Smoke Tree Ranch

Founded in 1925, Smoke Tree Ranch is one the most historic resort properties in Palm Springs, and indeed, all of California. It continues today as a place where guests can step back in time to a place revered for simplicity, breathtaking natural surroundings, and genteel hospitality. The gracious experience of a traditional guest ranch prevails, with activities such as bonfires, marshmallow...

A world apart from Palm Springs' pulsating urban village, the area's most under-the-radar resort complex occupies 400 pristine desert acres surrounded by mountains and unspoiled vistas. A laid-back genteel retreat since the mid-1930s for some of the world's foremost families, including Walt Disney's, it still provides an experience reminiscent of the Old West. The simple midcentury cottages...

You will feel as if you've stepped back in time at the historic Smoke Tree Ranch, a collection of 57 distinctive, cozy guest cottages with beamed cathedral ceilings. With 375 acres of natural desert, a pool, three holes of golf,…