Overall score of 91.9

Condé Nast Traveler
January, 2008

2008 The World's Best Hotels - T+L 500

No. 1 in Big Sur

Travel + Leisure
World's Best Hotels - T+L 500
January 2008

#2 - Top 10 Best for Romance - U.S.

TripAdvisor
2008 Travelers' Choice Award

#2 Top 20 U.S. Resort Hideaway
#4 Top 20 U.S. Resorts

Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report,
September, 2007

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Harper's Hideaway Report here

2007 World's Best Service

No. 7 Continental U.S. and Canada

Travel+Leisure
June 2007

The World's 100 Ultimate Escapes

Robb Report - Luxury Resorts
Summer 2007

No. 3 - World's Top 10 Environmentally-Friendly Accommodations

TripAdvisor, April 2007

2007 Top 55 Spas
North America,
in the Caribbean, and at Sea

#1 Spa in North America

Condé Nast Traveler - Readers' Poll
April 2007

2007 The World's Best Hotels - T+L 500

No. 1 in California

Travel + Leisure
World's Best Hotels - T+L 500
January 2007 (Front Cover)

2007 Gold List
World's Best 700 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines

Overall score of 94.7

Condé Nast Traveler
January, 2007

2006 Readers' Choice Awards

Top 10 - US Hotels

Condé Nast Traveler
November, 2006

Top Ten in the U.S.A. and Canada
Top 40 in the World

Travel + Leisure
World's Best Awards, August 2006

Top Ten for Service in the U.S.A.

Travel + Leisure
June 2006

100 Best Places to Stay in 2006

Robb Report - Luxury Hotels, 2006

Zagat Survey

Sierra Mar #11

America's top 100 hotel restaurants

Condé Nast Johansens

Most Excellent Inn in the USA

2006 Gold List

Overall score of 95.4

Condé Nast Traveler
January, 2006

2005 Readers' Choice Awards

#3 United States Hotel
#21 Overall in the world (includes resorts, cruise lines, hotels, airlines, islands, and safari camps)

Condé Nast Traveler
November, 2005

#1 U.S. Resort Hotel
#1 U.S. Resort Hideaway

Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report,
September, 2005

World's Best Hotels
#33 - Overall
#7 - Continental U.S. and Canada

Travel + Leisure
August, 2005

Top 50 Spas

Condé Nast Traveler, April 2005

"Love Nests"
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February 11, 2005

2005 Gold List - The World's Best Places to Stay

Overall score: 94.0

Condé Nast Traveler, January 2005

"Top notch service and architecture in a dramatic setting"

#1 U.S. Country Hotel (west)
Overall score: 89.93

Travel + Leisure, T + L 500,
January 2005

2004 Readers' Choice Awards

#13 Hotel in U.S.
#57 Overall (includes resorts, cruise lines, hotels, airlines, islands, and safari camps)

2004 World's Best Awards

#3 Hotel in the U.S. and Canada
#15 Small Hotels in the world (The only U.S. Hotel included)
#26 Best Hotels (overall) in the World (#4 in the U.S.)

Post Ranch Spa - #12 Resort Spa in the U.S. and Canada

Travel + Leisure, August 2004