Need to know
Rooms
Thirty-nine, including six suites.
Check–Out
12pm. Check-in, 4pm.
More details
Rates include breakfast and valet parking.
Please note
For the time being (due to Covid-19) the hotel is only open to hotel guests, and will only accept credit card payments (no cash). Guests should also note that to the south of the hotel the Pacific Coast Highway is closed; the hotel can be reached via a different route (see directions here) and those using a GPS should be given the proper route.
The hotel's restaurant will be closed for construction from 6 January to 6 March 2025, but room service will be available as usual.
At the hotel
Spa, gym, free WiFi in the rooms and library. In rooms: iPod dock, handmade Post Ranch Inn bath products, bottled water and two half-bottles of wine.
Our favourite rooms
Pfeiffer is a cocoon of redwood with a secluded setting. Other humans will be hard to come by – all you can see is sparkling ocean, wild flowers and trees. We love the triple veranda, and the re-used redwood lining the walls in Ross.
Poolside
There are three heated infinity pools in the grounds – one lined with sea-weathered jade, a stainless steel one, and a lap pool by reception.
Spa
The spa makes all of its own products using Big Sur’s flowers, picked from the high meadows on the estate. Book in for a ‘duet massage’ and let four hands see to your aches and pains, or be brave and risk a soul-retrieving shaman session.
Packing tips
A journal so you scribble some verse – this land’s-end location is sure to make you come over all poetic.
Also
Book your spa treatments by phone six weeks in advance to have your prime pick of pampering.
Children
Leave them at home - this hotel is only open to adults ages 18 and up.
Sustainability efforts
The inn takes eco-lux seriously. Tree houses are built with bio-structures and stilted to protect nearby redwood roots and any trees that fall are repurposed into benches, all water is sourced and re-used on the property, you'll be transported in Lexus hybrids to save on energy, and all the food is sourced from local vendors and farms. The grounds are also home to native drought-resistant flora, and the local fauna are proudly protected, from Western Pond Turtles and California Condors to the Red-Legged Frog and endangered Smith's Blue Butterfly.