Cliff-top retreat
Post Ranch Inn
Big Sur · California · United States
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Image courtesy of © TJ DeGroat, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCliff-top rooms high above the Pacific on Highway 1.
Post Ranch Inn sits on the ridge above Highway 1 in Big Sur, with rooms looking straight out over the ocean or into the mountains. Its restaurant, Sierra Mar, holds a MICHELIN Green Star.
- Cliff-top rooms
- Sierra Mar restaurant
- On Highway 1
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