http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T09:16:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yurts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/6/83558/64295 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Yurts_at_Treebones.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>We passed on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/20/224815/236/hotels/Peter_Greenberg_s_Tips_Yurts_in_California">Peter Greenberg's tips</a> about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Treebones+Resort/local/1074"><b>Treebones Resort</b></a> in Big Sur a short while ago, and now this collection of yurts has made it onto a list from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Budget%20Travel%20magazine">Budget Travel</a> magazine too: a list of accommodations in Big Sur for under $200 a night.</p><p>The odd thing about Treebones is that the owners never intended to build a hotel or resort of any kind. They bought the land there to retire on, and then discovered that new planning laws prevented them from simply building a house. And gradually the idea of the yurts developed--because they didn't want a "normal hotel"--and Treebones as we now know it, 16 simple wooden yurts and a lodge--came amandak 2008-05-07T09:20:02-05:00 48.431423 -93.789550 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/