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- Florence-based agency Communicart has a roster of 100 Tuscan villas, including the six-bedroom Fattoria di Prenzano (from $6,200 a week), an 11th-century country house. Well-connected owner Veronica Ficcarelli goes out of her way to book drivers, chefs, and cultural experts for her clients.
- Celebrities, royal families, and CEO’s turn to Windows on Italy, run by Salvatore Ferragamo’s son Leonardo, for the area’s most exclusive (and extravagant) properties. Book the six-bedroom Villa Le Rose ($64,500 a week), a frescoed Renaissance residence with marble baths and four-poster beds, owned by Leonardo Ferragamo himself.
- Owned by the Caire di Lauzet and Besana families, Dream & Charme isn’t your average rental agency: potential clients are vetted through a rigorous process, and most properties aren’t even advertised, including a five-bedroom villa (from $3,688 a week) with a botanical garden, on the island of Elba.—Valerie Waterhouse
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