The Palm Springs area is picturesque all year, most restaurants have availability and keeping cool is easy when all you do is ...

Yet it’s easy to keep cool in Palm Springs with a slew of locally loved, top-rated hotels — and one epic water park — that open their swimming pools to visitors for the day.

Hawaii again takes first place in the best hotel pool category with Koloa Landing Resort at Poipu. The only California-based hotel to make the top 10 is Villa Royale in Palm Springs, which offers ...