Big Sur Hotels
Post Ranch Inn
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Highway 1, P.O. Box 219
Big Sur, CA 93920
Tel. (800) 527-2200
reservations@postranchinn.com
At the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, the white noise of 21st century life recedes as a Lexus hybrid SUV quietly carries visitors to their rooms, a collection of cottages that nestle along redwood-lined cliffs overlooking the Pacific. The cottages--"treehouses" clad in aged wood and set atop 9-foot poles in stands of Douglas fir; curved steel enclosures with the rusty patina of Richard Serra sculptures; and modern spaces with sod roofs and clean lines--blend into the landscape. The elements seem to be slowly reclaiming them.
Inside the rooms, the understated décor seems meant to be eclipsed by uninterrupted views of treetops and ocean expanses. A half-day's drive from Los Angeles, this is the face of high-end green luxury. Luxury, above all, that manifests itself as a profound sense of place.
wherever it appears.