Caliente Tropics Resort - Palm Springs California Hotels

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This Polynesian and Tiki motor hotel, recently added to the Palm Springs Historic Resources Survey, is located approximately one mile from downtown Palm Springs and three miles from Palm Springs International Airport.

This was a popular celebrity hangout in the 60's and is roughly two miles from the convention center, three miles from Cathedral City and nine miles from Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.

The property's amenities include the therapeutic spa, the 3rd largest swimming pool in Palm Springs, and shuffleboard court. Reserve a full-service massage, facial or body wrap at the Retreat Spa. Enjoy dining and libations at La Casita Restaurant and the Reef Tiki Bar and Patio. The Reef is open Friday thru Sunday (low season).

All rooms feature ceiling fans, A/C, hairdryers, fridge, L. Times daily, safe, desk, phone w/data port & voicemail. Pet-Friendly rooms available with advance notice. 15.00 + tax charge for each pet nightly. A 4% Resort Fee will be collected by the Hotel at check-in. Reception Hours: 7AM-11PM Sunday-Thurs and 7AM-2 AM Fri& Sat.

Caliente Tropics Resort Property Information:

Rooms: 90
Floors: 2

Caliente Tropics Resort Service

Family rooms
Swimming pool
Wheel chair access
Business center
Pets allowed
Dining
First class

Caliente Tropics Resort Reservation Policies:

Check-In: 1600
Check-Out: 1200

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Palm Springs Events & Entertainment

Casinos

Spa Resort Casino

140 N. Indian Canyon Drive

Palm Springs

760-323-5865 800-258-2WIN

Operated by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Features poker, blackjack, slots and video gaming machines in a full-service resort setting.

Open 24 hours. Restaurants.

Free shuttle service to various Palm Springs hotels. Must be 21 to enter casino.

Agua Caliente Casino

32-250 Bob Hope Drive at Ramon Road

Rancho Mirage

760-674-0000

Operated by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The newest valley casino is a Las Vegas-style casino with coin-operated slots, video poker, gaming tables and a high-limit area, live entertainment, six restaurants and lounge. Must be 21 to enter casino.

Casino Morongo

I-10 west bound exit at Cabazon; eastbound exit Apache Trail, 17 minutes west of Palm Springs

800-252-4499 or 909-849-3080

Operated by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Open 24 hours seven days a week offering Morongo Million, slot, progressive jackpots, blackjack, poker, Texas Hold'em, Morongo stud poker, Omaha poker games, Pai-Gow poker, mini baccarat, All Bets Ride and bingo. Cafe open 24 hours, bar service, entertainment. Must be 18 to enter casino.

Fantasy Springs Casino

84-245 Indian Springs Parkway

just north of I-10 at Golf Center Parkway exit

Indio

760-342-5000 or 800-827-2946

Operated by the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. Open 24 hours, featuring 1,200 video and slot machines, blackjack, poker bingo, off-track satellite horse racing. Dining. Live entertainment. Must be 21 to enter casino.

Trump 29 Casino

46-200 Harrison St.

Coachella

760-775-5566

Must be 21 to enter casino.

Operated by the Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians. Open 24 hours, featuring Las Vegas-style slot machines and progressive jackpots. Cardroom offers poker, blackjack, pai-gow, mini baccarat, Caribbean poker, Texas Hold'em and Hi/Lo game. Dining. Live entertainment in Casablanca

Golf

Canyon South Golf Course

1097 Murray Canyon Drive

760-327-2019

18 holes

Tahquitz Creek Palm Springs Golf Resort

1885 Golf Club Drive

760-328-1005

36 holes

Tommy Jacobs' Bel Air Greens

Driving range

1001 S. El Cielo Road

760-322-6062

9 holes

Tennis

DeMuth Park

4375 Mesquite Ave.

760-323-8272

4 courts

The Tennis Center

1300 Baristo Road

760-323-8272

9 courts

Arts and Entertainment

Annenberg Theater

101 Museum Drive

Palm Springs, CA 92262

760-325-4490

Located inside the Palm Springs Desert Museum,

the Annenberg Theater boasts state-of-the-art lighting and sound.

