California – Palm Springs
The city of Palm Springs, located in a desert valley 100 miles east of Los Angeles, has long been the winter hideaway of movie stars and wealthy Californians who are drawn here by the warmth and year-round sunshine. Numerous golf courses, exclusive shops and excellent restaurants are just right for the pampered public.
Palm Springs and its neighboring communities are all located on the Route 10 highway and the parallel thoroughfare known as Highway 111. It is also known as Palm Canyon Drive.
Years ago, Palm Springs was the weekend getaway for many famous Hollywood movie stars and movie stars. Even in the days of silent films, this was the place where the rich and famous wanted to escape the dirty air and bustle of Los Angeles. Many Hollywood personalities built elegant pompous mansions here in the desert of Palm Springs. Some of these fantastic villas are still there, reminding us of the great days of Hollywood. Many streets, boulevards and city buildings still bear the names of famous residents such as Frank Sinatra Way, Dinah Shore Way, Gene Autry Trail and the Bob Hope Cultural Centre.
Palm Springs was created from a small desert bath. All around there are added places such as Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and Indio. The trail off Route 111 is peppered with many elegant grand houses, lush green golf courses, and elegant shopping malls with fine designer stores as well as expensive restaurants. Palm Springs is known as the vacation spot for rich seniors.
There is a very wide range of accommodations in Palm Springs. You can find elegant holiday hotels that offer large rooms with all comforts. But there are also enough cheap hotels. You can even find a number of very inexpensive motels. The main attractions in Palm Springs are the weather, the golf courses, and the elegant resort hotels. Temperatures can be quite hot in summer and cool in winter, but on the whole, it’s very pleasant all year round. Rain is rare and the sun shines all year round from a cloudless blue sky. January to May are usually very pleasant months with fewer tourist flows.
Golf is played all year round and there are more than a hundred courses in the area. More than 4 million litres of water are used every day to irrigate the Golp pitches. Swimming pools and tennis courts are as numerous as the palm trees in this area.
