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I always find a good quality bottle of wine does the trick.

In a village, ideally something they can't make or grow themselves. Chocolate seems to be welcomed, though it's a bit hot for chocolate to travel well at the moment. Depending where you are, a basket of fruits that don't grow locally will still be appreciated. Or if the area is like ours, hit by a late severe frost at blossom time so there's no tree fruit at all, pretty much any fruit would be welcomed! The only fruit growing in our part of Dobruja this year is strawberries.

We always bring or get visitors to bring Ibroprufen because my neighbours husband had gout and it costs well over two lev's in the village chemist and is a lot cheaper on the UK. But generally I give a small box of chocolates because they're always welcomed.

@joao76915

3km? That's a lot of neighbours/gifts, Sr. Ricaço! :-)

I suggest you narrow it down to your immediate next-door neighbours (i.e. 2 usually), or folks you're especially friendly with. And maybe folks that are always doing stuff for you (e.g. your car mechanic).

If you buy a bunch of meat and booze and invite them round for a BBQ, that might go over quite well.

I do presents for my two immediate neighbours, and the neighbour's brother opposite... and sometimes for my mechanic, as he's a nice chap. I'm mostly not in the village now, as I'm caring for my dad in Plovdiv. However, once a year (at Christmas) I make sure to drive to the village and drop off their presents. It's a pretty Christmas bag with some festive stuff from LIdl (bottle of spirits with glasses, big cookie box, Christmas cakes). They can see I've made an effort and seem to appreciate it. The two brothers (and their wives) always ask me in and give me a coffee and something to eat so we can have a quick natter (using Google Translate on the phone) before I drive back.

It's nothing compared to what these folks do for me, but it's the thought that counts. But maybe I'm on the wrong track, and what they've really wanted all this time is an XXL bottle of Ibuprofen. :-)

@gwynj

That depends how bad their gout is, I suspect.

Tablets not a bottle.

He gas been bed bound with gout in the past.

I brought homemade jam and a bottle of local wine to my neighbours, and they really appreciated it. Something simple like that works great and feels more personal.

I think that most people appreciate the thought, so just about anything is fine.  Obviously, it does depend on the recipient: a few years ago, someone gave my FiL a bottle of good 25-year-old single malt - I don't know what they'd have thought about the sight of him swigging it from the bottle, but frankly it was a case of "pearls before swine" as he had no idea what he was drinking....