Korakia Pensione
Palm Springs, California
- Vibe: Glam
- Style: Mediterranean
- Who For: The Romantic, The Cognoscenti, The Active
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4/4 - Guest Living Room
Palm Springs gets a dose of Morocco at this inn established by an eccentric artist with a penchant for parties, the desert and design
Highlights
Rooms are located in the Mediterranean or Moroccan Villa, and designed accordingly
Socialize over the daily Moroccan tea service with the other well-heeled guests
Hotel restaurant Le Vallauris uses citrus and other produce grown on the property
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Spa
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Pool
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Land Sports
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Restaurant
Overview
This Palm Springs hotel, a Moroccan villa built in 1924, is a rare find. Scottish painter Gordon Coutts had been in Tangiers, and wanted to bring the style of the North African desert to this Southern California one. “Dar Marroc”, as he called his resulting escape, thus became a cultural oasis for local celebrities from Errol Flynn to Rudolph Valentino, and was restored in 1989 as “Korakia” (“black crow” in Greek). Korakia Pensione is a rare 1918 California adobe, with a keyhole-shaped grand entrance and ornate, Moorish wooden doors that whisper of glamour.
Ideal Day
Start the day with an outdoor yoga class in the clean desert air and complimentary house-made breakfast of Greek yogurt and fresh granola before taking a horseback ride through the canyon. Return to the hotel for an epic Mediterranean salad poolside, and take one of the Korakia’s bikes into town for an afternoon of antiques shopping: this is a mid-century design mecca. Enjoy a Cal-Mex dinner with fresh jalepeno margritas, then bike – or cab, depending on the size of your purchases – back to the hotel to play a moonlit game of bocce. Perhaps fit in a late-night swim under the stars or a glass of wine by the outdoor fire pits, and enjoy a vintage movie (shown nightly). Dream of the massage that’s yours the next day.
Amenities
- 28 Rooms
- Ecologically Sustainable Practices
- Only 13+ Years Permitted
- Not Recommended for Children
- Pets Not Permitted
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- Complimentary Bicycles
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding
- Bocce Ball
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- Yoga
- Afternoon Tea
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