Borsh Springs & Olive Groves

Behind Borsh's seven-kilometre beach, the land turns improbably green. Mountain springs surface at the foot of the hills and run in cold, clear channels down to the sea, and around them spreads the largest olive grove in the country — hundreds of thousands of trees silvering the slopes in every direction.

The springs have been put to delicious use: restaurants set their tables over the running water, serving trout, lamb and the village's famous olive oil with the sound of the stream underneath. Above it all, the ruins of Sopot Fortress — Borsh Castle — keep watch, hiding a small mosque within their walls.