The lovely brochure photographs of redwood chairs lazily placed into the stream running behind the Big Sur River Inn on Highway 1 are misleading.

Yes.. the chairs are there. Yes.. a couple of the rooms have balconies facing the river.

However, nowhere online will you find pictures or descriptions of the rest of the place..

Cheap but expensive rooms facing the highway. No television, no radio, no refigerator. Thin walls allowing the grumblings and humpings of the neighbors to join with the din from the highway.

And a long walk across the highway to get ice.

Don't stay here. It is not a pleasant experience.