Thanks to the great abundance of water the region has become a traditional resort for summer tourists who love to swap the hot and close coast air with fresh summer nights and a cool bath in the river or lake.
<p>These small villages offers the whole year round an experience which has become a rarity: the calmness and peace of real village life. Shopping in the corner shop, catching up with gossip at the weekly market, having a coffee in the plaza, sitting and chatting outside the front door... all this shapes the savoir vivre. Just like the smell of a chimney and burnt herbs which hangs over the silent streets in the winter months.</p>
<p>Until today farming is one of the most important sources of income. On one side it has diminished the population since the past century; on the other side it has preserved the &quot;pure&quot; country life - for the pleasure of the recreation seeking visitors.</p>