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General Desert Information

• Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism
  • Palm Springs CA...a desert oasis with a cosmopolitan twist. A visit to Palm Springs is an opportunity to dine in world class restaurants, lounge at legendary boutique hotels, discover why mid-century modern enthusiasts gather here yearly.
• The Palm Desert Search Engine and Business Directory
  • Palm Desert Search Engine and Business Directory promotes the true spirit of community throughout the year. City sponsored events from summer concerts, movies in the park and SpringFest, to a grand Fourth of July celebration provide residents of all ages with a variety of entertainment. Centrally located Palm Desert Civic Center Park is the venue for most community events.
• City of La Quinta
  • City of La Quinta is home to the nationally acclaimed Arnold Palmer Classic Course at SilverRock Resort, La Quinta is a blend of beauty, charm, and opportunity. La Quinta’s history is rich and its story a fascinating tale of success.
• Palm Springs Desert Resort
  • Palm Springs Desert Resorts website is dedicated to promoting the eight cities of the Palm Springs Desert Resorts to visitors planning a desert getaway to the Palm Springs, California area.
• City of Indian Wells California
  • Only minutes from Palm Springs lies the unparalleled desert sanctuary that is the city of Indian Wells. Here, the stunning mountain vistas and majestic palm trees of Southern California play backdrop to some of the world's finest resorts and spas, golf, tennis, shopping and several year-round recreational activities.
• Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce
  • As the western gateway of the Coachella Valley, Palm Springs draws visitors from all over the world with its beautiful landscape, rich culture, fine restaurants, spectacular resorts, outstanding attractions, and prosperous business climate.

Golf

• GolfHub-Palm Springs Golf Community
  • Golfhub was designed to bring golfers together in one, central place. That's why interactivity is at the very center of Golfhub. So get connected today, with Golfhub's wide range of built-in community features - from discussion forums and bulletin boards, to internal buddy lists and member search capabilities.
    
• Palm Springs Golf Vacation
  • You can find all the specific information you need to enjoy your golf vacation. Palm Springs has 125 golf courses within 40 minutes driving time of one another. Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta and Indio make up the seven cities known as the Coachella Valley. You can choose from a wide variety of Palm Springs golf packages at PSGolfVacations.com
• Stand By Golf
  • Standby Golf  lets you explore the many golf courses in the area, as well as, providing the Over Seeding Schedule to help you schedule your game. Now it’s easy to play where the legends play, at a fraction of the price!
• Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort
  • The Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort consists of two spectacular 18-hole golf courses, both offering gorgeous views of Palm Springs. Golf Digest recently rated Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort as "one of the best places to play"!! The Resort Course, designed by well-known architect Ted Robinson, is a desert links style course with rolling terrain, well placed bunkers, wonderful waterscapes, and tremendous mountain views!

Shopping

• El Paseo Shopping District
  • If shopping is your idea of a fun-filled afternoon, don’t miss this web site. It provides an overview of one of the most famous shopping districts: El Paseo. Located in Palm Desert, the world famous El Paseo Shopping District features over 300 world-class shops, clothing boutiques, art galleries, jewelers, restaurants and much more located along a beautifully maintained floral and statue-filled mile! Known as the Rodeo Drive of the Desert, El Paseo boasts a wide spectrum of stores from Sak's 5th Avenue to individually owned boutiques.
• Premium Outlets
  • If you love to shop, visit the web site for Desert Hill Premium Outlets, with 130 up scale outlet stores. You will find impressive savings at Coach, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Elie Tahari, Gap Outlet, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Lacoste, J.Crew, Loro Piana, MaxMara, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod's, Yves Saint Laurent, Zegna and many more. Desert Hills Premium Outlets is located just West of Palm Springs.

Casinos

• Spare Resort Casino-Palm Springs
  • Right in the heart of downtown Palm Springs is a player’s paradise called Spa Resort Casino. In addition to our rocking 24/7 casino, you can stay at our luxurious resort, feast at our five superb restaurants, relax at our world-famous spa and enjoy slots that can – thanks to Paradise Jackpots - deliver up to $100,000 on any machine, any spin, any time.
• Fantasy Spring Resort
  • Located in the beautiful Palm Springs area, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino offers all you need for a fun-filled getaway or complete destination vacation. Whether your fantasy includes luxurious hotel rooms, exciting Vegas-style gambling options, fabulous dining, world-class entertainment, golf or poolside lounging, you’ll find it all here. This 250-room Palm Springs hotel features brand-new luxurious rooms many with spectacular mountain views.

Sightseeing

• Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
  • The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway constructed in rugged Chino Canyon on the north edge of Palm Springs - about two hours by car from Los Angeles and San Diego - did not just happen. It required foresight, planning, financing and, most of all a vision. For years, it was the dream of a young electrical engineer named Francis F. Crocker to "go up there where it's nice and cool".
• http://www.livingdesert.org/
  • The Living Desert is one of the most unusual institutions in the United States. No one word can describe all that The Living Desert is and does. It’s a zoo, endangered species conservation center, botanical garden, natural history museum, wilderness park, natures preserve, and education center that focuses on everything associated with the desert.