Travel Archive

Anniversary Preparations

In anticipation of the award-winning resort’s 2012 “silver anniversary,” Southern California’s renowned JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa is announcing a host of exciting updates in an effort to enhance the property’s overall guest experience.

5 Days, 5 Hikes

If you have only a few hours to hike, here are some local trails — ranging from easy to moderate — that satisfy your wanderlust.

You picked ’em!

You vote. We reveal. That’s how Best of the Best works. Together with KPSP LOCAL 2, we ask readers and viewers to weigh in weekly at www.mybestofthebest.com on their favorite people, places, and things in the Coachella Valley.

Purposeful Pampering

Throughout October, select Coachella Valley salons and spas, in partnership with The Girlfriend Factor and Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention and Visitors Authority, are offering discounted spa treatments, salon services, and/or spa-themed getaway packages.

By Mona de Crinis

Birds on Board

More than 30 Chilean flamingos live on the grounds of JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert.

A Perfect Circle

If you have been thinking you’re in an urban nexus with some fetching mountains on the fringes, what we’re about to tell you may be unsettling. Here in the greater Palm Springs area, you’re actually on an island — a puddle of urbanity surrounded by wildlands.

BY ANN JAPENGA

Miracle in the Sand

Cabot Yerxa, who worked on his homestead from 1913 until his death — chronicled the lives of those who dug wells, contended with rattlesnakes, and built the cabins and roads that became Desert Hot Springs

Palm Springs - Explore the Urban Desert

“It’s the magic air ... like nowhere else on the planet — sensual, warm, healing, calming. A true remedy for long life and health.” — Palm Springs resident Suzanne Somers

By David A. Lee & Daniel Vaillancourt

Cathedral City - Explore the Urban Desert

Many desert dwellers gravitate to Cathedral City for its assortment of independent shops and restaurants.

By David A. Lee & Daniel Vaillancourt

Palm Desert - Explore the Urban Desert

While living in or visiting the Coachella Valley, it’s nearly impossible to miss Palm Desert, the geographical center of the nine desert communities.

By David A. Lee & Daniel Vaillancourt