A Desert Oasis: Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Palm Springs

Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Palm Springs

By Erin

*Thank you to A Girl’s Guide To Cars, Miramonte Resort and Visit Greater Palm Springs for sponsoring the A Girl’s Guide to Cars Conference. This is a sponsored post. All thoughts & opinions are my own.* 

Just less than a two-hour drive from LA and Orange County is this beautiful oasis that is nestled at the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains in the dessert where the days are warm and the nights are cool in the Coachella Valley region. Featuring 11 acres of citrus trees, olive trees, lush rose, herb and vegetable gardens waiting for you to discover them.  When you walk inside, the reservation check in desk is welcoming and bright with windows all around and lead out to the courtyard. Once checked in, your desert oasis awaits you.  This is the ideal place whether you are looking for a relaxing getaway, a girls weekend, a romantic weekend or a family weekend, there is something for everyone here! Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, California  is waiting for you!

Miramonte Resort Spa Indian Wells Palm Springs

Comfortable Rooms

The accommodations are very comfortable and cozy. The perfect place to relax and unwind. Here are the types of rooms you can stay in.

Guest Rooms

These rooms take advantage of stunning desert vistas found around the resort and have between 425-450  square feet and come with the option of either a king bed or two queen sized beds. Rooms on the first floor come with private furnished balconies or patios. Rooms located on the second floor offer private Juliette-styled balconies. The accommodations look out onto the citrus groves, the rose garden and the desert beyond.

Junior suites

Junior Suite offers more space to relax and citrus garden, rose garden or resort views. With 550 square feet of floor space, a separate living area and a private balcony. These come with either a king or two queen beds.

Villa suites

These spacious suites offers a private entrance and a garden adjacent to the Miramonte Pool. 725 square feet of space to relax, they feature one king bedroom, a living area with sofa bed, dining table for four, a spacious bathroom with whirlpool tub, and a private terrace! If you want to live it up, this is the way to go!

Resort Amenities & Resort Services

Here are some of the services and amenities you can enjoy during your stay here:

  • Room service
  • Award-winning Well Spa
  • Two restaurants on site
  • Wellness programs including 24-hour fitness center and yoga

  • WiFi included
  • Pet-friendly accommodations
  • Breathtaking Palm Springs views
  • Three pools, including a quiet pool and hot and cool water retreats

Daily Resort Charge

A daily resort charge is added to the room rate and includes WiFi Access, self and valet parking, two-hour bike rental, shuttle to Indian Wells Golf Course with golf concierge/golf bag storage and putting course access, indoor and outdoor games, and local and toll-free calls.

Delicious Dining

Miramonte Citrus Palm Restaurant

There are a couple of options to enjoy during your stay here. Citrus & Palm serves breakfast and lunch daily. Dinner is served Tuesday through Saturday only. So just be aware that dinner is not served on Sundays or Mondays. Only the freshest locally harvested ingredients are used to prepare the dishes with to create the most healthy and delicious meals possible. We enjoyed an amazing dinner here on our first evening here.

The Tavern is your other dining option. You can order snacks, entrees and drinks here. Some options you can order include roasted or stir-fried vegetables, grilled shrimp and lobster quesadillas (my mom had these and loved them), fried calamari and more. They also have a pretty sweet happy hour  during the week (Monday- Friday from 2pm-6pm) that you will want to check out!

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Girl Power at the BMW Performance Center

Girl Power at the BMW Performance Center

By Erin

*This is a sponsored post for A Girl’s Guide To Cars and the BMW Performance Center, all opinions are my own.*

Imagine about 30 girls who love cars, and fast cars at that. Now imagine that but at the BMW Performance Center in Thermal, California. Yep, well that’s exactly what happened recently at A Girl’s Guide To Cars #Drive2Learn conference held in Palm Springs, California. I only love one speed, and that’s fast. Fast horses, fast roller coasters, and of course fast cars. So you can only imagine how thrilled I was to learn we would be getting to drive around in fast cars at the BMW Performance Center on the test tracks. You know I was excited! (Be sure to stick around til the end here, there is a HUGE giveaway at the end of this post that YOU will want to enter for a chance to win so that you can experience the BMW Performance Center for yourself along with some other fun goodies!)

