Must See Luxury Wedding Venues in Palm Springs
Your wedding day should be everything that you’ve ever wished for. As children, often times girls dream about putting on their white dress and veil, and little by little throughout the ages they piece together small details that they want to see at their wedding.
In California, there are just so many places to choose from when thinking about where to have your wedding. Santa Monica, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Napa and Beverly Hills are some of the most beautiful places in California and are great wedding locations.
About 100 miles east from Los Angeles is Palm Springs, located in the Coachella Valley. Palm Springs is a popular resort city, and you may have heard of it thanks to the huge Coachella festival that happens every year.
Palm Springs has many hotels, restaurants, natural hot springs and sunny weather. Palm Springs is surrounded by desert but is full of colorful flowers and awesome mid-century architecture. Not only that, but it is also a gorgeous place to have your wedding. If this is the vibe you are looking for, stick around to see our favorite venues in the Palm Springs area.
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Here’s our list of top luxury wedding venues in Palm Springs…
The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage
Up on a clifftop in Coachella Valley is The Ritz-Carlton Hotel that offers 30,000 feet of indoor and outdoor event space. It is a great place for a wedding getaway because it has space for the rehearsal dinners, ceremony, reception and rooms to sleep as well. Additionally, The Ritz-Carlton offers wedding packages that come with a custom wedding cake, four-hour deluxe bar service, four butlers passing around hors d’oeuvres, your choice of soup, salad and entrée, and a sparkling wine toast. While you hire a wedding planner, The Ritz-Carlton will provide a catering professional that will help out with the menu, floor plan, reservations, rehearsal, setup and more. The outdoor ceremony area overlooks the beautiful Coachella Valley, a perfect background setting for a special moment.
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
Mission Hills Country Club will help you plan a wedding that is unique to your individual personality. It is a private and elegant country club which is great for people who don’t want a wedding in a public hotel or restaurant. They offer various venues of different sizes, as well as combined spaces for large weddings. Mission Hills Country Club has one of the best views of the Santa Rosa Mountains and San Jacinto Mountains as well. The outdoor area is a wide and open golf course, perfect for the ceremony. Mission Hills Country Club will take care of everything from food, decoration and entertainment. The downside to this location is that it does not have dressing rooms, covered outdoor spaces or Wi-Fi service.
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Desert Willow Golf Resort, Palm Desert
Desert Willow Golf Resort is similar to Mission Hills Country Club because it has a large green field and magnificent mountain views. They have various venue options, including a few terrace areas that overlook the beautiful resort. The venues are elegant and can easily transform to different styles or themes. Most of the venues can host about 300 guests which is more than enough. The Ballroom is also gorgeous and has floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in lots of sunlight and greenery to the setting. Desert Willow offers three different packages that accommodate your number of guests, as well as how extravagant you want your wedding. Each package includes China, glassware, dance floor, reception setup, white chivari chairs and more! They will give you several food and beverage options to choose from to keep you and your guests happy!
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Ace Hotel and Swim Club, Palm Springs
For a cool, modern venue, check out Ace Hotel and Swim Club. From bohemian to traditional to mid-century modern, the Ace Hotel wedding venues are absolutely gorgeous. There are three venue options available for your party needs. The Commune venue is a gorgeous 3000 square foot space that opens to an outdoor amphitheater and a circular pool! With views of the mountains and an overall ‘chill’ vibe, your guests will relax and enjoy their time while being in a great mood. Ace Hotel won’t help with catering, but that isn’t too bad of an idea. That just means you can bring your favorite foods to your special day! Hanging outdoor bistro lights and wood burning firepits setup the perfect hangout spot once the sun goes down for this laidback wedding venue.
Korakia Pensione, Palm Springs
You will be blown away by Korakia Pensione. It is a Mediterranean-styled hotel with North African accents that has a Moroccan courtyard, pool, yoga classes, spa treatments and even a library. This venue is best for a small wedding of about 130 people or less. Korakia has beautiful natural décor that sets a wonderful mood. There are lots of flowers and trees, shrubs and vines that climb up onto the walls of the villas. Korakia provides a list of music, catering and rental vendors that you must choose from, and all 28 of their rooms must be booked for 2-3 nights in order to have a seamless wedding event. Regardless of those small downsides, Korakia is unlike any other venue.
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Casa Verona, Palm Springs
Our next recommendation is actually a beautiful home that you can rent on Airbnb for a beautiful and intimate wedding. It is a modern Moroccan home that has bold mid-century interiors and includes a custom built 50 foot pool, a huge spa, a large outdoor fireplace and a barbecue area. The entire property is gorgeous and has three bedroom and three baths that can hold 8 guests. The only downside to this property is that the city of Palm Springs prohibits amplified sounds that can be heard beyond the property limits. Since this home is in a peaceful and quiet neighborhood, it may not be the best place to host a wedding if you plan to bump some jams and dance the night away.
Sparrow’s Lodge, Palm Springs
Sparrow’s Lodge is an Old West styled hotel that has 20 rooms to host an intimate wedding of 100 guests. This venue adds a beautiful rustic feel to the desert location, with dark wood interiors, a large fire pit and fruit trees. Family Style meals are provided by Sparrow’s Lodge, including a continental breakfast for the required two-day stays. Long tables are set around the edges of the pool, so your guests won’t feel cramped in the area. Once night comes, string lights light up the outdoor to keep the party going. Overall, Sparrow’s Edge is such a beautiful venue out by the mountainside.
Sand Acre Estate
This Spanish estate is located in The Movie Colony neighborhood and sits on a one acre lot. The Sand Acre Estate has a total of 5 bedrooms, each with en-suite baths, to house a few of your wedding guests. This estate is full of lots of trees, plants, bushes and flowers. An elegant fountain adds a wonderful touch to the outdoors. On the premises you will find a private tennis court, ground pool and spa with a patio and cabana. There is plenty of area indoors and outdoors to host a small wedding.
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You’ll want Beach Town Pops at your wedding, trust us!
Palm Springs is sunny and hot almost all year round, which is why you should invite us to your wedding.
We are Beach Town Pops, an ice cream catering company that creates the coolest frozen treats for events all over Southern California.
We offer gourmet ice cream, popsicles and sorbet, and all of our recipes are our own.
We don’t agree with using cheap artificial ingredients to create frozen lumps of frozen treats. That is why we choose to use organic, cold-pressed, gluten-free ingredients to make our frozen treats, making them a delicious and healthier options that most frozen treats.
Check out our menu here.
And guess what? We have flavors for everyone, but we also have boozy flavors for adults!
That’s right, we have delicious flavors of our frozen treats that contain alcohol to keep the adults partying all night long. Tequila Sunset, Strawberry Margarita, Mojito, Mai Tai Cold: did your mouth water just reading those flavors? Because ours sure did!
When we cater, we can either drop off the frozen treats or stick around to help serve your guests. If we stick around, we’ll bring our ice cream cart, umbrella and a menu board.
Custom branding for weddings…
Apart from catering, we can also make your wedding even more special by custom branding. Adding the initials of the bride and groom onto the ice cream cart, ice cream cups, popsicle sticks and popsicle wrappers!
It is a small detail that will add a special touch to these amazing treats.
Don’t forget to check us out, we can’t wait to celebrate your special day with you!