Luxury villas in Tuscany.

Luxury is a word every listing site uses, so here is what it means with us: houses that are staffed, estates that are private, kitchens a chef can work in, and a floor of about €10,000 a week in the shoulder season — most of the collection sits between €20,000 and €60,000. There is no second tier; these are the flagships.

Some houses here publish rates and some do not — why we don't publish prices for every villa explains the thinking, and what a villa in Tuscany costs gives the honest numbers. New to renting at this level? How renting works.