Beach buffs can drive to the ... meadows with sweeping 180-degree views of the Big Sur. Read more: The 5 Best Hidden Hot Spring Hikes In California Taking to the trails is, without a doubt ...

Henry Miller helped put the area on the map in the 1950s, writing in his memoir, "Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch," "This is the California that men dreamed of years ago.

The drive up or down California’s Highway 1 through Big Sur features unparalleled ocean views from a roadway carved through multiple coastline cliffs — a precarious geography that has made it ...