The place that inspired Stevenson
to write
his classic novel Treasure Island
was
Carmel, California.
Carmel is a beautiful town on the picturesque California
coast that is nestled
on the side of a hill amongst a forest of Monterey Cypress
trees. It is about
100 miles south of San Francisco and about 275 miles
north of Los Angeles.
Originally a community of artists, it is now dominated
by the extremely
wealthy. It is best known for having Clint Eastwood as
its mayor.
Stevenson used the Virgin Islands as the model for the
island, Treasure Island.