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Written by Allen Lawrence   
Friday, 28 November 2008

AguaCaliente7-12-08-186-1ASmall.JPGThe City of Rancho Mirage is one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the Coachella Valley. It sports many tourist attractions and is close to just about everything. Rancho Mirage is the home of the Eisenhower Hospital, the Betty Ford Clinic, Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert, and the River a world famous shopping and entertainment center.

Rancho Mirage has had long been popular with the wealthy and the powerful, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Mary Martin, Harry Caray and Lloyd Campbell and the Campbells. Several US presidents have vacationed here, and Gerald and Betty Ford have been long time residents.

Rancho Mirage boasts of 12 golf courses, also known as country clubs. The city's first golf resort was the Thunderbird Guest Ranch, opened in 1946 for entertainers and business clientele. Other golf resorts are the Tamarisk, Mission Hills, the Springs, Sunrise, KSL Resorts' Rancho Las Palmas hotel (opened in 1979 to replace the Desert Air golf and private airport from 1954-1978), Rancho Mirage, Morningside, Mission Hills North Course, Westin Hotels Mission Hills resort, and Tuscania.

golfranchomirageSmall.JPGThe Agua Caliente Mission Band of Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs run the Agua Caliente Casino Hotel and Spa at the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Ramon Road just off the I-10 freeway. The thriving casino is a popular destination for locals, tourists, and gaming enthusiasts. Plannedon the site are two golf courses, tennis courts, a shopping mall, and a convention center-sports arena facility. In February of 2008, the Show, their Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Entertainment Center will open with Billy Joel as headliner.

riverranchomirageSmall.jpgRancho Mirage is an oasis of relaxation and pleasure with world-class resorts, superb restaurants, golf courses, tennis clubs, spas, shopping and hiking trails, it is the perfect romantic paradise for couples and families that enjoy resort vacations.

Come visit us for a day, a weekend, a week or indefinitely, you will love us and we will love you. We are already looking forward to seeing you soon.


For detailed information about lodging click the link to your right.

For information about local attractions, click here.

For information about dining and restaurants, click here.

For more information about the City of Rancho Mirage, click here.

More information about Rancho Mirage, click here.

For up coming programs at The Show, Agua Caliente, click here.

 

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