Caliente Tropics

Greater Palm Springs


Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack once frolicked poolside at this newly spruced 1964 tiki-style motor lodge. Wrap up the day with a tropical potion in the dimly lit Reef Bar before drifting off to dreamland on quality mattresses in spacious rooms decorated with Polynesian posters.


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