Hotels Near Araby Hike Trail in Palm Springs

All Dad wanted was a pool to hang out in for the weekend. I did my research and it paid off! Even though some comments made the pool sound ”not that great” ...it was! The online pictures don't do it justice! It's BIG, clean, only 5' deep total so you can walk across! Plenty of chairs and umbrellas, just really pretty and fun! Music playing at just the right sound. Pool bar food good and fast delivery.

The location is fantastic. There are plenty of good restaurants, bars, shops within walking distance and walking is easy since the city of Palm Springs is basically flat! I parked in the hotel lot and walked everywhere I wanted to go. The hotel does not have a restaurant or bar but I knew this when I booked so no problem. They do have a small cantina type room where you can buy snacks, some sandwiches, drinks, coffee, etc and ice machines everywhere. The service was very good, all employees where helpful and friendly. My room was very clean and good sized with a large bathroom. The room location was also good, on the ground floor near the pool with a view of a parklike courtyard. The pool was large and crowded (I arrived on Saturday afternoon) and everyone seemed to be having a good time. I took a dip the next morning right after maintenance finished cleaning the pool and was the only one there, it was great! I will definitely stay again at the Palm Mountain Resort.

This property used to be a Staybridge Suites managed by IHG but it changed over to Homewood Suites managed by Hilton. I was a guest from mid-February to mid-June and was there before, during the changeover, and after from Staybridge to Homewood. The property is a large property located next to one of the golf courses which is adjacent to Palm Springs Airport. The west side of the property has a fantastic view of Mount San Jacinto. There is an outdoor pool and a trail that parallels the golf course that you can walk on for exercise or your morning constitutional. The rooms are equipped with a kitchen that has a full size microwave, a full size refrigerator with freezer and icemaker, a stove top, a dishwasher, and a sink. The suites all have a separate bedroom (but not all rooms are suites). There's a desk and chair, sofa, stool, a couple of dressers, and a large flat screen television with cable. If you have a suite that has a separate bedroom there will be a flat screen television in the bedroom. The premise is equipped with Wi-Fi. There is a fitness room equipped with free weights, benches, treadmills, ellipticals, and a stationary bike that is adjacent to a complimentary laundry where you can do laundry while you're there. There is a full hot breakfast and it's good. They'll have scrambled eggs, or omelettes, (cheese or western style or plain), sausage or bacon, fried potatoes of some type, pancakes or waffles, and a variety of fresh fruits, sliced tomatoes, and the like. I am an IHG reward member and have stayed at this property many times over the past several years, but the change over to Homewood has me reconsidering. The changeover was not without problems. First, housekeeping went completely to pieces. Under Staybridge if you were there more than 7 days you scheduled housekeeping for once weekly on whatever day you wanted it. That completely died when it changed over to Homewood. After the changeover I never got my room cleaned unless I went downstairs and told them ”I need my room cleaned tomorrow, it was supposed to be cleaned today and nobody showed up”. That never got corrected. I don't know why. Staybridge also had an evening social every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday where they had complimentary sodas, beer, and wine, with a hot bar. Homewood eliminated that. This property has spacious parking - I mean spacious. There is room to park a hundred tractor trailer trucks and still have room for all the guests to park their cars. Under Staybridge parking was complimentary. Homewood instituted a $10 nightly parking fee. The average nightly prize for the rooms went up under Hilton. My room went from I believe $149 a night to $179 a night IIRC. I was there 2 months after the change over to Homewood, and the Wi-Fi became spotty. The Wi-Fi was still branded as IHG. One day it died completely and I called the front desk and they sent a maintenance guy up. He reset the access router and things began working again. But I asked him wha

Let me start off by saying this hotel is totally underrated and super cool. Awesome room, spacious, decor was lovely and the pool/spa was great. Linda who works here was polite, kind and the best concierge person I have dealt with. Wonderful customer service. I will definitely stay here again.

The hotel has a beautiful environment, complete room facilities, good location, comfortable swimming pool, suitable for vacation, convenient shopping nearby, Wal-Mart, convenient parking in front of the building! The temperature difference between morning and evening is large.

