Caliente Tropics ResortvsAlcazar Palm Springs
Both properties are highly recommended by travel writers. Overall, Alcazar Palm Springs is preferred by most reviewers compared to Caliente Tropics Resort. Alcazar Palm Springs comes in at 77 with praise from 5 reviews like Gayot, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
Caliente Tropics Resort
411 E. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92264
From $79/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Oyster
Budget
"Harking back to the '60s with its cheap and cheery, tiki-themed decor, the 90-room Caliente Tropics Resort is a budget motel in Palm Springs." Full review
Gayot
"Tropical is topical at this Rat Pack favorite."
Lonely Planet
"Elvis once frolicked poolside at this premier budget pick, a nicely kept 1964 tiki-style motor lodge." Full review
Alcazar Palm Springs
622 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262
From $174/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Pool
Fodor's
"Amid an area known as the Movie Colony, Alcazar embodies the desert's popular midcentury modern design style." Full review
Jetsetter
"Recently restored Spanish-style hideaway in the heart of Palm Springs’ Uptown Design District." Full review
Gayot
"Serene, intimate and unique are a few words that come to mind when one thinks of the Alcazar (formerly the Pepper Tree Inn)."
Frommer's
"Alcazar is a cozy, historic desert inn from years back—Spanish tile roofs, rooms that open onto a pretty central garden and pool—that has been stylishly and charmingly restored to modern tastes" Full review
Lonely Planet
"A fashionable (but not party) crowd makes new friends poolside before retiring to one of the 34 elegantly minimalist rooms around a pool." Full review