Once an escape from LA favoured by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe, the desert city of Palm Springs has been somewhat overshadowed of late by the painfully hip Coachella festival nearby.
However it is a place which deserves to be paid full attention, and it’s a glorious relief from the sticky, busy and hectic LA. Not to mention it’s a mere two hours away by car – and one of the West Coast’s premier gay resort towns.
Don’t be fooled though, Palm Springs, which is situated in Coachella Valley, isn’t a reprieve from LA’s heat; in fact it’s hotter, but it’s a dry bearable heat which you can soak up lounging by your hotel pool or ascending into the mountains.