I'm off to California for Christmas and was thinking of heading to Monterey bay and Big sur while I'm there. Has anyone been to big sur and is it worth going there as its an extra 59 miles south of Monterey bay.

 

Yes. It's spectacular, cabins here were great http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=570

 

I dont think i will be staying at big sur just a day visit and spend the night in Monterey bay so I can go whale watching the next day.

I checked that link and all I could see was sites to pitch a tent which is something I know my family wont do.

 

[QUOTE=stevebt;11751554]I dont think i will be staying at big sur just a day visit and spend the night in Monterey bay so I can go whale watching the next day.

I checked that link and all I could see was sites to pitch a tent which is something I know my family wont do.[/QUOTE

You can book cabins. Not sure it's very good for a day trip, long way from most things and the best stuff involves a good walk.

 

we've done the San Fran.. the big sur drive.. all the way down to San Diego.... by passing LA.
. normal sized roads like ours with big american lorries passing you the other way! lol
we did it for Honeymoon in 2006


views are great..

 

Maximum length 27ft, so you can tow your home then(UK caravan scale)

Who is that woman trying to steal that dinky car? Get a proper American vehicle for sightseeing http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...IVgk8aCh0mfwx3

 

You need a proper muscle car to do that drive

 

As said above already, well worth it. It's a fantastic drive.

 

Yep - its amazing - going North from San Fran up towards Oregon is even more stunning - redwood country!

 

I'm staying in San Fransisco for the Christmas so it's a big drive down, supposedly Monterey bay is the best for whale watching and that's the main thing we want to do. Big Sur is just an added extra.

 

when we went back in 2009, I paid the $60 extra and upgraded to this lol

 

Did you get the weedy 4.0ltr V6 or the 4.6 V8 ?

 

yep.. the v6 lol

 

If I hire a vehicle I will probably hire a Chevy Tahoe as I would like some comfort when I drive over there

 

Just googled images of Big Sur

Looks amazing

 

Perfect for Big Sur, miles of dirt roads.






I camped for the night here.

 

If I'm going to spend one day there these seem to be the places to visit?

Jack,, I would camp but by the time I buy a tent and some sleeping bags I may as well stay in a good hotel

http://www.hikinginbigsur.com/mustsee.html

 

When I and the family drove across USA from LA. We had a infinity QX 85 for the first part and a Suburban the second half. Big comfy cars, but American vehicles just lack grunt compared to big engine European cars. My old Q7 would destroy a Suburban.

 

The suburban is good if your a big family as I think its a 9 seater SUV. The Tahoe is a huge 7 seater SUV and there is only 3 of us. I'm sure the Tahoe is as big as my Renault trafic van.

 

Hotel is booked for Monterey bay for the 23rd December and we are booked on the whale watching for the 24th. So we have the 23rd to do maybe 3 hikes in Big sur.