Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur
47900 Highway 1, Big Sur, California, USA
Location
Big Sur
Perched around twelve hundred feet above the Pacific on the Santa Lucia ridgeline, off Highway 1 in Big Sur — a remote clifftop wilderness, around fifty to seventy-five minutes down the coast from Monterey.
Transfer
A Big Sur transfer
Around fifty to seventy-five minutes from Monterey, MRY, down Highway 1, and roughly three hours from San Francisco — a scenic coastal drive to the clifftop, part of the escape.
Villas
39 houses
Thirty-nine freestanding rooms and suites along a clifftop walkway, each with a wood-burning fireplace, a private deck and no television — among them triangular Tree Houses raised on stilts in century-old oaks.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples seeking romance, digital quiet and reconnection — adults only, aged eighteen and over, with no pets and no televisions; a clifftop wilderness of freestanding houses, stargazing and guided hikes.
Board Basis
Breakfast included
A base with a complimentary gourmet breakfast, on the terrace or in-room — with Sierra Mar's four-course prix-fixe over the Pacific and a fifteen-thousand-bottle cellar alongside.
Overview
Cliffside eco-luxury, 1,200 ft above the Pacific
Post Ranch Inn perches around twelve hundred feet above the Pacific on the Santa Lucia ridgeline of Big Sur — an adults-only sanctuary of thirty-nine freestanding houses strung along a clifftop walkway, among them triangular Tree Houses raised on stilts in century-old oaks. Every room has a wood-burning fireplace, a private deck and, pointedly, no television, with two cliff-edge basking pools heated above the ocean. Sierra Mar pours a four-course prix-fixe from a fifteen-thousand-bottle cellar over floor-to-ceiling ocean views, a complimentary gourmet breakfast comes to the terrace or the room, and the Inn holds Michelin Three Keys — one of around sixteen hotels in the United States to do so. The spa works in massages, facials and intuitive healing arts, while complimentary yoga, guided hikes into the Santa Lucia wilderness, falconry on the ridgeline and nightly stargazing with resident astronomers fill the days. It is around fifty to seventy-five minutes down Highway 1 from Monterey and roughly three hours from San Francisco — adults only, aged eighteen and over, with no pets and no TVs — made for couples seeking romance, digital quiet and reconnection.
Accommodation
Houses
Thirty-nine freestanding rooms and suites string along a clifftop walkway, each with a wood-burning fireplace, a private deck and, pointedly, no television — among them the triangular Tree Houses raised on stilts in century-old oaks and the Ocean and Coast houses set toward the cliff edge. Every house is built to frame the Pacific and the silence.
Entry
Butterfly Room
Sleeps two. A forest-facing freestanding room with a wood-burning fireplace and private deck.
FireplaceForest view
Iconic
Tree House
Sleeps two. A triangular structure on stilts in century-old oaks, with a skylight over the bed, a fireplace and a private deck.
On stiltsSkylight
Ocean
Ocean House
Sleeps two. Around 39 square metres with a living grass-and-wildflower roof, floor-to-ceiling Pacific views, a two-sided fireplace and a soaking tub for two.
Living roof39 sqm
Coast
Coast House
Sleeps two. Around 52 square metres over two storeys, with a wet bar, fireplace and glass-walled bedroom.
Two-storey52 sqm
Signature view
Cliff House
Sleeps two. Around 75 to 89 square metres cantilevered over the cliff, with ocean views from the bed and an outdoor soaking tub.
Cantilevered75-89 sqm
Signature
Pacific Suite
Sleeps two. Around 75 square metres over two storeys, with a curved ocean-front wall, living room and outdoor soaking tub.
Ocean-front75 sqm
Food & Drink
Dining
Sierra Mar pours a four-course prix-fixe from a fifteen-thousand-bottle cellar over floor-to-ceiling ocean views, and a complimentary gourmet breakfast comes to the terrace or the room. Dining is cliff-edge and unhurried, the wine list among the deepest on the California coast.
Signature
Sierra Mar
Sierra Mar, a four-course prix-fixe with floor-to-ceiling ocean views.
Cellar
The Wine Cellar
The Wine Cellar, around fifteen thousand bottles.
Breakfast
Gourmet breakfast
A gourmet breakfast, complimentary, on the terrace or in-room.
Wellbeing
Post Ranch Spa
The Post Ranch Spa works in massages, facials and intuitive healing arts, with two cliff-edge basking pools heated above the ocean. Complimentary yoga, guided hikes into the Santa Lucia wilderness, falconry on the ridgeline and nightly stargazing with resident astronomers fill the days, wellness drawn from Big Sur itself.
Healing arts
Healing arts, massages, facials and intuitive sessions.
Two basking pools
Two basking pools, cliff-edge infinity, heated.
Yoga & hikes
Yoga and hikes, guided in the Santa Lucias.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Wilderness, stars and the cliff edge define the stay — sleep in a Tree House raised in the oaks, watch the sky with resident astronomers, and hike into the Santa Lucia wilderness. Falconry runs on the ridgeline, Sierra Mar serves dinner over the Pacific, and the adults-only, no-television calm leaves nothing between you and the coast.
Tree Houses
Tree Houses, to sleep on stilts in the century-old oaks.
Nightly stargazing
Nightly stargazing, with resident astronomers and telescopes.
Guided hikes
Guided hikes, into the Santa Lucia wilderness.
Falconry
Falconry, with a resident master on the ridgeline.
Sierra Mar
Sierra Mar, dinner over the Pacific.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
From Monterey (MRY)
Around 50 to 75 minutes down Highway 1.
The arrival
Highway 1
The drive is part of the stay.
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Board basis
- A base with a complimentary gourmet breakfast.
Adults only
- Adults only, aged eighteen and over, with no pets.
Setting
- Clifftop wilderness, with no televisions and no pets.
Getting there
- Around fifty to seventy-five minutes from Monterey, MRY.
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