Big Sur Luxury Resort Hotel & Spa | Alila Ventana Big Sur

Learn to craft beautiful, natural soaps from scratch in our Cold Process Soap class. You'll leave with custom creations and the skills to keep soaping at home.

Duration: 2 hours

Recommended Dress: Long sleeve shirt

Price: $129 per person

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Additional Details: Guests will be given PPE such as an apron, protective gown, eyewear and gloves for this experience.

Hike through Big Sur's majestic redwoods to a secluded forest spot for a cold plunge that awakens your senses, leaving you feeling refreshed, energized and deeply alive.

Duration: 2-2.5 hours

Recommended Dress: Closed-toe shoes and a bathing suit underneath appropriate athletic attire is ideal so guests can easily change in a outdoor setting. Bring any warm layers of clothes you would like for after the experience; we'll keep them safe. Pack a filled water bottle.

Price: $89 per person during renovation/low season, $109 per person fall & spring, $129 per person summer

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Additional Details: Also included in this experience is: A designated bag with towel; a surf poncho; transportation to and from the experience; hot tea.

Craft your own knife from start to finish in this hands-on workshop. Shape your custom handle, pair it with a pre-forged blade and create a tool—and a memory—you’ll carry for life.

Duration: 2.5 hours

Recommended Dress: Closed toed shoes, sun protection, water bottle, durable clothing and layers for unexpected temperature shifts.

Price: $149 per person

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Additional Details: This experience requires the use of various tools. Prior knowledge and tool familiarization are beneficial, though not required.

Lend your hands to the land and your heart to the community. Harvest the season's bounty from our gardens, and help support The Big Share—a local initiative feeding and strengthening the Big Sur community.

Duration: 45 minutes on Sunday and 1 hour on Monday (if guests join to deliver donations)

Recommended Dress: Closed toe shoes, durable clothing, sun protection, and water bottle.

Price: Complimentary

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Crafted in partnership with acclaimed poet Yrsa Daley-Ward and guided by Monterey County’s Poet Laureate Rachelle Escamilla, this lyrical journey invites guests to experience Big Sur through poetry, presence, and quiet revelation.

Duration: 60 minutes

Recommended Dress: Closed toed shoes, sun protection, water bottle, comfortable clothing and layers

Price: $160

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Additional Details: Poet Information: Rachelle Escamilla is the Poet Laureate of Monterey County and has been writing, publishing, and teaching poetry for more than two decades. She is available pending her availability.

Learn to craft beautiful, natural soaps from scratch in our Cold Process Soap class. You'll leave with custom creations and the skills to keep soaping at home.

Duration: 2 hours

Recommended Dress: Long sleeve shirt

Price: $129 per person

Book Now

Additional Details: Guests will be given PPE such as an apron, protective gown, eyewear and gloves for this experience.

Hike through Big Sur's majestic redwoods to a secluded forest spot for a cold plunge that awakens your senses, leaving you feeling refreshed, energized and deeply alive.

Duration: 2-2.5 hours

Recommended Dress: Closed-toe shoes and a bathing suit underneath appropriate athletic attire is ideal so guests can easily change in a outdoor setting. Bring any warm layers of clothes you would like for after the experience; we'll keep them safe. Pack a filled water bottle.

Price: $89 per person during renovation/low season, $109 per person fall & spring, $129 per person summer

Book Now

Additional Details: Also included in this experience is: A designated bag with towel; a surf poncho; transportation to and from the experience; hot tea.

Craft your own knife from start to finish in this hands-on workshop. Shape your custom handle, pair it with a pre-forged blade and create a tool—and a memory—you’ll carry for life.

Duration: 2.5 hours

Recommended Dress: Closed toed shoes, sun protection, water bottle, durable clothing and layers for unexpected temperature shifts.

Price: $149 per person

Book Now

Additional Details: This experience requires the use of various tools. Prior knowledge and tool familiarization are beneficial, though not required.

Lend your hands to the land and your heart to the community. Harvest the season's bounty from our gardens, and help support The Big Share—a local initiative feeding and strengthening the Big Sur community.

