Tobias Smollett

“In the eighteenth century the English historian and literate Tobias Smollett certainly lived in Montenero, the doctors had recommended him a milder climate more suited to his ill health. He took rooms in the villa that today is of the Gamba, which is situated in a very pleasant place between the hills and the sea, sheltered from the east winds, and almost on the beach, and had all the best hygienic conditions. In this villa a romantic and salutary abode, as a…