On the coast, where the ocean so big, so expansive, it’s hard to put the view into perspective. “In most Big Sur properties,” said Gafill, “you’re either looking straight out toward the ...

I’d put together this road trip with two goals: to learn what a traveler should know about Big Sur now and to look for hints of those days in the 1920s and ’30s when the coast road opened and ...

On one stretch of California’s rugged Central Coast, being cut ... the silence and solitude of Big Sur suits their life of contemplation and prayer. Image A view from Big Sur in February.

The back lawn of the Ragged Point Inn offers a postcard-perfect view of the Big Sur coastline. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse ... owners and remove a gate that kept people from accessing the coast. “It ...

Today, Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur along the Central Coast is one of the most beautiful places in America to enjoy a burger with a view. By default or design, the 73-year-old restaurant ...

The midday sun forces the fog to retreat westward from the cliffs and settle over the Pacific, allowing his four-seat Cessna Skylane a clear view ... Big Sur, a rugged 70-mile stretch of the coast ...

On the coast, where the ocean so big, so expansive, it’s hard to put the view into perspective. “In most Big Sur properties,” said Gafill, “you’re either looking straight out toward the ...