What a pity that in Liguria often people only stop on the coast. Meaning you lose all that magnificent inland, especially in the west which is made up of continuous valleys that intertwine with each other and covered with olive trees making it impossible to see the beginning and the end. Nestled among these small villages, carved out of the rock, with their few houses almost always colored, and in some cases even drawn, sits Valloria.

On the hilltop of Val Prino, in the hinterland of Imperia sits a small town of about 30 citizens called Valloria. Its name derives from Vallis Aurea, the Golden Valley, probably for the production of oil, which was once more active than today because most of the olive groves have unfortunately been abandoned.