Palm Springs Winter Oasis Private “Me Time” and Thoroughly Planned Activities in a Perfectly Balanced Winter Getaway Feb 17-23 Depart/Return: Palm Springs, CA. Price Per Person: Double: $1,697; Single: $2,245. See more details of this tour on page 10 or www.CountryTravelDiscoveries.com/PSP Day 1–Palm Springs Welcome to Palm Springs, a desert oasis. Upon arrival, check in and settle into your comfortable room at the Hilton Palms Springs hotel, conveniently located within walking distance to downtown Palm Springs and numerous restaurants and shopping. Tonight, you will meet your fellow travelers and learn about activities for the next week. Accommodations: Hilton Palm Springs Resort. Welcome Reception Included.
for at least 5,000 years. You will see 1.5 billion year old rock walls thrust up by the San Andreas Fault. This wildlife sanctuary is home to coyotes, eagles, and bighorn sheep. Return to Palm Springs and enjoy your afternoon at leisure. Accommodations: Hilton Palm Springs Resort. Meals: B, L
Day 3–Coachella Valley This morning it’s off to the Living Desert. We will discover bighorn sheep, cheetahs, leopards, golden eagles, and Mexican wolves in a remarkable zoo and botanical garden representing the deserts of North America and Africa. Then it’s on to Coachella Valley, which is among the largest crop-growing regions in the state, renowned for its dates, citrus, grapes and bell peppers. At Coachella Valley Water District we will learn about the distribution of water to the local farmlands. We will visit a working date garden, home of the superb Medjool date and many other interesting and delicious date varieties. You will learn about the date’s history and cultivation and get to taste some delicious samples. Accommodations: Hilton Palm Springs Resort. Meals: B, L
philanthropists. Learn more about the Annenbergs, their lives, and their commitment to serving their country, to education, and to the arts. You can also stroll through the gardens, inspired by the Annenberg collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. Then it’s on to Temecula Valley. We will stop at Temecula Olive Oil Ranch, where you will meet co-owners Tom and Catherine and learn about the planting, growing and harvesting of a wide variety of olives. You will get to taste some too! At Leoness Cellars you will learn about growing grapes, harvest, crush, fermentation and barrel aging, which ultimately produce wines of incredible depth and flavor. Spend some free time strolling through Old Temecula. Accommodations: Hilton Palm Springs Resort. Meals: B, L
Day 5–Palm Springs This morning, we will depart for Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. We will rise 2 ½ miles, taking a tenminute ride up to the mountains on the world’s largest rotating Day 2–Palm Springs This morning after a delicious breakfast, tramcars and experience the threshold of the Santa Rosa and we will visit the San Gorgonio Wind Park, a mature project San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. Then we will boasting four generations of technology and over two dozen explore the historic palm tree-lined Palm Springs Walk of Stars. types of turbines in We will walk among the operation. Your expert golden palm stars of guide will discuss a Marilyn Monroe, Bob Twentynine host of environmental Hope, Chevy Chase and Palms Palm issues, such as bird others, embedded in the Springs Joshua Tree strikes, bat kills, noise, sidewalks. This afternoon National Park land use, and more. we will have fun by Palm Then you will learn catching the Fabulous Desert Coachella the history and facts Palm Springs Follies at about the playground the historic Plaza Theatre. Temecula of the stars. You will This razzle-dazzle song see dozens of celebrity and dance extravaganza homes all right in the is presented in the style City of Palm Springs. of old Ziegfield Follies. Dean Martin, Liz Taylor, This evening enjoy a local Debbie Reynolds, experience where every Marilyn Monroe and dozens more came to bask in the warm Thursday evening, Downtown Palm Springs transforms into sun and soak in the free and easy desert lifestyle. Then, visit the Palm Springs Village Fest. You will experience a diverse array of Palm Springs Air Museum, which features one of the largest artists, artisans, entertainers and food. Accommodations: Hilton collections of flying WWII aircraft. Our veteran guide will Palm Springs Resort. Meals: B, L share his experiences and will emphasize the importance of the Day 6–Temecula Valley This morning we will visit Sunnylands Air Power in the victory of WWII. Accommodations: Hilton Palm Center and Gardens. Sunnylands was the home of Walter Springs Resort. Meals: B, L and Leonore Annenberg, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, and
Day 4–Joshua Tree National Park/Palm Springs Today we will visit nearby Joshua Tree National Park. Humans have occupied the area encompassed by Joshua Tree National Park
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Day 7–Palm Springs Today, after breakfast, we will say farewell to our fellow travelers and this desert paradise. Accommodations: Hilton Palm Springs Resort. Meals: B.
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