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Desert Cool
Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa,
Palm Springs
Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa – the
Palm Springs hotel of choice for
families, couples, and stylish sun
chasers of all ages. Whether seeking a
“cool” escape to relax with friends or a
“cool” adventure where aquatic fun
has no limits, this captivating Palm
Springs resort spa is the place to be.
Emerging from a $35 million
transformation by KSL Resorts,
Rancho
Las
Palmas
is
the
embodiment of new desert cool.
spent 50 years of his life enjoying the striking and
contrasting natural landscape and it is not hard to
appreciate his enthusiasm. High mountains encircle
on three sides giving way on the open side to the
great Colorado-Sonoran Desert. This geography
ensures an extremely dry climate with a reputed
354 days of sunshine and very little rainfall. The rest
is the legacy of the Great American Dream and
much irrigation.
In the early years of the 20th century it
was a popular health retreat, then in
the 1920’s the stars of silver screen
Hollywood lent their patronage
and built expensive homes after
which the whirlwind transformation
continued apace to the point that
today’s string of communities,
glitzy resorts and over 110 golf
courses presents an urban oasis
that is the recreational
capital of
Southern
California, where the
“Great Outdoors” is
enjoyed from the
valley floor to the
mountain tops.
