Palm Springs or Palm Desert

Hi

I%26#39;m planning our holiday for next September and am looking for some advice/ opinions; we are a married couple, over the last few years as part of our trip we have spent 4/5 nights in Palm Springs we thoroughly enjoy staying close to downtown and being able to walk from our hotel to good restaurants and bars.

This year we aren%26#39;t sure whether to try Palm Desert or a similar area during the day we have the car but we like to be able to walk in the evening and have a choice of bars/ restaurants - I%26#39;m not looking for night clubs just nice bars and people watching.

What shoulld we do stick to what we know - Palm Springs or try something new? Where would you suggest and why?

Please help, I%26#39;m looking forward to your thoughts.

Thanks.

Palm Springs or Palm Desert

Palm Desert is more car oriented. The main shopping area of ElPaseo is a recreation of the downtown Palm Springs Palm Canyon Drive with much of the elegant shopping which used to be in Palm Springs.

Palm Desert is excellent for the large destination resorts and the golf courses. There are many of the best restaurants in the desert.

If you like the atmosphere of downtown Palm Springs then repeat it. It%26#39;s lovely in the downtown area with the mountains against the city.

It%26#39;s a pity that Palm Springs can%26#39;t revive the excellent shopping which it had in the downtown area years ago,. However, it still is charming.

Palm Springs or Palm Desert

Since you like to walk to restaurants, I%26#39;d stick to downtown Palm Springs. We prefer Palm Desert now, after years of going to PS, but we need to take our car to the shops and restaurants. So many great restaurants to try up and down Hwy 111.

Next September, the weather will still be hot, and resorts will have good prices. Esmeralda, Hyatt Grand Champions, Rancho Las Palmas are all good ones.They all have very nice pool areas.

Thank you.

The decision is made we are going to stick with downtown Palm Springs.

From your experience would you book now or hold of for a last minute deal?

Any hotel recommendations would be appreciated; stayed at Zoso for the last few years, love the location but won%26#39;t a change of scene.

I would sure wait until the rates go down in summer before booking a Sept. stay. Give the Chase Hotel a look.

http://www.chasehotelpalmsprings.com/