The vistas are plenty -- and stunning -- for those who visit Big Sur. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The scenery is astounding -- and never tiring -- for motorists and bicyclists alike along Highway 1 near Big Sur, Calif. (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)
McWay Falls is a major attraction at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur. It is one of the few waterfalls that empties directly into the Pacific. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The Point Sur Lighthouse is the only complete turn-of-the-last-century light station open to the public in California, and it’s on the National Register of Historic Places. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
You can have a brew with your feet in the water at the Big Sur River Inn. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The yurts of the Treebones Resort near Gorda, Calif., have private decks overlooking the southern Big Sur coast. (Craig Nakano / Los Angeles Times)
