Take a Driving Tour in Palm Springs

Choose one of our Palm Springs driving tours featuring audio tracks and original photos. Drive your own car from stop to stop and hear all about the iconic buildings that make Palm Springs, California the center of midcentury modern architecture.

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Celebrity Homes Tour

Curious about Palm Springs’ celebrity pedigree?

Many famous stars have lived here. See their glamorous homes and hangouts on this fun and fascinating 12-stop tour.

This tour features an audio tour guide plus interactive real-time mapping and directions, and many photos of interiors and exteriors, so you're fully able to appreciate Palm Springs modernism—at your own pace.

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Modern Buildings & Homes 101

Take our popular 90 minute self-driving multimedia tour of the iconic buildings and hidden gems that capture the essence of desert modernism!

This tour features an audio tour guide plus interactive real-time mapping and directions, and many photos of interiors and exteriors, so you're fully able to appreciate Palm Springs modernism—at your own pace.

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Modernism Top 10 Tour

If you're new to Palm Springs and just starting to explore the architecture, this is the tour to start with!

The Modernism Top 10 tour takes you to the quintessential sights including homes and public buildings that embody modern architecture in Palm Springs.

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Modernism MEGA TOUR

This is the tour for those looking to go in-depth on Palm Springs architecture and modernism—and the best value tour in the city. A combination of our Top 10 Tour and the Modern Homes & Buildings 101 Tour, the Mega Tour boasts nearly double the number of tour stops than a regular tour.

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Rancho Mirage Architecture & Celebrity Tour

Outstanding examples of modernist architecture and marvelous mid-century designs all on open display in the "secret" architectural hot spot of Rancho Mirage.

Take a Cycling Tour in Palm Springs

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Enjoy a two-wheel cruise to several popular architectural & celebrity stops in a moderate 10 mile round trip loop especially for cyclists.

See the homes of Frank Sinatra and Elvis, Leo DiCaprio & one of the most iconic private houses in the valley. Plus some unusual cultural sights!

Take a Walking Tour in Palm Springs

Choose one of our Palm Springs walking tours featuring audio tracks and original photos. Walk from stop to stop on these easy routes and learn about historic buildings.

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Palm Canyon Walking Tour

You may have walked Palm Canyon Drive before, but how often have you stopped to admire what's here, or wondered about the stories behind some of the buildings on this busy street?

This walking tour takes you behind the facades and shares some of the rich history and surprising facts about some of the buildings and architecture that you may never have noticed.

Downloadable Tours

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Palm Springs Door Tour

The colorful and stylish doors of Palm Springs are a modernist mainstay.

This 60-page e-book shares photos, exact addresses, and short info snippets about dozens of cool doors and modernist home facades that you can see for yourself in Palm Springs.

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Seriously Selfie Tour

This chic and mod list of the most Instagram-able spots in all of Palm Springs will fill your Instagram feed with style.

Our ten-page PDF shares some of the best spots to snap iconic photos as you explore beautiful Palm Springs California.