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Like No Place Else.™ Official Visitors Guide Like no place else.™ VisitPalmSprings.com Palm Springs Visitors Center Palm Springs Visitors 2901 North Palm Canyon Drive Palm Springs, CA 92262 It’s an irresistible collection of historic, retro and mid-century modern architectural treasures. Eclectic film festivals. Restaurants, outdoor cafes and late night bistros of every description. Then there’s the golf. Spectacular, legendary, world-renowned golf. Each course a gem, lying beneath the desert sun, with bright blue skies and stunning mountain vistas as backdrops. Palm Springs has long been deemed California’s ultimate desert playground. For nearly a century, Palm Springs has been the quintessential oasis for outdoor adventure, arts and culture, gaming and entertainment. A place of dreams and romance, sun-soaked days and spectacular star-filled nights. Just two short hours from Los Angeles and San Diego, it’s a place where big city dwellers have forever sought refuge. With its vibrant village Visitors the world over have come to visit atmosphere combined with an urban sensibility, Palm Springs for its storied Hollywood legacy, and dotted with a Native American heritage, exceptional outdoor wonderful assortment activities and stellar collection of mid-century of fashion and crafts modern architecture. boutiques, art galleries, But that’s just the beginning. theaters and museums, it’s a place that never ever disappoints. And always amazes. Like no place else.™ VisitPalmSprings.com In this issue: Welcome ........................................ 1 Plan Your Stay ................................. 3 Hollywood History & Desert Modernism ......................... 4 Spas & Golf .................................... 5 Tribal History ................................... 6 Hiking ............................................ 7 Arts & Entertainment ......................... 8 Signature Events .............................. 9 Shopping ...................................... 12 Dining .......................................... 13 Area Attractions ............................. 14 Boutique Hotels & Inns .................... 18 Convention & Full-Service Resorts ......................... 21 Mid-size Hotels & Resorts ................ 22 Vacation Homes, Condo Rentals & Timeshares ...................... 24 LGBT Hotels, Resorts & Inns ............. 26 Visitor Services .............................. 28 Local & Regional Maps ................... 29 Official publication of the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism. 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262 www.VisitPalmSprings.com / 760-778-8418 Copyright 2012 Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism. All rights reserved. The Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism is the official destination marketing organization for the City of Palm Springs, California. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information provided in this publication. The Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism/SMG Palm Springs makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of information provide by hotel operators/owners, private and/or public facilities, attractions, or service operators or owners. Additional copies of the Official Palm Springs Visitors Guide may be obtained by calling 800-347-7746 or www.VisitPalmSprings.com. Photography: Generosity of the tourism partners of Palm Springs, Tom Brewster, Arthur Coleman, Gregg Felsen, Palm Springs Historical Society and Palm Spring Bureau of Tourism. 2 What to do while you’re in • Are you a big fan of mid-century modern architecture? Aren’t • Don’t forget those hiking shoes for some of the most unique we all? You’ll find terrific examples all over Palm Springs. hiking experiences in the world, including the ancient and Residential, commercial, civic, hotels and schools. Neutra to pristine Indian Canyons. The grand Palm Canyon. The intimate Lautner to Wexler. Take a tour or grab a map at our Visitor Andreas Canyon. The meandering Murray Canyon. And the Center, a mid-century jewel itself. gentle upward slope of Tahquitz Canyon where your hike ends at a spectacular waterfall. Whether down into the canyons or • While you’re here in Palm Springs hedonistically attending to up the mountain trails, a hike in Palm Springs is relaxing and your body, don’t forget to get in touch with your cultural side as exhilarating all at the same time. well. The Palm Springs Art Museum will do nicely. Founded in 1938, the museum offers any number of fine works by Chagall, • For a truly unique change of pace, drop by The Palm Springs Air Warhol, Lichtenstein, Calder, Rauschenberg and many, many Museum, home to one of the world’s largest collections of flyable more. You’ll also find Native American and Western art, glass, WWII aircraft. Exhibits and activities allow visitors of all ages to sculpture, photography and more. Plus a wonderful café perfect gain a fresh perspective of World War II. Kids can even learn to for lunch in the sculpture garden. fly (well, digitally at least) on the simulators. Sort of a way cool video game. And more good news. The museum is pet