Hyatt Palm Springs
Straight up, the best thing about the Hyatt is its location in the middle of town at Amado Road—you can leave your car with the valet (no self-parking, at least not on premises, but a free city parking structure is a block away) and walk to everything quite happily. The building itself is one of those early-'90s concrete-atrium deals, which gives every room a strange window on one of the interior corridor walkways, but those windows are located in a suite-like adjoining area of your room, so privacy is retained. Each room, furnished to a brand standard, also gets its own discreet and sheltered balcony which, if you face the nearby mountain, makes for a gorgeous backdrop. Some pleasant but not overbearing amenities round out the services, including a garden bar, Hoodoo, in the front yard, and a casual California-style bistro that opens onto the back patio. The pool is modestly sized, not sprawling or particularly leafy, but it's well-placed for sun, and there's a bar beside it. As part of the resort fee, you may avail yourself of the free hotel shuttle anywhere within a 3-mile radius (schedule ahead). A huge shopping mall complex is being constructed on the lot just south, but none of the rooms look onto that.
Straight up, the best thing about the Hyatt is its location in the middle of town at Amado Road—you can leave your car with the valet (no self-parking, at least not on premises, but a free city parking structure is a block away) and walk to everything quite happily. The building itself is one of those early-'90s concrete-atrium deals, which gives every room a strange window on one of the interior corridor walkways, but those windows are located in a suite-like adjoining area of your room, so privacy is retained. Each room, furnished to a brand standard, also gets its own discreet and sheltered balcony which, if you face the nearby mountain, makes for a gorgeous backdrop. Some pleasant but not overbearing amenities round out the services, including a garden bar, Hoodoo, in the front yard, and a casual California-style bistro that opens onto the back patio. The pool is modestly sized, not sprawling or particularly leafy, but it's well-placed for sun, and there's a bar beside it. As part of the resort fee, you may avail yourself of the free hotel shuttle anywhere within a 3-mile radius (schedule ahead). A huge shopping mall complex is being constructed on the lot just south, but none of the rooms look onto that.
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