Big Sur, California, is one of those places that will take your breath away and leave you wondering why you didn’t plan a trip here sooner. Located along the iconic Pacific Coast Highway, Big ...

Big Sur River Inn ($$) – Adjacent to the Big Sur River, this California hotel features an on-site restaurant and bar. Pfeiffer Day Use Beach is a 10-minute drive away.

The phenomenon is usually visible from the week before Christmas until late January. Where to see it? Pfeiffer Beach is located an hour south of Monterey, off of Highway 1 just past Big Sur Lodge ...

GETTING THERE: Big Sur refers to the roughly 90-mile stretch of California coast and adjacent mountains and hills from just south of Carmel in the north to San Simeon in the south.

For more than a generation, Big Sur — a 71-mile stretch of California coastline, both pristine and accessible to the public — has attempted to protect itself from overdevelopment, overtourism ...

A man who lived in Big Sur went out trekking alone in Big Sur in the Ventana Wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest on August 6, 2024. He was never seen again.

But along Big Sur, with mountains on one side and the Pacific on the other, there's nowhere to go. Tavares said the DOT is doing its best to keep Highway 1 open: "We believe it's possible.

Big Sur’s main thoroughfare is Highway 1, a scenic two-lane road constructed between 1919 and 1937 as part of a statewide initiative to make the California coastline a drivable tourist attraction.

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 ...