Here's some fascinating suggestions for those who are interested in discovering the authentic history of the area.

TOIRANO CAVES
Toirano – Tel. 0182 98062 www.toiranogrotte.it 

The limestone formation of grey dolomites that forms the complex of the Toriano caves holds more than 50 natural caverns, with evidence of the presence of the prehistoric man dating back to the Upper Paleolithic.

ARCHEOLOGIC MUSEUM OF FINALE
Finale Ligure – Tel. 019 690020 www.museoarcheofinale.it 

Recently moved to the Monumental Complex of Santa Caterina in Finalborgo, The Archeologic Museum of Finale is an exhibition that, through archeological findings, reconstructions, dioramas and scenographies, lets one rediscover the characteristics of the Finale area from prehistory to the present day.

PALAZZO GAVOTTI – PINACOTECA CIVICA 

Savona – Tel. 019 811520 www.comune.savona.it 

The gallery, located in the historical Palazzo Gavotti, offers an itinerary through art from the fourteenth century all the way to the present day, with paintings, sculptures and pottery. Some pieces that stand out are the extraordinary Crocifissione of Donato de' Bardi, a unicum in the landscape of renaissance painting, the Pala Fornari of Vincenzo da Foppa and the great politicians of the age of the popes of Savona Sisto IV and Giulio II. The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are represented in many paintings made by most important active artists in Liguria.

PALAZZO GAVOTTI – COLLEZIONI CERAMICHE

The museum displays superb examples of the local pottery production dating from the 15th to the 20th century, like the “laggioni” of the sixteenth century and the works of various artists from the twentieth century, including Fabbri, Farfa, Jorn and Lam.