The patron of Baceno is Saint Gaudentius, celebrated on 22 January, to whom the Chiesa monumentale di San Gaudenzio is dedicated.
The municipality of 922 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola also holds the Museo della Funivia di Goglio, the Antico Torchio and the oratories of Sant'Antonio Abate, San Bartolomeo and the Santa Croce.