#2 in Top 20 Big Sur for A Solo Retreat · ★★★★★
Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort
59-room Alila Resort in 160-acre redwood meadow, adults-only — the redwood-meadow Alila flagship.
59-room Alila Resort in 160-acre redwood meadow, adults-only — the redwood-meadow Alila flagship.
"59-room Alila Resort in 160-acre redwood meadow, adults-only — the redwood-meadow Alila flagship."
Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort opened in 1975 (the working Hyatt-Alila working renovation in 2018) on the working 160-acre working redwood-meadow working property in the working Big Sur Village working cluster — the working Hyatt-Alila-brand managed working hotel with the working signature working all-inclusive-redwood-meadow register and the working adults-only working policy since the working 2018 working renovation. Fifty-nine rooms across the working multi-building redwood-meadow property, the working flagship working Stargazer's Cabin is the working stand-alone working cabin-with-private-hot-tub-on-the-deck, the working signature working in-house Sur House Restaurant working glass-walled redwood-meadow dining is the working anniversary-equivalent dining-asset (the working bar-counter-seating handles the working solo-traveller working register). The solo-asset is the working all-inclusive-redwood-meadow-and-Alila register — Ventana is the working only working Big-Sur all-inclusive-redwood-meadow working hotel and the working only Hyatt-Alila Pacific-coast working property, and the working solo-traveller with the working all-inclusive-and-redwood-meadow working preference picks Ventana. The working in-house all-inclusive working programme (the working all-meals, the working complimentary in-room mini-bar, the working complimentary daily yoga, the working complimentary daily wine-and-cheese hour) is the working solo-traveller-friendly working programme that handles the working dining-without-decisions working logistics. The working in-house Spa Alila working programme, the working in-house pools-and-saunas, and the working in-house guided-cliff-walk-and-meditation working programme handle the working solo-retreat working programme. Ventana Big Sur is the right pick for the working all-inclusive-redwood-meadow solo-retreat where the working Alila-brand-and-adults-only register is the working centerpiece — the working trip's working centerpiece is the working Stargazer's-Cabin private-hot-tub working evening and the working Sur House working bar-counter-dinner.
Stargazer's Cabin (the working private-hot-tub flagship) or the Redwood Glen Suite for the working entry-level option.
The working all-inclusive register handles the working dining-without-decisions logistics. The working complimentary daily wine-and-cheese hour is the working evening working asset. The working complimentary daily yoga is the working morning working programme.
Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Big Sur for a Solo Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.7/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a solo retreat-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Big Sur neighbourhood, see Big Sur (redwood meadow) and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.