A route through Monterey, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island is, without a doubt, one of the most famous “places” in history, created and immortalized by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Scottish writer found traveling to be a perfect form of stimulus and consolation, until he ended his days in the paradisiacal Polynesia. But before that, there were visits to Europe and America during his journeys, where his time in the Californian city of Monterey stood out. The seaside spot fascinated him perhaps like no other: “When once I was in these woods I found it difficult to turn homeward… go where you will, you have but to pause and listen to hear the voice of the Pacific,” he wrote.

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