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Overview
Things To Do

Dining/Restaurants

Palm Springs’ restaurant scene is an endless cabaret of bistros, cafes, coffee shops, cucinas, diners, grills, pizzerias, ristorantes, steak houses, trattorias, bakeries, fast food, ice cream, candy and snack shops. If you like American fusion, classic Italian, Asian and seafood, French, vegan, Mexican or Southwestern and delis, then you will love dining in the desert. Palm Springs Restaurant Week takes place each summer allowing visitors to enjoy three-course, prix fixe menus with diverse cuisines from the area’s finest cafes, bistros and restaurants.

Things to Do

Take the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to the top of the San Jacinto Mountains. Cool down at Knott's Soak City Water Park. Visit Big Morongo Canyon Preserved and Moorten Botanical Gardens. Experience the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. Take a day trip to Temecula Valley for wine tasting and tours. Golf, shop and pamper yourself with plenty of spa treatments. Explore a variety of museums including the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert, Cabot's Pueblo Museum, General George Patton Memorial Museum and McCallum Adobe.

Shopping

Called the Rodeo Drive of the desert, El Paseo is a picturesque shopping district lined with beautiful flower and sculpture gardens. A shoppers’ paradise, you will discover enchanting shops and boutiques featuring the latest design trends, jewelry, antiques, art galleries and day spas. The Desert Hills and Cabazon Outlet Malls offer discount brand fashions. Downtown Palm Springs has a variety of unique shops for great finds on gifts, consignment, antiques, museum shops and apparel.

Nightlife/Culture

Every Thursday night VillageFest turns Palm Canyon Drive into an open air extravaganza. The historic Plaza Theatre has vaudeville style productions. Head to the McCallum Theatre for the Arts for symphony, musicals and headline performers. Game and play the night away at Spa Resort Casino, Agua Caliente, Spotlight 29 or Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa. Head to Palm Canyon Drive for an assortment of clubs and bars. There is also a lively collection of after dark hot spots along Arenas and Indian Canyon Drive where the famed Hotel Zoso resides.