One of the best things about going to the performance center is that you get to test all of the BMW vehicles and take them to their limits while learning some valuable skills. For an amazing experience where you can see what a performance vehicle is really capable of, you need to head to the BMW Performance Center ASAP! This would make for an awesome Christmas gift.

The BMW Performance Center West is a permanent performance driver training facility located in Thermal, California, near Palm Springs. The facility is open to the public and offers a wide range of driving schools for people of all ages and capabilities. There are also special programs for private and corporate groups.

The BMW Performance Driving Schools are taught by BMW professional driving instructors on a private course. Our instructor Adam was amazing. We also got to do a hot lap with him later, which was even more awesome! The classes provide individuals with the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the Ultimate Driving Machine® and learn skills like basic car control, proper vision, emergency and panic braking, handling last-minute lane changes, distracted driving, high-speed control, precision driving and much more.

Set in a backdrop of breathtaking mountain views, the facility features a brand new, luxurious modern building, up to 5.1 miles of expansive track layouts, meeting space, a gourmet café, gift shops, and a truly unique experience. Check this view out, there’s even a hot air balloon in view in the top left corner!

Our Experience

We did a 1/2 day session and it was a bit of a hybrid of 3 different courses and almost an hour of classroom training where we learned the correct posture to have in the drivers seat and how to maximize speed while maintaining our safety in the corners and straightaways.

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5 Reasons to Make a Trip to Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa

5 Reasons to Make a Trip to Renaissance Indian Wells Resort

By Erin

Located in the heart of the prestigious desert community of Indian Wells is the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort and Spa. 13 miles from Palm Springs and nestled at the foot of the majestic Santa Rosa Mountains, makes for an easy getaway weekend for those in Southern California. For those outside that area, Palm Springs International Airport is a quick 16 miles away. I was invited to come and stay here for the weekend to check it out, share my thoughts and show you my favorite spots. I hope you enjoy this beautiful property as much as I did!

 

Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa

The Pools 

One of the biggest draws for me to want to stay at a hotel or resort has always been the pools! As soon as I saw what the pools here looked like at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa , I could not wait to get here. The resort boasts the largest hotel swimming pool complex in the desert region including three distinct pools, a pool bar, cabanas, a waterfall and hot tubs. A poolside sandy beach entrance is perfect for traveling families–It is a special favorite among families/children and beach lovers. An amazing pool cabana experience featuring flat-screen TV’s, sofas, loungers, ceiling fans, personal coolers and refreshments.

Our cabana for the day and refreshments. It was so relaxing to just sit by the pool and enjoy the beautiful day with family.

The pool is just as beautiful at night and perfect for some hot tub time!

Room with a View

Very spacious, modern, upscale guest rooms – among the largest and most comfortable in the area. The best part I think is, those VIEWS! How amazing is it to wake up in the morning or go out at night and see THIS view from your room???

The rooms are very spacious and comfortable. As you can tell by the views above, I especially loved our patio!

Star Suites, featuring specially commissioned celebrity artwork and retro decor inspired by legends of Hollywood including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Bing Crosby to name a few. Our room had some neat artwork in the bathroom on the wall.

The bathrooms were very spacious as well, more than one person can get ready at a time. All the amenities you could possible need are here.

The Spa

Spa Esmeralda, features both indoor and outdoor treatment and spa pool offerings, as well as a salon and fitness facilities. The spa is beautiful and the perfect place to get away to relax and enjoy a facial, massage, body scrub or wrap, waxing and nail care. I enjoyed a luxurious facial during my time here and enjoyed every second of it.

One of my favorite places at the spas was outdoors. Such a beautiful outdoor spa. Very private, quite and serene.

The Food

There are numerous food and beverage locations and dining experiences throughout the resort – including amazing sushi, SPC serving casual, modern Italian cuisine, and Cava – serving a broad menu of American and family favorites. Vegan and gluten-free options are available.

During my stay here we tried the seafood buffet that they serve at Cava on Friday nights. We also had breakfast here both mornings during our stay.

Just a few of the many options to enjoy at the seafood buffet. Everything is served up super fresh and was oh so delicious.

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