Palm Springs

Worth leaving LA for - Advantages: Wonderful climate, Films stars can't be wrong, Take the Cable Car - Disadvantages: Scorching summer, Can be pricey

A few months ago I was lucky enough to be taken to California for three weeks by my very lovely, kind and generous boss. (James, I hope you’re reading this!) It was an opportunity of a lifetime for me, but I had worked hard and was told I deserved it. I couldn’t believe my ears; I was off to the US of A! I grabbed my very dodgy passport, not helped by the fact that my eight year old photograph shows me with a very unflattering poodle perm (I was sixteen at the time!) and my name is spelt wrong. I keep meaning to get it changed but it’s one of those things that I will always do tomorrow, along with clearing the crap out ...  Read the complete review

We stayed in Palm Springs on route from Las Vegas to LA. We visited her in June 2000 and it was very hot. We stayed at the Doral Palm Resort which was very nice. Our room had two double beds, vanity mirror, wardrobes, en-suite and a patio area, looking out onto a golf course. We decided to be especially lazy whilst here, so hardly left our room, we even ordered room service which was very nice. You cannot escape the golf courses in Palm Springs or the windmills. These windmills are the modern variety and there are thousands of them, so many in fact that you can go on guided tours of them. There are also guided tours of the stars houses, trouble is most of them ...  Read the complete review

Driving from Phoenix to Palm Springs was an education: there's nothing in between the two places apart from a few small towns and a lot of desert. Palm Springs and the associated resort of Indian Wells is a brilliant place to spend a few days if you want to get away from the big cities close by (like Phoenix, LA or San Diego). It's a cosmopolitan, chic resort, with a high percentage of older retirees - but despite the less-than-thrilling nightlife, it's worth checking out. We stayed at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells - a beautiful hotel with three pools, two golf courses and a spa/gym. It's also perfectly positioned for ...  Read the complete review

we spent a week in palm springs and had a fantastic time we rented a house that we found using the internet,it was in a street called arenas drive which was a residential area and very quiet, it had a heated pool and all the amenities including cable tv air con etc there were six of us and it cost $850 per week which was excellent value, palm springs itself is an excellent place with all you could possibly want and it felt very safe and friendly on the weekend we were there a huge motorcycle rally took place and the atmosphere was brilliant we were there october 12 to 19 and the temperatures were high 90's to 100's but because of the desert location it was a very ...  Read the complete review