La Quinta Accommodations
and Activities
There is much to see and do and plenty of places to stay the night in La Quinta and the surrounding resort area. La Quinta’s prime desert location provides residents and visitors alike with a wide range of choices for leisure and cultural activities.
The La Quinta Resort is omnipresent in the city and sets the tone for fine accommodations, employing 1,900 people and offering more than 640 guest suites and casitas. There are also 25 swimming pools, meeting rooms, three golf courses and a nationally acclaimed tennis club.
From hiking and biking to tennis and golf (at last count, the list of public and private golf courses numbered more than 130), there are recreational offerings to suit every taste. There are several hiking trails leading into the majestic Santa Rosa Mountains, and La Quinta’s Historical Museum, preserving and interpreting the city’s colorful past, is under expansion.
Located at City Hall, the La Quinta Community Services Department provides and coordinates all kinds of sports activities, field trips, classes and seminars, numerous special events and more. Go to www.la-quinta.org then click on the Community Services bar on the left side of the screen to find the immense selection of programs available.
A state-of-the-art Senior Center is located on the La Quinta Civic Center campus, offering educational and recreational activities, as well as healthy living courses and social events for the senior citizen.
Community and nearby parks offer swimming, picnicking, sports fields, tot lots, recreation programs and community events. Lake Cahuilla County Park is a 135-acre reservoir surrounded by date palms, offering camping, boating and fishing in trout- and bass-stocked waters. Fritz Burns, Frances Hack, Adams and Eisenhower Parks, as well as the La Quinta Sports Complex, offer ball-fields, tennis and basketball courts, playgrounds and a walking trail among them.
There are ample cultural offerings at the McCallum and Annenberg theaters, while several community theater groups also flourish in La Quinta. In addition to the La Quinta Arts Festival, popular special events include the Skins Game and Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at SilverRock; PGA West and Rancho La Quinta; and the Desert Circuit Horse Show, the nation’s second largest horse show with over 2,000 entrants each year.
Among the many other sightseeing opportunities in La Quinta and the surrounding area:
• Museums: The Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs Desert Museum and Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert.
• Shows: The McCallum, Annenberg and Camelot theaters offer diverse entertainment in the performing arts, including the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.
• Gaming and nightlife: Trump 29, Fantasy Springs and the Spa Resort and Casino are sure bets for a good time.
• Professional tennis tournaments at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens.
• The Living Desert Zoo and gardens, where up-close encounters with exotic and native animals await visitors; there’s also a hands-on discovery room, as well as botanical gardens, animal shows and scenic trails.
• Hot air balloon rides.
• The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, the largest rotating tram cars in the world.
• Indian Canyons, where visitors can explore desert canyons and the picturesque waterfalls.
• Four-wheeling with one of several jeep eco-tour companies.
• Watersports on Lake Cahuilla
• Knotts Soak City Water Park
For those who like to spend their downtime in less active ways, La Quinta’s signature star-filled nights and sun-drenched days provide the perfect opportunity to simply kick back and relax.
CULTURAL ARTS
Through its Cultural Arts Commission, the city of La Quinta oversees the dramatic Art in Public Places program that displays several creative pieces of artwork throughout the greater community area.
LA QUINTA ARTS FESTIVAL
Held annually the third weekend in March, La Quinta Arts Festival remains the most widely recognized and embraced program offered by La Quinta Arts Foundation.
Consistently ranked among the top ten fine art festivals in the United States, and drawing over 20,000 discerning fine art patrons, the Festival is positioned at the forefront of Southern California attractions. Only the nation’s pre-eminent artists demonstrating mastery of their visual art mediums are selected from hundreds of applicants by a competitive jury process to exhibit in this exclusive show.
MAKING FRIENDS WITH GREAT WORKS OF ART
Each year thousands of 4th and 5th grade students in our local elementary schools are introduced to the great artists of history. The program imparts the concepts of aesthetics, art history, art criticism and art production through a series of seven lessons administered through volunteer docents trained by La Quinta Arts Foundation.
ART UNDER THE UMBRELLAS & ART ON THE PLAZA
Providing exhibition and sale opportunities for local and emerging artists, these weekend shows are held at outdoor locations with community partners like Old Town La Quinta and La Quinta Resort.
YOUTH ART WORKS
Under the supervision of professional artists and qualified youth leaders, students create public works of art in their neighborhoods. Past Youth Art Works projects included mural designs and permanent installations at Eisenhower Medical Center, La Quinta Senior Center, Van Buren Elementary School and the Bear Creek trail system and bicycle path. Students have also created artwork for local transit shelters.
La Quinta is also home to a talented group of local artists who formed the La Quinta Arts Association and the La Quinta Studio Gallery.
The La Quinta-based Coachella Valley Community Concert Association is yet another cultural option for residents. With over 750 members, the group is the oldest cultural organization in the desert.
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