Palm Springs · Weekend itinerary
A Weekend in Palm Springs for Grown-Ups
Two days is enough for the essentials: a canyon walk, a slow afternoon in the mineral spring, a supper club and a classic dinner.
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Day 1: Canyon and spa
Out early, then into the water.
Morning
Indian Canyons
38500 S Palm Canyon Dr, 5 miles south
Last vehicles admitted at 4 p.m.
Palm, Andreas and Murray canyons on the Agua Caliente reservation. The Palm Canyon path runs through one of the largest undisturbed palm oases in the world, with more than 2,500 palms and a stream, starting at the Trading Post. Open daily October 1 to July 4, and Friday to Sunday only from July 5 to September 30.
Afternoon
The Spa at Séc-he
200 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, downtown
The Taking of the Waters day pass.
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians' spa, built over the tribe's sacred hot mineral spring. The Taking of the Waters day pass ($135 Monday to Thursday, $165 Friday to Sunday and holidays) includes a private 15-minute soak in the 105-degree mineral water, plus the saunas, steam rooms, salt caves and pools. Open daily 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunset
High Bar at Kimpton Rowan
Kimpton Rowan, 100 W Tahquitz Canyon Way
Mountains at sunset from the seventh floor.
A seventh-floor rooftop pool bar looking across the palms to the San Jacinto Mountains. It is for hotel guests by day and opens to the public most evenings.
Dinner
Melvyn's at the Ingleside Estate
Ingleside Estate, 200 W Ramon Rd
Then stay for the Casablanca Lounge.
Old Hollywood Palm Springs: a classic steak and seafood dining room at the Ingleside Estate, with live music every night. Dinner daily 5 to 9 p.m.; the bar is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Day 2: Design and a show
Mid-century Palm Springs, then a night at the supper club.
Morning
Palm Springs Visitor Center (Tramway Gas Station)
2901 N Palm Canyon Dr
Maps and Albert Frey's roof.
Albert Frey's 1965 gas station, with its soaring wedge of a roof, is now the official visitor center: the place to pick up maps and get your eye in for desert modernism. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Afternoon
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Dr, downtown
Open Thursday to Sunday.
Modern and contemporary art, glass and desert architecture at the foot of the mountains. Open Thursday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and noon to 8 p.m. on Thursdays; closed Monday to Wednesday.
Dinner
Purple Room Supper Club
Club Trinidad, 1900 E Palm Canyon Dr
Weekend dinner at 6, show at 8 (Sunday 5 and 7).
A 1960s supper club once loved by the Rat Pack, open six nights a week. Tuesday to Thursday there's entertainment from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Thursday is a three-course dinner with live jazz for $59), and on weekends ticketed dinner shows: dinner at 6 p.m. and the show at 8 on Friday and Saturday, 5 and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Late
Bootlegger Tiki
1101 N Palm Canyon Dr (behind Ernest Coffee)
A nightcap in the tiki bar.
A dim, red-lit tiki bar on the site of Don the Beachcomber's legacy, pouring classic tiki drinks with house-made juices and syrups. Open 3 to 11 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday; happy hour runs during the first and last hour.
Staying longer? Our 3-day Palm Springs itinerary adds the Aerial Tramway and a day at Sunnylands or Joshua Tree.
Everything here was checked in September 2026. Many places keep shorter summer hours and the tramway closes each September for maintenance, so confirm before you go.
Questions people ask
Is a weekend enough for Palm Springs?
Yes for a canyon hike, a spa afternoon, a supper club and two good dinners. Add a day for the tramway, Sunnylands or Joshua Tree.
What should you not miss in Palm Springs?
A soak in the Agua Caliente hot mineral spring at the Spa at Séc-he, Palm Canyon, dinner at Melvyn's and a night at the Purple Room.