The reputation for fine food of this mainly agricultural region comes from the quality of its produce.

The spa sits beside a snow-melt swollen river, in a valley 1,600m (5,250ft) up in the mountains of this remote agricultural region.

It lies in an agricultural region with significant production of olive oil.

This important agricultural region also contains large deposits of methane gas and salt.

It also benefited from its location in the heart of a rich agricultural region (trade of grain and gude, woad, a high-value blue colouring pigment).