* huge movie den with Apple TV: Internet movies, streaming music or CDs to house speakers

* lovely solid wood furnishings and leather sofas, Mexican decor

Accepting reservations for Jul 25-31, Aug 4-7, 11-17, 25-29 and Aug 29 to Sept2. Book a week of enjoyment during the absolutely ideal warm fall weather! We still have Christmas and dates available for the 2014 winter/spring season. Coachella applicants must detail group & provide phone#.

The grounds are a virtual mini-estate and sprawl over three lots with a dozen mature palms and ten citrus trees! Five awesome golf courses are within 2.5miles. There is a huge network of desert hiking/biking/walking trails a few blocks away. It's only a short 5 minute drive to awesome restaurants and 10 minutes to great shopping.

The house wraps around a peaceful Spanish style courtyard with a sparkling pool with a waterfall cascading over rocks into it. It has a sloped 'beach' entry, great for lounging and kids' games. Hang out in the poolside cabana: fans, poolside music controlled from your iDevice or CDs, watch TV and later clink glasses under warm ambient lighting or velvet darkness at night.

Beside the cabana is a fantastic hot tub, 'always hot' and featuring tons of adjustable powerful massage jets and your choice of relaxation positions. Those who have stayed somewhere with a weak-jetted hot tub that cycles its hot water into an pool after you've just waited an hour and paid to heat it will appreciate why this is unique.

Take your cool drinks up to the roof deck for sunset appreciation time. Gaze out over stark desert mountains and out across the whole Coachella valley: notice you have a 360 mountain view. Watch desert birds as they perch in the mesquite.

The property is terrific for guests who need room to romp. There is a large grassy lawn with soccer net, badminton, smashball, croquet. Lots of room to throw the ball for Rover too, we are dog friendly for a nominal fee.

The pool has a black electric-operated pool cover on tracking recessed into the pool deck for keeping the pool warmer and cleaner during the desert's windy spells or cooler nights. We have a pay-what-you-use high-efficiency propane pool heater for stays during cooler spells. The cover helps lock in daytime gains and the most efficient propane heater on the market spikes it up to YOUR optimal swim temperature. In the hottest part of the summer, running the waterfall at night helps keep the pool cooler than other properties' smaller pools that may overheat.

This is a Mexican hacienda style home with a Southwest desert flair and oodles of character. Here is your own entirely private 'La Quinta Resort' but with kitchen, washer/dryer, private pool, private cabana, dedicated lounge chairs, your own music, private hot tub, and room to roam.

You'll notice delicious smells from citrus flowers. There are many hummingbirds, doves and flycatchers. The front door greets you with a tiled fountain with of koi and goldfish. The front gate is landscaped with a dry riverbed look landscaping, Old West artifacts, Mexican tilework, prickly pear cactus and bright pink bougainvillea to welcome you home.

'The End of the Trail' is perfect for a couple, groups of friends or multiple generations. Our rates are based on groups up to 8 people including children. Groups with ten considered, please inquire. We do have air mattresses.

Bedroom One: The master ensuite is huge, king organic bed, high thread count linens, walk in closet, TV, and adjoins an office with a solid wooden desk, and extends to the TV den. Looks out to the pool!

Bedroom Two: The master of the guest wing has a queen with duvet, ensuite powder room in sunny Mexican colors, airy patio sliding doors that look out to desert landscaping and mountains.

Bedroom Three: Has a queen bed with a Mexican oak headboard, TV and a door that opens to the kitchen lanai patio.

Bedroom Four: Has two twin extra-long beds, a big window looking out to dry riverbed look desert landscaping and mountains.

Bedrooms 2-4 share a new bathroom with a tiled shower, deep bath tub and Mexican sink. The whole guest wing has recently been re-done with low VOC paint, Martha Stewart carpet, new fixtures and ceiling fans.

But the tough decision will be where to lounge outdoors with your book...

No more ridiculously priced hotel cabana rentals and over-priced drinks, fighting the hordes for lounger chairs. Save the money you would have spent on tips for a good bottle of wine.