friendly, • And speaking of art, take a stroll through a dozen artist-owned so feel free to bring the furry family members along for the ride. galleries and working studios in our Backstreet Art District. Discover artists creating original and contemporary art, including • Ready for cold, wet and refreshing? Splash down at Knott’s Soak paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry and ceramics as well City, a great family fun water park with acres of wave pools, as performing arts. Pick out a piece and go home with more than water slides and an oh-so-lazy river. Even a four-story water just a tan. playhouse with a rush of icy water from a 1,000 gallon bucket to help you keep your cool. • In the mood to be entertained? Celebrate the music and dance of mid-century America with the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, a • Take them out to a ballgame. Nothing says summer like nonstop performance of exuberant Broadway and TV dancers. baseball, and we’ve got the Palm Springs Power. Played at the With a cast old enough to have lived it! (Just don’t call them historic Palm Springs Stadium, watch some of the country’s elite senior citizens.) collegiate players compete nightly, June and July. Great games on the field, thousands of cooling misters in the stadium and • Feeling lucky? After dinner, you might try your luck at the plenty to eat and drink for hungry fans. downtown Spa Resort Casino. Just a short walk from downtown Palm Springs, this plush casino offers great gaming, fine dining • Spend an evening under the stars at our always festive outdoor and entertainment choices. And breathe easy. You’ll also find the Villagefest. Catch this vibrant street fair every Thursday evening only fully-enclosed non-smoking slot room in the valley. in downtown Palm Springs, with artwork, handmade crafts, tasty street food, eclectic performers and lively street music. Visitors • Take your vacation to new heights with the Palm Springs and residents alike turn out by the thousands to enjoy the night Aerial Tramway. A unique rotating tram car sweeps you up the life and the night air. Join them. dramatic cliffs of Chino Canyon to an alpine wonderland atop Mt. San Jacinto. Perfect for cool summer hiking or snow play in • We’ve even got a National Park here for you. Joshua Tree the winter, at 8,500 feet high, you’ll find spectacular views all National Park, where the Colorado and Mojave deserts come year-round. together. From the history of the tremendous earth forces that shaped and formed this land to the urban legends of the LA rock • If golf’s your game, welcome to paradise. The Resort and Legend stars who found the area “inspirational”, the park is a perfect courses at the Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort offer lush, scenic day trip for those seeking to hike the “Jumbo Rocks” or search views of the Coachella Valley. Or begin your day with 18 at for desert wildflowers. the equally scenic Indian Canyons North and South courses. Finish the day sipping ice-cold martinis at the spectacularly • Anza-Borrego, the largest state park in California, contemporary Escena Golf Club clubhouse as you recap your lies one hour from our doorstep featuring desert hiking round and chat about Palmer and Nicklaus, Sinatra and Martin. and a dramatic wildflower season. 3 Hollywood History It doesn’t matter who you are. Everybody needs a break now and again. Maybe that’s why Desert Modernism Hollywood’s been coming to It just never goes out of style. Palm Springs ever since there was a Hollywood. Clean lines, simple design, soaring roofs and integrated indoor to outdoor Step back into the classic era of the living spaces. Those were the distinctive Rat Packers, sipping exotic cocktails under the stars by aesthetics that describe the work of grand-piano-shaped swimming pools. Frank, after all, visionary architects and developers spent much of his time here escaping the rest of the world. who lived and worked in mid-century Palm Springs. And if it worked for them, it will surely work for you. Names like Alexander, Cody, Krisel, Lautner, Neutra, Palmer, Enjoy our world-renowned International Film Festival. Wexler, Williams and Kaptur all designed unique homes Our unique vacation home rentals, retro resorts and even and work spaces in the mid-century modern style, specifically Modernism Week celebrate the chic style that’s yours to designed for life here in the desert. recreate if that’s what you’re after. Palm Springs is so well-known for the mid-century style, Rhinestone sunglasses not included. in fact, that no less than the National Trust for Historic Preservation has named Palm Springs one of the country’s “Distinctive Destinations”. In addition to private and self-guided tours, you can stay at one of the historic inns dotting the city. Aficionados will also want to see the Palm Springs Art Museum, Santa Fe Federal Bank Building, La Plaza Center and Theater, Kaufman House, Loewy House, Albert Frey #2, and of course, the iconic Palm Springs Visitors Center. 4 Golfing Nothing beats a nice drive in the desert. Golf in Palm Springs is a wonderful combination of the game Spas and the style.
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