Why: Because Ventana offers the kind of rustic luxury so readily found in Big Sur, one of the most pristine and seductively gorgeous regions of the nation’s most beautiful state.

This Central Coast getaway defines understated elegance and luxury. Wandering its 243 acres in the Ventana Wilderness of Big Sur, you may just feel as if you’re on your own estate with ocean ...

Ventana Inn & SpaThis Central Coast getaway defines understated elegance and luxury. Wandering its 243 acres in the Ventana Wilderness of Big Sur, you may just feel as if you’re on your … ...

A great deal is always a great excuse for a Central Coast getaway, and this half-off sale on rooms at the Ventana Inn & Spa in Big Sur definitely qualifies. Take advantage of this offer for an ...

When the Ventana Inn reopens this fall, the Big Sur hotel will be Alila Hotels & Resorts' first U.S. property. The hotel closed in February after heavy rain caused a mudslide that dislodged one of ...

It will reopen this fall as Ventana Big Sur, following a multimillion-dollar “reimagination” of the inn’s 59 guest rooms and its renamed Sur House restaurant, Social House lounge and Spa Alila.

“We have to come back here” squealed my husband as we snaked down the windy mountain side of the Ventana Inn & Spa at Big Sur. One night just wasn’t enough to relax, recharge and recenter. I had to ...

HOTEL05_VENTANA Room #53 has everything to be pampered with at the Ventana Inn & Spa Event on 9/14/06 in Big Sur. Penni Gladstone / The Chronicle ...

The restaurant at Ventana Inn in Big Sur reopened on Sept. 25, more than a year after fire forced its closure. “All we kept basically was the walls,” said Johanna Koch, director of sales and ...