For breakfast, a wrought iron patio table outside the kitchen door by the lemon tree and another angle of mountain view. There's something so soul-restoring about gazing at palm trees in the warm sunshine. The kitchen offers KitchenAid blender, a full assortment of barware, sharp knives, Riedel wine glasses, Tervis insulated poolsafe tumblers, automatic ice-making, good quality pans and pots. We strive to make it easy for you to show up and enjoy even for shorter four night getaways: we provide things like the paper towels, toilet tissue, garbage bags, ziplock/saran/foil, basic spices, organic shampoo/conditioner/bodywash, and liquid hand soap.

Try out your yoga & meditation in one of the picturesque spaces around the home. Walk the garden, or play hide and seek with the kids! Bring your bike or have the local rental company drop them up; ride the roads or trails, then prepare a dinner in the full kitchen with ingredients from the farmers' market or a quick meal from Trader Joe's. Yes, you can sit outside for all of your meals! Or cozy up inside on a cool evening: we seat 8 at the high table in the kitchen, 2 at the bar and 6 at the formal dining room table.

You work hard, now you're ready for a restorative retreat!

You'll be hesitant to leave the property but the lure of seeing 'teddy bear' cholla cacti & waving ocotillos, and snapping awesome photos will be too much to resist.

Start on the sidewalk across the road that hugs the desert mountains and a few blocks down you'll see a trailhead with map posted for the local extensive trail network for fabulous hiking, mountain biking and running. Google La Quinta Bear Creek Canyon/Oasis Trail, Boo Hoff Trail (steep 8.8 miles), Cove to Lake Cahuilla Trail: they have stunning vistas, palm oases & a variety of desert plants. Watch for some fleet-footed mountain sheep!

Or maybe venture a little further to the famous Bugs Bunny roadrunner-coyote setting of the exotic Joshua Tree Park, an hour & a bit away, where you might spot huge desert tortoises, Fred Flintstone-esque boulder formations, roadrunners & desert hares.

What many refer to as 'Palm Springs' is actually a collection of separate but contiguous communities in the Coachella Valley, including La Quinta which is ideally located for outdoor activities and shopping. It is also one of the golf meccas of the Western World!!! There are numerous tournament courses including PGA West & SilverRock Resort.

Shopping abounds all along highway 111 (the main east-west connector through the Palm Springs area) as well as the boutiques of La Quinta village itself. Palm Desert offers high end boutiques along El Paseo.

It's about 45 min drive to friendly PSP Palm Springs International airport, a direct flight from many places, or fly to Los Angeles' LAX or ONT or into San Diego and enjoy the 2hr scenic drive over the mountains. Some also fly to Las Vegas or Phoenix and drive in.

Grocery stores (Trader Joe's, Sprout's/Whole Foods, Ralph's, Von's and Costco) are 5-15 minutes away by car. (There are two kinds of people in the world, those who love Trader Joe's, and those who are destined to fall in love with its unique products.)

Drive 20 min to the Living Desert, a wild animal park that features the best of American & African desert animals, birds & plants. Feed the giraffes, ride the camels, get up close with endangered mountain goats & African deer, pet Pygmy goats, ride a carousel, hike up their loop vista trail. In the afternoon, head home for sunset appreciation time on the roof deck!

How about some art & culture? Seasonally, weekends in La Quinta offer an outdoor art show and farmer's market. Nearby Palm Desert offers the College of the Desert weekend Street Fair features 340 outdoor vendors. Looking for a party? La Quinta is quiet: go to the City of Palm Springs.

Try one of the La Quinta fabulous restaurants such as a seafood spot, a live music bar, gourmet restaurants, a pub owned by Clint Eastwood, “Stuft Pizza”, the literally named 'Cliffhouse'. Or people-watch from the coffee shop before you stroll downtown LQ. The Indian Wells resort often features a fantastic Frank Sinatra impersonator at Frank's Place!

The kids (and young-at-heart) will LOVE Soak City waterslides, water play, wave pool and lazy river.

Or maybe... you're just here to sit back, relax & enjoy consistent sunshine & warmer weather! You may ditch all of your big plans for this option... and that's OK too!

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