Here you will find the finest in ballet, opera and classical music.

McCallum Theater For The Performing Arts

73-000 Fred Warring Drive

Palm Desert, CA 92260

760-340-2787

Located inside the Bob Hope Cultural Theater, the McCallum Theater

for the Performing Arts is rivaled only by the Annenberg Theater as the

Coachella Valley's premier concert hall for everything from symphonies

to musicals.

The Palm Canyon Theatre

538 North Palm Canyon Drive

Palm Springs, CA 92262

Reservations: 760-323-5123 (9am - 5pm)

The Only Professional Theatre in the Coachella Valley

The Plaza Theater

128 South Palm Canyon Drive

Palm Springs, CA 92262

760-327-0225

The Plaza Theater is the home to the critically

acclaimed Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Aerie Art Garden

71-255 Aerie Dr.

Palm Desert, CA

760-568-6366

Showcasing the beauty of the desert in a garden setting,

the Aerie Art Garden is toured by appointment only from

September to May.

Palm Springs Convention Center/Springs Theatre

277 Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs

760-325-6611. Box Office 760-778-4100

Horseback Riding

Ivey Ranch Equestrian Center

73-605 30th Ave.

Thousand Palms

760-343-4251.

Trail rides, hay rides, overnight rides, cookouts, arenas, team penning, gymkhanas

Los Compadres Stable

1849 S. El Cielo Road

Palm Springs

760-327-5411.

Guided trail rides and personalized tours,

Smoke Tree Stables, Riding in the Desert, Mountains and Indian Reservation Canyons. Hay wagon rides, Western cookouts and horseback luncheon rides. 2500 Toledo Ave., Palm Springs, 760 327-1372

Events

Palm Springs VillageFest

Presented by the City of Palm Springs every Thursday evening (except holidays) on North Palm Canyon Drive, from Baristo Road to Alejo Road featuring a variety of vendors displaying quality arts and crafts, great food, live entertainment and a Certified Farmers Market.

Held from 6 - 10 p.m. October - May and from 7 - 10 June - September 760-320-3781

January

The NORTEL Palm Springs International Film Festival annual event at downtown Palm Springs theaters, presented by the City of Palm Springs with other sponsors, featuring the best of Europa Cinema with more than 100 international film screenings from many countries, including premieres, seminars, workshops, national galas saluting various countries. 760-778-8979

Annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic 760-346-8184

The Indio Desert Circuit Horse Show is held January through March. The Desert Circuit is largest hunter/jumper event West of the Mississippi.

February

Annual Southwest Arts Festival Indio, 760-347-0676

Annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational 760-202-4422

The Palm Springs International Jewish Film Festival

Presented by Festival of Arts Theatres Palm Springs & The Nortel Networks Palm Springs International Film Festival Together with Temple Isaiah

For Festival information please call Festival of Arts Theatres box-office located at 2300 Baristo Road at Farrell in Palm Springs at: (760) 325-6565

Temple Isaiah: (760) 325-6565.

Annual National Date Festival

Indio, 760-863-8247, 800-811-3247

Riverside Date Festival

Held annually around St. Valentine's Day, the festival began as a celebration of the date harvest. 800-863-8247

March

Annual La Quinta Arts Festival La Quinta, 760-564-1244

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Powwow

Indio, 760-342-5000, 800-827-2946 ext.3017

Annual Crossroads Palm Springs Renaissance Festival

Palm Springs, 909-943-5949 or 800-320-4REN

Desert Swing' n' Dixie Jazz Festival March

Palm Springs, 760-322-2121

Annual Nabisco Championship March

760-324-4546

April

9thAnnual Palm Springs Car Classic presented by Spectrum Auction Company.

Three days Classic Car weekend. Downtown Palm Springs will be filled with hundreds of great looking cars, vendors, exhibits and entertainment.

818-999-0832 or 818-681-1939

Exotic Car Auction

Semi-annual event presented by Palm Springs Exotic Car Auctions, featuring rare and vintage American and foreign automobiles.

