Bussana Vecchia, a stone’s throw from Sanremo, is a delightful village of artists born on the ruins of a town that was abandoned long before, due to the violent earthquake of 1887. The town slowly emptied itself and was a ghost town for more than sixty years, until a group of artists began to repopulate it. Bussana Vecchia remains a magical place, an open-air art laboratory. In the narrow streets and alleys you can admire shops and ateliers that arise in the beautiful stone buildings.