In our hinterland is located the Argentina Valley. Once Taggia is left behind, traveling by provincial road, the nature becomes undisputed protagonist of the valley lying behind, a territory closed between steep slopes, reluctant to the passage of men, covered with thick forests, scattered by medieval villages remained almost untouched, inside which still today the past designs its ancient plots.

Campo Marzio is a small mound in the most accented bottleneck of the river, marked by remains of a pre-Roman town and by its subsequent Roman fortifications. The first town of the Valle Argentina is Badalucco in a crossroad position for itineraries from the bottom of the valley towards the mountain. The village throngs its rough-hewn stone houses on the hill in front of Mount Faudo. In the village, made of stone, to invade every corner and take advantage of every cleavage, one finds imposing arcane figures nested in frescoes and, in the damp and silent alleyways, a permanent art gallery in the open exhibits sculptures ceramics and sculptured slate. The “sagra du stocafissu a baiicogna” is the colorful touch that attracts to the village, during the month of September of each year, throngs of tourists