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hotels
Swiss Health Resort, 66729 Eighth St.; 760-329-6912. Although it is steak-house central, Palm Springs is also, schizophrenically, full of spas, such as the pleasant, low-key Swiss Health Resort in nearby Desert Hot Springs, renowned for its healing massages.

Korakia Pensione, 257 S. Patencio Rd.; 760-864-6411. At this lovely hotel, breakfast is served in a courtyard filled with trees bearing fruit and Hollywood producers bearing cell phones.

restaurants
Le Vallauris, 385 W. Tahquitz Canyon Way.; 760-325-5059.

LG's Prime Steakhouse, 255 S. Palm Canyon Dr.; 760-416-1779.

Lyons English Grille, 233 E. Palm Canyon Dr.; 760-327-1551.

Melvyn's, 200 W. Ramon Rd.; 760-325-2323.

Muriel's Supper Club, 210 S. Palm Canyon Dr.; 760-325-8839.

St. James at the Vineyard, 265 S. Palm Canyon Dr.; 760-320-8041.

Tyler's, 149 S. Indian Canyon Dr.; 760-325-2990.