It is being tested further as more visitors buy into the old towns and villages, instead of just coastal resorts.

Around these important archaeological sites are farming communities quite different in character from the city and the coastal resorts.

Although it has a very small permanent population, in summer it is an important coastal resort.

The first coastal resort was founded 1797 on the island of Norderney.

An increasing number of visitors come on day trips from the coastal resorts, but a better plan is to stay overnight or longer.

Since the late 1980s Cedeira has developed into a coastal resort.

Although the coastal resorts have areas with individual holiday houses, they maintain a native population as well.

The village was a farming community until the late 19th century, when it began to develop into a coastal resort.

It was the end of the season in the coastal resort.

That housing prices are still low compared with Florida's other coastal resorts has also caught the attention of real estate investors.