Photo by: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, California
It's the 1960s and you're in a roadside motel room with tie-dye sheets and a record player in the corner. No wait, it's present day and you're in the Ace Hotel, where it's cool to be several decades behind. Not everything is retro, though-the TVs are mod 42-inch flat screens, the on-site restaurant fills its menu with local and artisanal ingredients, and ...
more Photo by: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, California
It's the 1960s and you're in a roadside motel room with tie-dye sheets and a record player in the corner. No wait, it's present day and you're in the Ace Hotel, where it's cool to be several decades behind. Not everything is retro, though-the TVs are mod 42-inch flat screens, the on-site restaurant fills its menu with local and artisanal ingredients, and the crowd is most definitely of the moment. Chill by the pool, liquor-drenched snow cone in hand, or unwind in the spa with an organic-botanical treatment (that is, if you're not zipping around the desert on one of the candy-colored Vespas available for rent).
Room to book: If you're traveling with a group, book one of the Patio with Garden or Fireplace rooms (for th
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