USA Guide
California
Palm Springs
Amid lush farmland replete with golf courses, condos, and millionaires, Palm Springs embodies a strange mix of Spanish Colonial and mid-twentieth-century modernist architecture. Massive Mount San Jacinto looms over its low-slung buildings, casting a welcome shadow over the town in the late-afternoon heat. Ever since movie stars first appeared here in the 1930s, laying claim to ranch estates and holing up in fancy hotels, the clean dry air and sunshine, just 120 miles east of LA, have made Palm Springs irresistible to the California upper, and the upper middle, class. In recent years, the city has also become a major gay and lesbian resort ( 
www.gaypalmspringsca.com has the full rundown of options).
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