California Official Visitor's Guide 2009 - UK - (Page 25) Beautiful (and harmless) king snake participate in the other popular snowbird rituals here and throughout the desert region—shopping (see below) and dining. In California, the State Parks are known for their beauty, not their gastronomic possibilities. Yet Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is a rare exception: the nearby Red Ocotillo whips up a fine breakfast and lunch. For dinner, The Krazy Coyote, in the California Midcentury Modern Palms Hotel at Indian Head, serves upmarket fare. Take your sweetheart for a drink and toast each other with martinis. Around these parts, the most romantic hotel is La Casa del Zorro Desert Resort & Spa, a luxury oasis with whitewashed casitas, sparkling pools and a spa that offers a range of massage treatments, from essential oils to heated desert stones (try the Cactus Tea Sugar Scrub to give desert-dry skin a boost). returning here after dinner, it’s easy to relax and do nothing. Just don’t forget to enjoy the stars in the sky— as well as the ones in each other’s eyes. For more activities in the park, go to www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638. Cool lunch at Red Ocotillo Luxury shopping, desert style Flower-bedecked El Paseo Avenue in Palm Desert boasts more than 300 shops, jewellers, beauty salons, galleries and exclusive boutiques (think Escada, BCBG Max Azria, St John Boutique). Exclusive shopping enclave The Gardens on El Paseo is anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue and includes shops such as Coach, Cole Haan and Tiffany & Co. linger over dinner at Pacifica Seafood on a balmy evening, overlooking Palm Desert and watching the light change on the mountains. (For a digital preview of the avenue, go to www.elpaseocatalogue.com). For a final shopping spree, head for the Cabazon outlet shops off uS 10, heading west to los Angeles. For more shopping ideas, www. visitcalifornia.co.uk Springtime in the desert www.visitcalifornia.co.uk 25 http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638 http://www.elpaseocatalogue.com http://www.visitcalifornia.co.uk http://www.visitcalifornia.co.uk http://www.visitcalifornia.co.uk
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