Wayspot

Pfeiffer Beach

Big Sur, USA

Pfeiffer Beach
Photo by Kace Rodriguez kace / CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

A purple-sand beach reached by a narrow two-mile road off Highway 1, famous for the surf-carved Keyhole Arch through which the setting sun shines directly during a few weeks each December and January.

Hours: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM

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