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“Palm Springs” Travel Assist Magazine
“Off-season Palm Springs will warm you up with travel bargains” CaliforniaWeekend.com
“Palm Springs forever” msnbc.msn.com / Tripso
“Build it and they will come” Sydney Morning Herald
“The Course of Life” Travel + Leisure
“Going To: Palm Springs” New York Times (free registration required)
“Indulgence in the desert” SignOnSanDiego.com
“Gettin' Frank in Palm Springs” Road & Travel Magazine
“Palm Springs: Old Hollywood's Backyard” Suite 101
“Palm Springs CA: Not Just a Pretty Face II” Suite 101
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1 Hotel California 5.0 of 5 stars 324 reviews
2 Desert Riviera Hotel 5.0 of 5 stars 856 reviews
3 Sagewater Spa 5.0 of 5 stars 210 reviews
4 Palm Springs Rendezvous 5.0 of 5 stars 242 reviews
5 Old Ranch Inn 5.0 of 5 stars 405 reviews
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Top-rated B&Bs

1 Roughley Manor 5.0 of 5 stars 240 reviews
2 Orbit In 5.0 of 5 stars 240 reviews
3 A Place in the Sun Garden Hotel 5.0 of 5 stars 180 reviews
All 321 things to do

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Attractions

1 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 5.0 of 5 stars 87 reviews
2 Indian Wells Golf Club 5.0 of 5 stars 21 reviews
3 Palm Springs Air Museum 4.5 of 5 stars 160 reviews

Tours

1 Elite Land Tours 5.0 of 5 stars 248 reviews
2 Desert Adventures Jeep Eco-Tours 4.5 of 5 stars 67 reviews
3 California Overland Jeep Tours 5.0 of 5 stars 43 reviews
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Top-rated restaurants

1 Alabama Hills Cafe and Bakery 4.5 of 5 stars 58 reviews
2 Trio 4.5 of 5 stars 545 reviews
3 Le Vallauris 4.0 of 5 stars 112 reviews

California Desert overview

Comprising 25,000 square miles of spectacular scenery, California's desert includes the scorching Death Valley and the ghost town and mine-strewn Mojave. Off-road exploring is an option for those with four-wheel drives. Visit Death Valley's Badwater, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. Mojave National Preserve's red sand dunes, cinder cones, Joshua Tree forests and mountains are home to desert tortoises, Scott's orioles, mule deer, pinon pine, juniper and stunningly beautiful spring wildflowers.

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