Palm Desert Rentals - Vacation Homes & Condos

Boasting breathtaking views and myriad activities, Palm Desert has everything you desire in one of the best vacation resorts of California. This luxury oasis in the Coachella Valley is only a couple hours drive from Los Angeles or San Diego and provides a year round respite for people from all walks of life. 2000 years ago, Palm desert was inhabited by the Agua Caliente Indians and their healing mineral waters. The natural beauty and opulence of the area has remained unspoiled to this day. Known as a premier golf destination, Palm Desert is also an ideal place for several other natural and man-made activities. Like shopping. Plus, vacation rentals in Palm Desert are abundant. You will find even the simplest of vacation homes and condos are well maintained and hold more amenities than you would imagine. The southern California desert architecture is noted for it's use of glass, clean lines and use of indoor/outdoor spaces, called Desert Modernism. This style can be seen in most vacation rentals such as homes and condos, evoking a lifestyle of simple elegance and ease. That is the Palm Desert style. Choose from over 100 golf courses in the Coachella Valley, or stay right in Palm Desert and check out the Desert Willow Golf Resort, sporting an award winning course that is known for it's environmentally sensitive design. Those 2000 year old healing waters have helped Palm Desert garner the reputation as a "Relax and Renew" sanctuary. To that end, the area contains numerous full service spas offering huge menus of treatments and wellness programs. No trip to Pam Desert is complete with out a relaxing "stroll for the soul" down El Paseo. The beautifully landscaped median showcases Palm Desert's world renown "Art in Public Places", a program that includes more than 130 interchangeable works of art in a museum without walls.

Resorts of Palm Desert, California

After you have found accommodation in vacation rentals (homes or condos) settled in beautiful resorts, you can focus on different vacation activities. Tennis is abundant, along with hiking cycling and horseback riding opportunities. The Hopalong Cassidy Trail, named after Western movie star and Palm Desert pioneer William Boyd, is the perfect spot for any type of trail excursions. The Civic Center Park is always a happening place, with lighted tennis courts, sand volleyball, skate and dog parks baseball, and an amphitheater. Back to shopping...head to El Paseo, and discover the "Rodeo Drive of the Desert". This shopping gem of California is a mile-long mix of shops that offer everything from haute couture to hamburgers, plus everything in between. And if star gazing is your thing, you can often find celebrities hanging around during one of the many nationally-televised golf or tennis tournaments such as the Skins Game, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Pacific Life Open. Probably the best way to take in the majestic beauty of Palm Desert is by air. Hot air that is. Take a hot air balloon ride, and take in the mesmerizing beauty of this gorgeous town, nestled between the famous Joshua Tree National Monument and the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. In an oasis of natural beauty with exquisite resorts, great accommodations offered by vacation rentals like homes and condos, bountiful outdoor activities and a luxurious yet laid-back arts and cultural scene, Palm Desert is truly the ultimate in Southern California getaways.