Palm Springs Convention Center

277 N. Avenida Caballeros

Palm Springs CA 92262

760-320-3290

May

Greater Palm Springs Celebrity Golf Classic

August

Eighth Annual Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films Palm Springs

September

Rocktoberfest

Free 50's Rock 'n Roll Music Festival

On Palm Canyon Drive in beautiful downtown Palm Springs. 760-778-8415

November

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Indio Powwow, Indio, 760-342-5000

November & December

Living Desert Wildlights, Palm Desert, 760-346-5694

December

Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade,

Downtown Palm Springs

Indio International Tamale Festival

City of Indio, 760-342-6000

December

Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade

Downtown Palm Springs.

Palm Springs Destination Overview

Palm Springs is a resort city in the Santa Rosa Mountains, just south of Interstate 10 at the foot of 10,000-foot Mt. San Jacinto on the westernmost edge of the Sonoran Desert. The city is named for the palm trees that line its streets and for its natural hot springs. These features along with a warm climate, fashionable hotels and private homes, golf courses, parks, and swimming pools, make Palm Springs a major, upscale tourist attraction. The entire Coachella Valley sits atop a large underground lake.

Palm Springs is one of nine adjacent communities in the Valley, each offering a similar, yet unique, vacation experience. Most visitors stay in country-club-type resorts that have transformed the desert into a semitropical oasis. Recreational opportunities include golf courses and tennis courts, as well as lavish spas and horseback riding. Art galleries, antique stores, and many specialty shops line Palm Canyon Drive. There is an abundant supply of gourmet restaurants.

Many that are less imposing offer Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Italian, and other cuisine. Among the most popular attractions are the Aerial Tramway, Oasis Water Resort, Moorten Botanical Gardens, and the spectacular Indian canyons. The Palm Springs Desert Museum presents desert dioramas and collections of art and Native American artifacts. The Living Desert Museum is an outdoor facility that has a large variety of plants and animals native to the Palm Springs area as well as more exotic species. The Palm Springs Aerial Museum, located at the regional airport, houses fully restored World War II-vintage aircraft.

The southwestern-style Mercado Plaza in downtown Palm Springs features upscale galleries, boutiques and restaurants. Nightlife in the city includes fine dining and an assortment of bars and nightclubs, as well as gambling at nearby Native American-owned casinos. Day trips from Palm Springs offer exciting possibilities. Close to Palm Springs is the community of Desert Hot Springs, famous for its hot-springs resorts: some the private domain of Hollywood celebrities; others open to all. Highway I-10 leads to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway which climbs 2.5 miles up the San Jacinto Mountain Range, over Chino Canyon, providing breathtaking views from circular cars.

Once at the top, enjoy a mule ride, a hike through the wilderness or a meal in the restaurant that overlooks the desert. The scenic Palms to Pines Highway 74 south from Palm Desert leads to a pine-scented setting near Idyllwild, a popular mountain vacation area with a relaxed lifestyle. At the southeastern edge of the Coachella Valley are the communities of Indio, Coachella and Thermal, where the date palm gardens, tours, and samplings are the main attractions. While in the Palm Springs area, consider a side trip to eastern California's Joshua Tree National Park where the Sonoran and Mojave deserts meet. In the higher, Mojave portion of the park, a forest of Joshua Trees and a number of unique granite rock formations called Inselbergs can be seen.

In the lower, Colorado portion, the Pinto Basin exhibits the beautiful native plants of this hotter Sonoran Desert. This is an area gaining international recognition for its winter-season rock climbing. Hiking and mountain biking are other recreational possibilities, along with back road jeep trips. The Nature Conservancy's Coachella Valley Preserve in Thousand Palms includes 13,000 acres of palm oases and high desert bisected by California's San Andreas Fault. Cecil B.

DeMille filmed The King of Kings there, in and around the Thousand Palms Oasis. Area hiking is permitted, and visitors can also experience a covered wagon tour. Despite the presence of celebrities in Palm Springs and the wealth that is in evidence, the area can also be affordable as a family destination. Many reasonably priced accommodations can be found year-round, and those willing to visit in the summer months can find unexpected bargains. Palm Springs is a vacation destination of rare beauty and tranquility in any season of the year.