Villa Nobel stands on Corso Cavallotti, along the shore, within a park of six thousand square metres planted with rare species. The eclectic, Moorish-inspired building was raised in the late 1870s for the pharmacist Pietro Vacchieri to a design by Filippo Grossi. Alfred Nobel bought it in 1891 and lived there until 1896, calling it his nest. It was here that he continued his research and drew up the will that created the prizes bearing his name.
The museum occupies three levels: the laboratory in the basement, a conference room decorated with Pompeian-style frescoes, the study, the library, and the bedroom furnished with its original pieces. The park holds a very tall Cupressus macrocarpa and an 1883 Bofors gun used for range trials. Owned by the Province of Imperia, the villa and its park also host private events.