Palm Springs is famous for its midcentury modern architecture, shopping, spas, art galleries, restaurants and more. The downtown shopping area is mainly on Palm Canyon Drive, between Ramon Road and Alejo Road, with lots of art galleries, antique stores, vintage clothing shops, and cool home goods stores. If you go north on Palm Canyon Drive, you'll find yourself in the Uptown Design District. This is a two-mile stretch of retail with a heavy focus on mid-century modern art, style, and design. There are a lot of galleries, interior design shops, and home goods stores. Close by is the Tennis Club Neighborhood, where you'll see lots of examples of midcentury modern architecture.

Joshua Tree National Park is a popular destination for overnight campers, but you can explore plenty in a single afternoon, too, from an easygoing hike around Hidden Valley to vistas from 5,000 feet up at Keys View. If you’re coming from Palm Springs, you’ll want to enter from the northwest entrance in Joshua Tree; if you’re coming from La Quinta the south entrance is the closest, but it's a bit further from some of the park's main attractions.

Palm Springs is home to some of the best golf courses in the world. There are 90 holes at La Quinta, where our wedding block is, with 3 PGA courses. Other popular courses in the area include Indian Wells Golf Resort (where the wedding will be!), Desert Willow Ridge, the Classic Club, and more.

Indian Wells is home to the BNP Open, a major tennis tournament, with lots of great public courts to play on. The La Quinta Resort has 23 tennis courts and 8 pickleball courts.

This hike is an easy to moderate two-mile loop that leads to a 50-foot waterfall tucked into Tahquitz Canyon. The falls are located within the Agua Caliente Band of the Cahuilla Indians reservation, so you’ll need to pay a $12.50 admission fee.