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7 Ways to Enjoy Dog Friendly Palm Springs

April 11, 2016

We recently traveled to Palm Springs, a desert city in California. Palm Springs is known for soaring palm trees, 350 days of sunny and warm weather each year. Palm Springs is surrounded by natural beauty like fascinating mountain views. Many find serenity vacationing at Palm Springs; plus Palm Springs is for dog lovers. There are many places your dog can tag along and enjoy a fun time in Palm Springs.

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7 Ways to Enjoy Dog Friendly Palm Springs

1. Stay at Dog-Friendly Hotel
– You’ll have lots of choices of finding dog-friendly hotels in Palm Springs. Many hotels welcome four-legged guests. We stayed at Westin Mission Hills Rancho Mirage.
dog friendly palm springs westin mission mirageThis Westin Resort Hotel is super pet-friendly. They have pets that reside in the hotel property; like a snake, turtles, giant rabbit, and a rescue dog. Read our previous post to learn more about these pets, Westin Mission Hills Resort Pets. Westin offers two main dining areas and both offers outdoor dog-friendly dining. The weekend we stayed, there was a special Thursday Pooch Meet-up and a Pooch Yappy Hour for dogs.

2. Attend A Fest
dog friendly village fest palm springs Every Thursday evening, downtown Palm Springs transforms streets into a Street Fair – known to many as Southern California’s most popular weekly events: Village Fest! There are about 200 vendor booths: selling handcrafted items and delicious, unique food. The best part the fest is dog-friendly.

Dog friendly Palm Desert El Paseo Drive 3. Stroll El Paseo Drive in Palm Desert, also known as the Rodeo Drive of the Desert. El Paseo Drive features over 300 world-class shops, art galleries, restaurants and much more.

SUGAR explored #elpaseo #palmdessrt #palmsprings #california #pettravel ???? n met Sweetie #dogart #dogsculpture ????

A photo posted by goldenwoofs (@goldenwoofs) on Mar 25, 2016 at 5:30pm PDT


On weekends, many businesses partner with local rescue groups hoping for shelter pets to find their forever homes. Most of the shops welcome dogs with their owners. Many restaurants with an outside patio accommodate dining with your dog. We had a wonderful dining expereience at dog friendly Daily Grill and The Venue Sushi.

dog friendly restaurants palm springs 4. Dine with Your Dog – Outdoor dining is possible in Palm Springs all year round. Lucky for dog owners, most restaurants with patios welcome our four-legged guests. Two dog-friendly downtown Palm Springs restaurants we recommend are Thai Smile and Riccio’s.

dog friendly corridor palm springs 5. Zen Time at The Corridor – Located across Riccio’s, The Corridor features speciality stores like Koffi, Cafe Europa and Just fabulous. The awesome mountain view and a relaxing courtyard is dog-friendly, and the artsy main attraction is a Don Quixote metal sculpture.

#tbt sculpture of #donquixote + SUGAR ???? from our weekend #pettravel #palmsprings #california ???? #dogfriendly @visitpalmsprings #visitpalmsprings #california ????

A photo posted by goldenwoofs (@goldenwoofs) on Mar 31, 2016 at 3:30pm PDT

6. Photo Opportunities – Just about 90minutes from the city of Los Angels. Palm Springs offers endless photo opp. I took lots of photos of Sugar. The Westin Mission Hills Rancho Mirage location and property provide a lovely backdrop for dog photography.
dog friendly palm springs westin mirage Also, Palm Springs offers lots of sculptures. Check out Sugar’s photo opp with the Sonny Bono sculpture, former Mayor of Palm Springs.

7. Visit a Local Pet Store – Sugar enjoyed visiting Cold Nose Warm Heart, a local pet store located in downtown Palm Springs.
downtown palm spring pet store

8. Walk of Stars

#pettravel exploring downtown #PalmSprings #California ???? BOL #walkofstars @kathygriffin ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/teGxVZ6ZUx

— GoldenWoofs (@SugarTheGoldenR) March 26, 2016

Check out the Hollywood celebrities that lived and loved Palm Springs and honored with a Walk of Stars. We saw many Walk of Stars but we only recognized one – Kathy Griffin 🙂 BOL!

dog friendly palm springs westin mission hills

Palm Springs definitely loves dogs. If you are planning to have a desert getaway, consider visiting dog friendly Palm Springs.

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Filed Under: Dog Friendly, Palm Springs, Pet Travel

Comments

  1. Golden Daily Scoop says

    April 11, 2016 at 2:06 PM

    You had us at palm trees, Sugar! 🙂 Palm Springs looks like a fantastic place to visit! Thanks for giving us a taste!

  2. Whitley Westie says

    April 11, 2016 at 2:17 PM

    Looks like fun!

  3. KWFamily says

    April 11, 2016 at 2:32 PM

    Hello SUGAR and family. It was great meeting you. You are blessed with your angelic face. We could not stop talking about you. Your happy photos definitely show Life is Good. KW Family

  4. Madi and momrmad says

    April 11, 2016 at 3:01 PM

    Sugar thank you for sharing your weekend adventure w us. You all find the best places to visit
    Hugs
    Madi your bffff

  5. Kathy says

    April 11, 2016 at 7:22 PM

    SUGAR so nice to meet you. You are a sweetheart and thank you for the kisses. Kathy & Tom

  6. easy rider says

    April 12, 2016 at 7:57 AM

    oh that sounds like the perfect place for the whole furmily… a village fest for me, a lot of stores for my mom and a zen area for my dad to ponder about his empty wallet… :o)

  7. Groovy Goldendoodles says

    April 17, 2016 at 10:40 PM

    Looks like a place we’d love to visit – thanks for the tour…

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