Treebones: The Big Sur Hotel That Nearly Wasn't

Where: 71895 Highway #1 [map], Big Sur, CA, United States, 93920

5/07/2008 at 9:20 AM
Tags: Unusual Hotels, California Hotels, Yurts, Big Sur Hotels

We passed on Peter Greenberg's tips about the Treebones Resort in Big Sur a short while ago, and now this collection of yurts has made it onto a list from Budget Travel magazine too: a list of accommodations in Big Sur for under $200 a night.

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 to be.

Rates are still the same, starting at $155 a night. They have got a special coming up if you're in to planning ahead to 2009--a whale watchers' package with 20% off rack rates for two-night, non-weekend bookings.

[Photo: MindWideOpen]