Palm Canyon Resort and Spa

I have gone to this resort many times. I have also stayed at many others. Palm Canyon has the largest units. The units are like a full size apartments. Very nice. All rooms have balcony's. I always ask to have a unit that has it balcony facing the mountains. There 4 buildings to pick from. You can check out a room if you don't like it they will get you another room. I have stayed there all seasons but not on a holiday weekend. I have stayed for 3 nights up to 7 nights. I have never experienced the pool area to be overly crowded but it is the main attraction. The pool area is approx. an acre and a half. There are 2 spas, 2 slides, a pool side bar and a pool side restaurant. There is no smoking in the units. Palm Canyon has never allowed smoking or bbq's. I love the peacefulness and serenity on the mountain sides. Some of my get a way's have been to just get out of town and relax. Palm Canyon is at the end of the Palm Canyon Drive. It has very quiet, relaxing surroundings but it is still close to downtown Palm Springs. Some times I come to play. There are so many things to do in that area. I and my family have used it as a launch to explore many of the attractions such as Joshua Tree National Park, the Salton Sea, we found boiling pots and steam vents south of Palm Springs. We found an area where farmers grow vegetation for the migrating birds and there are platforms that you can go up on and view migrating birds in the fields. It is such a cool place, excellent shopping, dining, golfing, gambling. Don't miss the Cabazon Outlet mall just North of Palm Springs. All the best retailers have stores there. You can spend a day or more trying to get to all the shops. It is all there! I love to stay at Palm Canyon. I can't wait to get there again! I can honestly say that I like Palm Canyon the best of any resort I have stayed at. I have been in time shares all over the USA and even BC, Canada.

Me and my 6 y.o daughter spent 3 nights at Palm Canyon Resort and spa over Memorial day weekend 2010. Yes, rooms are outdated and furniture is old, but that’s OK with me. What I was bothered by is the old smell of smoke in our 2 bdr villa. Apparently, they used to allow smoke inside, and that smell is still there. You get used to it when you’re inside after 10 mins or so, but when you walk in, it’s like… yuck! Plus, yes, it is a smoker’s paradise – you can smoke on the balcony and pretty much everywhere around the pool. It says that designated smoking area is by the Splash bar, but I saw people smoking everywhere. I used to be smoker myself, but since I quit 7 years ago, I just cannot stand the smell of smoke at all.

We stayed at Canyon building on the 3rd floor facing the main lobby entrance. I thought it would be better than facing the pool, and I was right. Pool was so crowded all the time, it was unbelievable. I’ve seen overcrowded pools in Vegas, but I guess, maybe I was younger and more tolerant to the crowd… right now it’s just irritating. Plus, it was impossible to find a long chair if you come to the pool after 9 am. So, you either have to come at 9 am sharp, when they open, get your towels, put them on the chairs and return to you room for shower, tooth brushing, breakfast, etc., or show up at the pool after 4 pm. It was very annoying. It's strange that staff can’t put more chairs around the pool knowing how many guests will be staying. There was plenty of room for extra chairs… Also, there were very limited amount of umbrellas, and with Palm Springs heat (around 100 F), everybody, of course, wanted to stay in the shade. Needless to say, that chairs in the shade were first to be taken. I saw some people bringing their own beach umbrellas – very smart, but I really don’t want to carry heavy stuff when I go to the pool… long chair, beach umbrella, towels (they give you only one towel, period… obviously, it’s not enough)… Water slides were nice, and my daughter had a blast. Splash bar was nice too. Even though they were surrounded by double layers of guest standing/smoking around, they were able to take our orders quick and they were ready usually in 10 mins or so. Food was good and well priced. They have healthy choices.

I expected noise level to be lower at night. But being a light sleeper, I still could hear very loud clanking or dragging noises outside in the early morning (6 am), and running and yelling kids inside in the hallway at night, even though both bedrooms were buffered by bathrooms from the hallway…

I don’t know, I guess, this resort is not so crowded during regular weekends in summer, but I wouldn’t go there again on a holiday weekend. And the heat was too much for me. I know it has nothing to do with the resort, but it was almost impossible to go somewhere else in the desert, like Living Desert Zoo or even down town. We managed to go to world’s largest dinosaurs museum, and had lots of fun, but that day it wasn’t so hot. I think we’ll try some other place next time if we’ll decide to go to Palm Springs again.

Our stay at Palm Canyon was wonderful!

Staff very accomodating, pool was heaven! Don't forget the chair massage at the pool... it's relaxng and he knows all the right tension spots.

We'd visit again.

Great Resort and good location. Rooms are very nice and the pool and water slide are great for kids of any age. Great place to vacation.