On this Christmas Eve I thought I’d bring you an amazing hotels I found from Yahoo’s list of “Hotels to Stay in Before You Die”.   It’s called the Post Ranch Inn - www.postranchinn.com and it’s located in Big Sur, California, USA.

Straight off you’ll be taken aback by the breath-taking views from this property.  The modern property sits perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  The sun sets from this property must be beyond description.  I’ve been looking for a contender for my next anniversary spot and I think I may have just found it.  Although I was looking for something on the east coast like Rhode Island or South Carolina, I think I’m starting to feel the tug of California.

While the site is a little clunky and disjointed to view all the individual hotel rooms one look at the sites’ photo gallery will be sure to impress. I think the room preview could easily be reworked to allow for easy viewing of the various properties without having to pop-up a different window each time and improve the navigation to go from property to property.

One thing that’s not readily apparent is the size of this Inn.  The term in is a bit deceptive here as the individual lodgings span a large a distance affording great privacy.  Also unlike many other hotels that advertise a single room, the Post Ranch has multiple rooms in the same category.  A look at their property map will show you just how well spaced and the number of options you have to choose from.

Their web site has some amazing resources to deal with in the number of high-quality images and shots of their rooms.  Each one inspires a myriad of story-lines and possibilities.  The sites code is a bit dated, but the fact that they have all three of the flagship options (lodgings, rates, and photo gallery) so readily available makes this site an A rated site.

- 39 HTML errors, 72 warnings
-1 CSS errors.
-Failed accessibility test

Overall I would give the site an A for form and a C function.

Check back soon as we take a look at the Banyan Tree Hotels and Resort.

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