Villa aficionados won't want to miss this site. It offers some 2,000 properties, mainly in Europe and the Caribbean, which are rated and inspected. Search by country or geographic region, sampling properties ranging from an eight bedroom villa in Llavaneras, Spain to a private island in the South Pacific. Nice features include a pop-up screen calendar indicating rental availability, a translater and rental options of yachts. Interesting special categories with skiing villas, beach villas and celebrity villas (including properties owned by Merv Griffin).

BEST: With a villa magazine (subscription required), a villa finder, and upscale listings, this is clearly a site for the serious villa enthusiast.

WORST: You have to register (free) to search. And some searches yielded no properties.