Check out the MUCH improved method of searching and sorting for vacation rentals in France:

We’ve finally began the process of making it easier to search for vacation rentals in areas that have many small, relatively unknown cities and municipalities.    For example, in Italy, the entire collection of cities and regions was just too difficult for the average American to navigate.

What we did was assign all the Italian vacation rental listings to their appropriate region and province in Italy and then map them to a drillable flash map.

Check it out:

http://www.vacationrentaldirect.com/vacation-rentals/132/Italy.htm