2010 World's Best Awards Top 5 Inns in US/Canada (#3)
World's Best Hotels (#47)
Condé Nast Johansens, January 2010
2010 Gold List 681 World's Best Places To Stay Top Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Overall score of 91.3 Top 10 of U.S. World's Best
Condé Nast Traveler January, 2010
500 World's Best Hotels No.3 in California Travel & Leisure, January, 2010
2010 Forbes Travel Guide 4-Star Awards Post Ranch Inn; Hotel Sierra Mar; Restaurant Post Ranch Inn; Spa
Best in the World
2009 Readers' Choice Awards
Condé Nast Traveler, November 2009
Spa Magazine 2009 Silver Sage Winner
Favorite Eco/Green Spa Nov/Dec 2009
Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report
#1 Top 20 Hideaways - U.S.
September 2009
Condé Nast Traveler
Readers' Choice Award for Spa
April 2009
2009 Mobil Travel Guide 4-Star Awards Post Ranch Inn; Hotel Sierra Mar; Restaurant Post Ranch Inn; Spa
2009 Award for Excellence: The Most Romantic Hideaway
Condé Nast Johansens, January 2009
2009 The World's Best Hotels - T+L 500 No. 1 in Big Sur
Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels - T+L 500 January 2009
Overall score of 91.7
Condé Nast Traveler January, 2009
#1 Top 20 U.S. Resort Hideaway #3 Top 20 U.S. Resorts
Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report, September 2008 Special Edition
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Travel & Leisure - World's Best Awards #8 - Top 100 Hotels in Continental U.S. & Canada #10 - Top 500 World's Best Hotels World's Best Restaurant Views
#3 - Ten Greenest Accommodations in the World
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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
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" Click here to read article 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