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Hidden Picture-Perfect Escapes: Palm Springs
Summary of Hidden Picture-Perfect Escapes: Palm Springs
 The first edition of Hidden Picture-Perfect Escapes: Palm Springs
was published in spring 2005 by Ulysses Press
(Berkeley, CA) and is one of the most
comprehensive and up-to-date guides to California's favorite desert destination.
This book is loaded with insider tips, hidden gems, helpful photos,
and detailed maps. Although designed primarily for those visiting its namesake city,
Palm Springs is also ideal for
anyone visiting the nearby communities of Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indio, La Quinta,
Indian Wells, Cathedral City, and Desert Hot Springs. There's a separate chapter on Joshua
Tree National Park, too, with suggestions for hiking, driving tours, hotels, and eateries.
Other features include walking tours, shopping guides, golf course information, resort
descriptions, capsule restaurant reviews, museum summaries, and hints for local hiking
and biking adventures.
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Excerpt from Hidden Picture-Perfect Escapes: Palm Springs
East of Los Angeles lies a paradoxical land of brilliant
greens and dusty browns, scorched flats and snow-thatched peaks.
The Coachella Valley, a mere two-hour drive from Hollywood, is
quintessential Southern California. It's a place where a motivated
visitor can play a round of golf, explore a palm-shaded canyon,
soak in a hot spring, enjoy a gourmet meal, and attend a symphony
concert -- all in the same day.
Little wonder that the region's unofficial capital, Palm Springs,
is a refuge for the rich, the famous, the retired, and the overworked.
Here restoration and reinventon are not only possible, they are encouraged.
Among those who seek solace in this sybaritic oasis, sensory pleasures and
recreational pastimes are elevated to a fine art. [p. 1]
Reviews of Hidden Picture-Perfect Escapes: Palm Springs
"This is the very best guide to the Palm Springs area I
have ever read. Awesome! Mahler is a master..."
-Jeff Sykes, Cowz.com June 2005
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