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Things to Do in Palm Springs

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Joshua Tree National Park Self-Driving Audio Tour
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Bus Tours
from $8.00 per adult
Palm Springs Windmill Self-Driving Tour Interactive Fun Safe
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Attractions & Museums
from $52.77 per group (up to 1)
Modern & More Bike Tours Palm Springs
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Bike Tours
from $75.00 per adult
San Andreas Fault Small Group Half-Day Jeep Tour
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Half-day Tours
from $177.67 per adult
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Palm Springs Scavenger Hunt Walking Tour
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Self-guided Tours & Rentals
from $38.00 $28.50 per group (up to 4)
Indian Canyons Bike and Hike Small Group Tour from Palm Springs
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Bike Tours
from $120.00 per adult
Bank Heist Escape Room Game for Private Group
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from $35.90 per adult
Private French-Inspired Cooking Class with a Fun Local
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Cooking Classes
from $74.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Guided Hike in Palm Springs with Amazing Views
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Walking Tours
from $47.00 per adult
Joshua Tree National Park Tour with GPS Virtual Guide
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Bus Tours
from $22.02 per group (up to 12)

Top Attractions in Palm Springs

1. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Trams

The site was constructed in 1963 and amazingly used helicopters to transport all building materials without one single…

2. Indian Canyons

Historic Sites • Ancient Ruins

It's a natural oasis with the second-largest growth of native Washingtonian palms in the country.

3. Palm Springs Air Museum

Speciality Museums • Educational sites

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This is one of the most extensive collections of World War II aircraft and related memorabilia.

4. San Jacinto Mountain

Mountains

This National Park is more than 8,000 feet above sea level.

5. Coachella Valley Preserve

Nature & Wildlife Areas • Deserts

This oasis in the desert is the meeting of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and the oasis of Palm Trees…

6. Palm Springs Art Museum

Art Museums

Temporarily closed

While rooted in prominent California artists, it places their works in the context of global art trends and the issues…

7. Tahquitz Canyon

Canyons

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Guide highlights relationships between Native Ameriican culture and the environment including plants, wildlife and the…

8. VillageFest

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Flea & Street Markets

This street fair occupies three blocks offering a wide variety of entertainment, art, food & shopping.

9. Indian Canyons Hiking Trails

Hiking Trails

It's a permanent creek in a desert environment, giving rise to an impressive native Palm oasis.

10. Painted Canyon

Canyons

You begin to snake through beautiful, multi colored, narrow slot canyons.

11. Agua Caliente Indian Canyons

Canyons • Parks

This is a natural oasis with flowing water and hundreds of natural, native palm trees.

12. Palm Canyon Drive

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Palm Canyon Drive is the lifeblood of downtown Palm Springs.

13. Moorten Botanical Garden

Gardens

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This is a historic garden, build in the 1930s, hosting many varieties of cactus.

14. Palm Canyon

Canyons • Deserts

Wander through groves of California palms, an oasis in the barrenness of the desert.

15. South Lykken Trail

Nature & Wildlife Areas

flights, 8,813 steps registered to the top and back down.

16. Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway

Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

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This modernist iconic estate consists of three stories in four concentric circles and there is not a square room in the…

17. Las Palmas

Historic Walking Areas

It is the largest neighborhood of celebrity homes in Palm Springs.

18. Ruddy's General Store Museum

Speciality Museums

The museum contains over 6,000 unused items, 95% of them filled with their original contents.

19. Statue of Lucille Ball

Monuments & Statues

This bronze statue is located right downtown in Palm Springs.

20. Murray Canyon Trail

Hiking Trails

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You move through palm tree oases and experience an enjoyable variety of desert flowering bushes, trees and lizards!

21. Robolights

Speciality Museums

The owner has amassed a collection of bizarre statuary on his half-block property, painted in outre colors; then for…

22. Palm Springs Walk of Stars

Points of Interest & Landmarks

A new star for famed architect Neutra, will be presented in a couple of weeks in front of the new Architectural and…

23. Palm Canyon Trail

Hiking Trails

Trails are set in a magnificent canyon oasis of giant palms.

24. Palm Springs Visitor Center

Visitor Centers

Built as an Esso service station, the Tramway Gas Station encapsulates many key elements of the desert modernist…

25. Palm Springs Museum Trail

Hiking Trails

It is named for John Hollinger, a founding member of the Palm Springs Mounted Police Search and Rescue.

26. Ruth Hardy Park

Parks

There are tennis courts, restrooms, a playground, and basketball goals.

27. North Lykken Trail

Hiking Trails

Challenging hike of approximately 8 km round trip with 1500ft elevation gain.

28. Palm Springs Open Air Market

Flea & Street Markets

Hundreds of food vendors, artists, knick knack sellers, and musicians.

29. Antique Galleries of Palm Springs

Art Galleries

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Focus is on mid century furniture, lighting, and artifacts plus some war items from the 40's located on two floors…

30. Desert Memorial Park

Cemeteries

The last resting place of Frank Sinatra, Sonny Bono as well as the Mother and Sister of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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