This year my family decided to skip the traditional turkey ‘round the table Thanksgiving. We figured let’s not take a few days off and treat this long weekend like a mini-vacation. Stuffing, be damned! So we took to Palm Springs and spent four gloriously sunny days at The Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa and possibly developed a new tradition in the process.
With its campus style layout, complete with lush landscaping and staggering views of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountain ranges, The Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa embodies low-key desert style at every turn. It’s a stunning, sprawling property with hacienda-like buildings abutting an 18-hole golf course by Pete Dye, mazing in and out of three pools, six tennis courts, various lawns and gardens and a central domed stucco building with tiled archways and wading pools that houses signature five-star restaurant, Pinzimini. Just across the way is Pinz & Pints, which is home to four lanes of duckpin bowling, 10 draft beers, brewpub eats, classic arcade games and non-stop fun for the under 12 set, and Fireside lounge, a stylish restaurant and bar offers tapas and cocktails.
The Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa is grand in scope yet intimate in feel. You could get lost for a while biking one of the many paths that snake in and out of grass-ways and cactus landscapes or sit back at the family pool watching your kids plummet down the waterslide for the sixth time in the last hour. Our children and their cousins felt free to run around at their leisure. Our building was a short walk from the resort’s hub, with a first floor balcony that made for keyless entry in and out of our room. It opened onto a promenade of sorts, where guests strolled around or walked their dogs from the moment the sun came up.
Whether you’re on a friends trip, a couples getaway, or a family reunion like ours, The Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa is the perfect place to enjoy a few days in the desert. This holiday, it’s setting the festive mood, as well with a number of activities for the entire family. From Christmas Dinner to New Year’s Eve to ushering in 2024 with breath work at its wellness center, perhaps you’ll start making your own traditions there, as well.
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