Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn, Palm Springs
Editor's Pick
Palm Springs , California
92262
Tel: 760 320 0771
Fax: 760 320 0780
www.thewillowspalmsprings.com
Concierge.com's insider take:
Back in the day, the Willows was a hideaway for Old Hollywood stars: Gloria Swanson, Clark Gable, Marion Davies, and Carole Lombard. Today, couples hole up for romantic weekends in this 1924 Mediterranean B&B villa. Eight unique rooms are lavishly decorated with antiques, handmade tiles, fireplaces, hardwood floors, chandeliers, claw-foot tubs, and plenty of Hollywood nostalgia. The Rock Room is the most unusual; a huge boulder sits dead center in the bathroom. Gable and Lombard slept in the magnificent Library Room, which has a private patio, fireplace and coffered ceiling. The public areas are equally dramatic, with wood beams in the great hall, ceiling frescoes on the veranda and a 50-foot waterfall that spills into a pool outside the dining room. Rates include a gourmet three-course breakfast and afternoon wine with hors d'oeuvres. Room service is from Le Vallauris, one of the city's top French restaurants.
