Activities in Palm Springs Area

This overlooked gem of a museum showcases clay as an art form, from ancient vessels to contemporary works.

California’s largest state park has 500 miles of hike-worthy roads and meadows awash in wildflowers, palm groves, and cacti.

Beau Monde has 25 architecturally noteworthy Palm Springs pads, including one previously owned by Warner Brothers cofounder Jack Warner. Staff can arr

Tee off at this legendary venue.

Take a stroll through the free Desert Art Collection, where the eclectic patio garden features sculptures by internationally acclaimed artists.

If your idea of shopping is bagging designer goods for less, then Cabazon, just off I-10, is sheer heaven. The highway-hugging outlets feature 130 sto

Hide-covered ottomans, religious and Asian sculpture, even framed insect art: it’s a destination for designers of every stripe—particularly zebra stri

Rotating artisans specialize in wood, stone, metal, and glass.

These canyons were once the home to the forerunners of the Agua Caliente Cahuilla Native Americans. Now they are open for exploration and appreciation

Hit the links at the North Course, where Walt Disney used to play.

Tee off at this legendary golf venue.

The school runs full-day classes that introduce you to the fundamentals of climbing in Joshua Tree National Park.

Remodeling ideas for the Midcentury enthusiast.

Palm Springs classics like glass and Lucite coffee tables and chrome-base sofas.

Hike, horseback ride, or fish on the park's property.

After an eight-minute tram ride up Mount San Jacinto, toss snowballs in a fairy-tale alpine forest.

Arcade with 10 furniture and decorative-arts galleries, including Bon Vivant, a good place to score collectible Blenko glass and Raymor pottery.

Bring a jacket—even in summer—to ride aboard the world’s largest rotating gondolas. The 2 1/2-mile, 10-minute trip up the sheer cliffs of Chino Canyon

John McCallum, the first permanent white settle of Palm Springs, had an adobe house built for him in 1884, and along with Miss Cornelia White’s “Littl

Antiques and oddities—seashell-encrusted coquillage next to People’s Republic of China figurines—plus 20th-century paintings, from plein-air landscape

A wall of windows runs across the front of a low-profile white building in North Palm Springs, and a contrasting red wall to the left bears the distin

The innovative Temecula Children’s Museum offers an interactive-experimental tour through the home of fictitious inventor Professor Phineas T. Pennypi

Treat yourself to a massage.

Head downtown to browse the Midcentury Modern furniture shops along North Palm Canyon Drive. One of the best is the new Trina Turk Residential, stocke