# Staff Favorites 2027 | Doorways Villa Vacations > The Italian villas our team loves most, chosen from 30 years of visits across Italy. Hand-selected and personally inspected. Source: https://villavacations.com/collections/staff-favorites-villas/ From the team # Staff *Favorites* The villas we keep coming back to, the ones we'd send our own families to, the ones we want to walk back into the moment we leave. One pick (sometimes two) from every region we cover. Picked not by algorithm. Picked by us. 31 villas · curated by us ## Villas in this collection ![Villa Sogno Casetta](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Villa-Sogno-CasettaSegreta-2-hero.webp) Umbria ### Villa Sogno Casetta 2 Beds·2 Baths·4 Guests ![Villa Aieri](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Villa-Aieri-hero-1024x682.webp) Sicily ### Villa Aieri 3 Beds·3 Baths·6 Guests ![Villa Benvista](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Villa-Benvista-hero-1024x682.webp) Chianti ### Villa Benvista 3 Beds·3 Baths·6 Guests ![Villa Frantoio](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-frantoio-60-1024x683.jpg) Lucca ### Villa Frantoio 4 Beds·5 Baths·8 Guests ![Villa Lika](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-lika-sorrento-villa-infinity-pool-sea-view-1024x683.jpg) Amalfi Coast ### Villa Lika 4 Beds·4 Baths·8 Guests ![Villa Lucia](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Villa-Lucia-hero-1024x683.webp) Lake Como ### Villa Lucia 4 Beds·3 Baths·7 Guests ![Villa Marelda](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-marelda-arch-window-hero-1024x683.webp) Amalfi Coast ### Villa Marelda 4 Beds·4 Baths·8 Guests ![Villa Nadiana](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/villa-nadiana/villa-nadiana-02-1024x683.jpg) Amalfi Coast ### Villa Nadiana 4 Beds·4 Baths·8 Guests Amalfi Coast ### Villa Dorata 5 Beds·5 Baths·10 Guests Siena ### Villa Hortus 5 Beds·5 Baths·10 Guests Amalfi Coast ### Villa Mida 5 Beds·5 Baths·10 Guests Amalfi Coast ### Villa Nume 5 Beds·5 Baths·10 Guests Amalfi Coast ### Villa Serena 5 Beds·6 Baths·10 Guests Lake Como ### Villa Traversi 5 Beds·4 Baths·10 Guests Puglia ### Villa Brezzablu 6 Beds·6 Baths·12 Guests Lake Como ### Villa Cleo 6 Beds·6 Baths·12 Guests Amalfi Coast ### Villa Giulia 6 Beds·6 Baths·12 Guests Umbria ### Villa Sogno Farmhouse 6 Beds·4 Baths·12 Guests Lucca ### Casa Felice Matteucci 7 Beds·7.5 Baths·14 Guests Rome ### CasaCau Townhouse 7 Beds·6 Baths·18 Guests Chianti ### Villa Amarika 7 Beds·7 Baths·14 Guests Amalfi Coast ### Villa Bendis 7 Beds·7 Baths·14 Guests Lucca ### Villa Lenka 7 Beds·7 Baths·14 Guests Lucca ### Casa Del Fattore 8 Beds·10 Baths·15 Guests Chianti ### Villa Tavernaccia 8 Beds·7.5 Baths·16 Guests Siena ### Villa Benessere 10 Beds·11 Baths·20 Guests Cortona ### Villa Laura 10 Beds·10.5 Baths·20 Guests Siena ### Villa Montosca 10 Beds·10 Baths·20 Guests Lucca ### Borgo Bernardini 12 Beds·12 Baths·24 Guests Lucca ### Villa Controni 12 Beds·14 Baths·24 Guests Lucca ### Coselli Estate 51 Beds·51 Baths·101 Guests Travelers Ask ## Frequently asked *questions* Each member of our team nominates one or two villas per region after personal stays and inspections. We discuss and vote internally. A property only earns staff-favorite status when at least three of us would send our own families. It is a recommendation, not a rating. Each staff favorite represents excellence in its category: a chef who anticipates your preferences, a view that anchors the week, a setting that makes guests linger an extra day. Not necessarily. Staff favorites span all price points, from EUR 4,500 per week farmhouses to EUR 40,000 per week estates. The common thread is the experience, not the price. Annually. We re-evaluate at the end of each summer and remove villas that no longer earn the listing, replacing them with new discoveries from the season. Keep exploring [Sea View Villas](https://villavacations.com/collections/sea-view-villas/) [Family-Friendly Villas](https://villavacations.com/collections/family-villas/) [Wedding Villas](https://villavacations.com/collections/wedding-villas/) [Romantic Hideaways](https://villavacations.com/collections/romantic-villas/) [Celebrity Hideaways](https://villavacations.com/collections/celebrity-villas/) Reading list ## Companion *reading* ### Day Trips from Siena: Val d’Orcia, the Crete Senesi and the Towers of San Gimignano ### What to Eat in Siena, From Pici to Panforte ### Large Family Villas in Tuscany with a Pool for 14 People Travel advisor ## Want to know *why each one*? Every favorite has a story — why we love it, who it's right for, what makes it land. Tell us about your trip and we'll pull two or three from this list with notes on each. [Email a travel advisor →](https://villavacations.com/contact-us/) --- Doorways Villa Vacations, Italian villa specialists since 1994. Book through a travel advisor: https://villavacations.com/contact-us/