We met Mark Austria, one of the ****** hosts, a while ago at a different ****** and always invited us out to this ******, we finally agreed and we wish we agreed sooner! We stayed over the 4th of July week and it was one of the best stays we had in a ******. From the moment we checked in we were greeted with a smile. After we were checked in we were so amazed on the cleanliness of the rooms. To our surprise, Mark sent us a text letting us know that he made dinner reservations and gave us credit to their steakhouse in celebration of our anniversary. It was such an amazing surprise and we felt that not only was he giving us an amazing experience but also he paid attention to details and truly personalized our stay. The dinner was fantastic as well as the service. Throughout the night Mark made sure we were taken care of and answered any questions we had. Agua Caliente, you have a tremendous asset to your team, thank you Mark! We are already planning our second stay and can not wait to come back!

Location: Rancho Mirage could be the best place to stay in the valley. It’s close to all the towns in the area and has great restaurants and shops. The HIE is really conveniently situated near shopping and with at least 5 or 6 restaurants within easy walking distance. Check-in / out and staff: Everything was great with the exception of check in. We arrived just after noon, and were told the room wasn’t ready. Asked them to please get it ready asap. Two hours later and still nothing. Another half an hour and I started to have a sense of humor failure. Really, is it not possible to clean a room in well over 2 hours? Highly irritating and unnecessary. Parking: Plenty parking round the hotel, free. Room: Really clean and well appointed. Large screen Tv, refrigerator, Keurig coffee maker, and microwave. Breakfast: The usual, with a reasonable selection of both hot and cold choices. Wi-Fi: Fluctuated quite a bit, but overall it was okay. (See test pic) TV and Air Conditioning: Both were new and functioned well. Stay again? Definitely. Whilst not cheap, unfortunately all hotels are relatively expensive in this part of the world!

To be honest this resort wasn’t our first choice for a girls trip - but I found us a great deal and it had decent reviews. We arrived late at night and were impressed by the spacious entry way. Check-in was quick and easy - although the front desk clerk was perhaps not the most friendly. I asked if he had any tips for us - it was our first time to the area and he said, “umm Palm Springs is about 30 min away”. Yep we just flew in so that’s one thing we did know We had the choice between the main building and outer building. I didn’t know what that meant so I went with main and I’m glad we did. We were in the 6th floor, not far from an elevator which was handy for the Oasis pool area Breakfast in the morning at Rockwood was fantastic. Between the group we tried the American breakfast and Wet Burrito on the first day and it was ll fantastic. The rest of the trip we opted for the buffet. At $32 a person including beverages it was a great deal. The buffet included fruits, bagels and breads, smoked salmon and meats, breakfast potatoes, bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy, sausage, waffles and an omelet station. On the weekend they had a crepe station. The pastry selections were fantastic and delicious. There were 3 pools in the Oasis pool area- a lap pool, larger pool and “upper deck”. The upper deck is just a smaller pool that seemed to be more of an overflow area - would have made sense to be an adults only pool but wasn’t. There were some VIP chairs but for $75 were completely unnecessary on our trip. We had no problem finding pool chairs near the pool and under umbrellas . Water stations around the pool were a nice touch The first day we had one pool server who was amazing and went above and beyond. Think his name was Connor. The next day we had a server that gave us a sign to raise when we wanted help…they sold pool floaties and I asked if we purchased one did the pool in gate them for us…most resort pools do…. She was offended I implied she might blow up the floaty and said we could do it ourselves or try to get a pool boy to do it but she brought the drinks. Ummm. Definitely didn’t expect our server to inflate a floaty - sorry I asked Pool drinks were great. Skip the nachos but the quesadilla was great and only $13 The lobby shop was inflated more than I expected but had a great selection of things you may have forgotten at home - also had pool floaties for $13 compared to $18-25 at the pool. The resort had a lot of fun things to do that we didn’t have time for - mini golf, outside lawn games and boat rides. The hotel bar looked fun and was centrally located Overall a very good stay - exceeded our expectations and I think we’ll be back! Definitely get the breakfast!