, with 7 local listings.
How professionalised is the Vila Real short-term rental market?
14% of Vila Real's listings (86 of 602) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 124 markets across Portugal (15%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 20% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 6% on Booking.com. The 4 named professional operators run 13 local listings between them, and the three largest — FERO - Slow Living, Tripwix Luxury Rentals and weadvancehomes.com — account for 92% of that. The other 73 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?
In Vila Real, Airbnb leads with 364 listings (60%), versus 238 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Vila Real?
4 named professional operators run listings in Vila Real. 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 602 public short-term rental listings in Vila Real, 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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