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Amorielli Vol. 1 · No. 10 · October 2025 Portfolio p. 26

Portfolio · Vol. 1 · No. 10 · October 2025

Big Sur in pictures

9 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in Big Sur, printed large. Photographs by Robin Férand, King of Hearts, Terry Lucas, Michal Cierniak, Burkhard Mücke, Joe Mabel, Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

Bixby Creek Bridge, an open-spandrel concrete arch, spanning a steep canyon on the Big Sur coast with Highway 1 along the cliffs above the Pacific — Bixby Creek Bridge, completed in 1932, about thirteen miles south of Carmel; the pullout at its north end is one of the most photographed spots on the coast.

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McWay Falls dropping onto the sand of a small cove framed by cliffs at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park — McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park drops about eighty feet onto the beach of a cove; a short overlook trail is as close as visitors can get.

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Highway 1 curving along the cliffs of the Big Sur coast above the Pacific — Highway 1 threads the whole coast on two narrow lanes; the drive between the sights is much of the experience.

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The purple-tinted sand and offshore rock arch at Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur — Pfeiffer Beach, reached by a narrow side road, is known for its purple-tinted sand and the offshore arch of Keyhole Rock.

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A stone-lined pond with a fountain in a park, surrounded by grass and trees, with a path leading into the background. — Readers are looking at a park scene in Carmel-by-the-Sea, featuring a pond and various trees.

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A shallow stream running between bare birch and alder trunks in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, seen from a bridge — The Big Sur River in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, seen from the bridge on Pfeiffer Big Sur Road.

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A sandy cove and blue-green surf below a grassy headland on the Big Sur coast, with fog hanging over the hills — The central coast at Andrew Molera State Park, Big Sur.

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A view of a rocky coastline with turquoise ocean, waves, sea stacks, a narrow pebble beach, and steep, vegetated cliffs under a clear sky. — This photograph shows the coastline at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur, with waves breaking on a rocky shore and cliffs rising from the Pacific Ocean.

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A concrete arch bridge crosses a deep coastal canyon, with green hills in the background and steep cliffs meeting the Pacific Ocean on the right. — Readers are looking at Bixby Creek Bridge, Big Sur, California, a concrete arch bridge spanning a coastal canyon with cliffs and the ocean.

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