Kristy Alpert is a freelance travel writer who specializes in California (and its many adventures). In this Big Sur attractions list, Alpert guides travelers through the many highlights of the area, ...

A massive landslide that has blocked Highway 1 through Big Sur for the past 19 months — the longest the roadway has been closed in its history — should finally be cleared and the famed route reopened ...

Some 90 percent of the economy in this coastal California region relies on visitors. But overtourism, the high cost of living and most worrisome, the effects of global warming, create a future of ...

The once idyllic coastal area of California has been besieged by tourists, and residents worry that lasting environmental damage is being done. But how can you tell visitors not to come when tourism ...

Big Sur is a 90-mile stretch of coastal California Highway 1 between Carmel-by-the-Sea (to the north) and San Simeon (to the south). The passage usually takes drivers about four hours to complete — ...

There are few spots that are as immediately awe-inspiring as Big Sur. The coastal California town is a world of its own; it’s a relatively untouched place, with unspoiled landscapes and jaw-dropping ...