Dedicated hikers can pierce inland, through the redwoods and up to high meadows with sweeping 180-degree views of the Big Sur. Read more: The 5 Best Hidden Hot Spring Hikes In California Taking to ...

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest and is on the western slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains. Like most state parks in this region, Pfeiffer Big Sur State ...

A pristine retreat along the Pacific Ocean less than an hour south of Monterey in Big Sur, the Post Ranch Inn ... gazing at either rising mountains or the expansive seas. The hotel's 39 rooms ...

In colonial days, the inaccessible stretch of coast south of the provincial capital of Alta California at Monterey was known as el país grande del sur, "the big country of the south." This ...