Ventana Big Sur
Big Sur · Monterey County · historic and hotel
A resort high on the ridge above the coast, with meadow, redwood and open-ocean ceremony sites.
Now branded Alila Ventana Big Sur. Big Sur closes. Wildfire and winter slides shut Highway 1 and the state parks along it, sometimes for a season, and access is often cut from one direction while the other stays open. Anything planned here is planned around that. The park or venue's own page and Caltrans carry current conditions.
The practical details
Capacity
Up to 200
The resort's own website, its wedding brochure and its parent hotel group publish different capacities for nearly every space, and two different prices for the elopement package. The resort is the only place to settle which figure applies to your date.
Indoor capacity
50
The Loft 50, Fireside Room 30
Rain backup
Unknown
Curfew / end time
A two-night minimum stay applies across the packages. No end time is published.
Amplified music
Big Sur enforces local noise ordinances and the resort refers couples to its sales manager for the detail. No cutoff time is published.
Alcohol
Not published
Parking
Not published
Season
The 100-guest package is ceremony only, Monday to Thursday.
Pricing
Packages are published by guest count — an intimate wedding to 25, an ocean view wedding to 50, and a full wedding to 100, with a per-person food and beverage minimum on top. A full property buyout carries a site fee, a food and beverage minimum, an activity minimum and a spa minimum, all published separately.
Accessibility
Not published
See it on your wedding date
Set your date and this page fills in with the tides, what the weather is usually like, sunset, and where the sun will be.
Places nearby to photograph
Portrait options close to the venue, measured straight-line from each one.
These are public places with their own rules, not part of the venue. Paid photography on state park land goes through the California Film Commission.
See also: Big Sur elopement photographer
Checked against the venue's own page on September 1, 2026