The villas we'd book ourselves, the regions we return to, and how a home actually earns its place here.
Most villas quietly say no. A handful say yes properly: pool, garden, and a lead-free rest at the end of a long drive. Two that get it right.
Everyone pictures the same Algarve: cliffs, beach clubs, golf. Twenty minutes inland is a quieter version most visitors never see. Here's how to book either one.
Not the most expensive, not the most photographed: the five homes our team keeps quietly coming back to, and exactly who each one is for.
We don't list every villa we can. We list the best. Here's the bar a home has to clear before it earns a place in the collection.
No itinerary, no rush. A seven-day rhythm built around a hilltop pool, one long lunch a day, and a single trip into Siena: the week Chianti actually rewards.
