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hotel · Palm Desert ·$$$

the mesquite

Tucked off El Paseo in the heart of Palm Desert, The Mesquite is a 32-room boutique hotel built around a shaded courtyard pool that still belongs to the mid-century desert. Locally owned and deliberately unhurried, it occupies the narrow category of valley accommodation that feels like the place itself — not a branded interpretation of it.

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