Duration: 45 minutes on Sunday and 1 hour on Monday (if guests join to deliver donations)

Recommended Dress: Closed toe shoes, durable clothing, sun protection, and water bottle.

Price: Complimentary

Book Now

Crafted in partnership with acclaimed poet Yrsa Daley-Ward and guided by Monterey County’s Poet Laureate Rachelle Escamilla, this lyrical journey invites guests to experience Big Sur through poetry, presence, and quiet revelation.

Duration: 60 minutes

Recommended Dress: Closed toed shoes, sun protection, water bottle, comfortable clothing and layers

Price: $160

Inquire

Additional Details: Poet Information: Rachelle Escamilla is the Poet Laureate of Monterey County and has been writing, publishing, and teaching poetry for more than two decades. She is available pending her availability.

Our Big Sur luxury hotel offers two spectacular outdoor pools, each with its own experience. Meadow Pool delivers expansive views of the ocean and redwood forest, as well as private cabanas and an infinity-edge hot tub. Meanwhile, our secluded Mountain Pool is perched high atop the resort, surrounded by towering redwoods, with adjacent Japanese hot baths offering a serene communal bath experience.

Expand your approach to exercise at Ventana Big Sur. Our welcoming fitness center is open 24 hours a day, with cardio machines, free weights and more, but that’s just the start. Complimentary yoga, guided walking meditations, hiking on spectacular Big Sur trails and two luxurious outdoor pools provide exhilarating experiences you won’t find anywhere but our inspiring piece of the California coast.

We are proudly preserving the Big Sur landscape and commit to be the epitome of an eco-friendly California luxury resort. Our initiatives include property-wide recycling, native landscaping, electric vehicle charging stations and on-property housing for more than 40 employees, which reduces emissions. As a member of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, we buy and serve sustainable seafood. We also use ingredients and eggs from our organic garden, maintained through composting.

Our Big Sur luxury hotel offers two spectacular outdoor pools, each with its own experience. Meadow Pool delivers expansive views of the ocean and redwood forest, as well as private cabanas and an infinity-edge hot tub. Meanwhile, our secluded Mountain Pool is perched high atop the resort, surrounded by towering redwoods, with adjacent Japanese hot baths offering a serene communal bath experience.

Expand your approach to exercise at Ventana Big Sur. Our welcoming fitness center is open 24 hours a day, with cardio machines, free weights and more, but that’s just the start. Complimentary yoga, guided walking meditations, hiking on spectacular Big Sur trails and two luxurious outdoor pools provide exhilarating experiences you won’t find anywhere but our inspiring piece of the California coast.

We are proudly preserving the Big Sur landscape and commit to be the epitome of an eco-friendly California luxury resort. Our initiatives include property-wide recycling, native landscaping, electric vehicle charging stations and on-property housing for more than 40 employees, which reduces emissions. As a member of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, we buy and serve sustainable seafood. We also use ingredients and eggs from our organic garden, maintained through composting.

Our Big Sur luxury hotel offers two spectacular outdoor pools, each with its own experience. Meadow Pool delivers expansive views of the ocean and redwood forest, as well as private cabanas and an infinity-edge hot tub. Meanwhile, our secluded Mountain Pool is perched high atop the resort, surrounded by towering redwoods, with adjacent Japanese hot baths offering a serene communal bath experience.

Expand your approach to exercise at Ventana Big Sur. Our welcoming fitness center is open 24 hours a day, with cardio machines, free weights and more, but that’s just the start. Complimentary yoga, guided walking meditations, hiking on spectacular Big Sur trails and two luxurious outdoor pools provide exhilarating experiences you won’t find anywhere but our inspiring piece of the California coast.

We are proudly preserving the Big Sur landscape and commit to be the epitome of an eco-friendly California luxury resort. Our initiatives include property-wide recycling, native landscaping, electric vehicle charging stations and on-property housing for more than 40 employees, which reduces emissions. As a member of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, we buy and serve sustainable seafood. We also use ingredients and eggs from our organic garden, maintained through composting.