Palm Desert, California
With warm weather and opportunities for golf, spa treatments, dining, shopping, and more, Palm Desert is making waves in the Southern California tourism industry. Visitors comment on the city's unique mix of relaxing accommodations and exciting cultural and recreational activities. Both seasonal residents and weekend vacationers helped boost Palm Desert to a status of prominence in Southern California tourism. In effect this recent emergence of the City of Palm Desert in the Southern California tourism arena has beneficially impacted the city's economic well being. Increasing vacationer traffic has not only had a worthwhile influence in the City but also made a substantial contribution to the vitality of the Southern California tourism industry. Palm Desert boasts an average of 360 sunny days a year and is sheltered from Southern California's coastal air pollution and weather by three towering and snowcapped mountain ranges. Palm Desert has everything you need to make your trip to paradise a memorable one. Imagine shopping, dining, golfing, exploring, sightseeing, or just relaxing in an enviable setting of warm, sun-filled days, crystal clear blue skies, and majestic mountain ranges.
Located just 10 miles from Palm Springs, this affluent community is home to many of the world's finest Golf Courses and the "Rodeo Drive of the Desert"... the fabulous El Paseo Shopping District. Here you will find streets named after Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore and Fred Waring. Palm Desert has now become the Coachella Valley's retail, education and cultural epicenter. Cultural attractions include the Holocaust Memorial, the Living Desert and The McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts. Palm Desert is also home to the Coachella Valley's only center for higher education - the College of the Desert. Palm Desert is home to such celebrated golf tournaments as the "Bob Hope Chrysler Classic" and the "Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational".
Golf Anyone?
With more than 30 golf courses within the city limits, and over 100 within the valley, there is no shortage of fairways or greens here. Palm Desert has rightfully earned the title "Golf Capital of the World." The new city owned course, Desert Willow, has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, and has been honored for its environmental and ecological practices incorporated in the design and development of the project. Palm Desert is home to such celebrated golf tournaments as the "Bob Hope Chrysler Classic" and the "Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational" which is hosted by the city's own Desert Willow Golf Resort.
Relax Your Troubles Away
Treat yourself to the ultimate in relaxation by visiting one of the area's numerous spas. Massage your tensions away, indulge your senses in the latest aromatherapies, and rejuvenate your spirit with the healing powers of the desert.
Shop 'Til You Drop
Palm Desert is home to over 1,050 retail establishments in more than 14 shopping districts including the area's only regional mall. El Paseo, an upscale boulevard of fine clothing shops, art galleries and quaint restaurants, is aptly called the "Rodeo Drive of the Desert." The every weekend College of the Desert Street Fair brings vendors from throughout southern California to sell their wares in an outdoor setting. And then there are literally hundreds of additional retail stores offering anything and everything you can imagine. From a large scale mall to outdoor stalls, from special events to specialty boutiques, exclusive avenues to expansive factory outlets, you won't find a greater variety of shopping anywhere.
Kids Matter Too!
Knott's Soak City U.S.A., Palm Springs' only Water Park is Knott's Soak City U.S.A., a 16-acre oasis of Water Fun.
Air Museum
The Palm Springs Air Museum, is a non-profit educational institution, whose mission is to exhibit, educate and eternalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in achieving this great victory. In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork, and library sources are used to perpetuate American history.
Children Discovery Museum
The Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert
Located on Gerald Ford Drive in Rancho Mirage, the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert opened four years ago to unanimous raves. On display are many hands-on exhibits for the young and the young-at-heart, including the opportunity to paint your very own Volkswagen. The newly added Dinah Shore Center, a separate pavilion, is the perfect location for small group meetings. It can accommodate 100 people for a sit-down dinner or 200 attendees in auditorium seating. There is also an attractive outdoor performance area between the buildings that will seat up to 200 guests for dinner, as well as treat them to one of the most beautiful vistas in the desert.
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