Palm Springs Hotel Reviews

Hotel reviewers and travel magazines love Ballantines Hotel in Palm Springs. They describe our 50's kitsch, the 50's music around the pool, the evening wine hour, and the comfortable accommodations. Read what the reviewers say about our hotel in Palm Springs:

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Ballantines Original Hotel on the Front Cover of VIA Magazine

If sleeping where Einstein snoozed isn't cool enough, how about nodding off in the powder-pink bedroom of Marilyn Monroe? You can do that at Ballantines Original, one of two vintage properties revitalized by two 1950s buffs from Great Britain, Sarah Robarts and Fraser Robertson. The Marilyn suite is pink to its core, from the chenille bedspread to the rotary phone. It's easy to picture the mercurial diva lounging in a plush robe on her private patio or primping at the rose-lit vanity before a swank dinner with Dean, Frank, and their Rat Pack pals at the Racquet Club.

"Palm Springs perks up and polishes its architectural gems ...Ballantines, the first hotel in Palm Springs to embrace kitsch and mid-century modernism. The 14 rooms, many quite small, as well as suites, are filled with period furniture by Eames, Knoll and others...

"They're Back, Baby ...No mecca of mid-century style would be complete without a temple to the time. And Ballantines Original, the first in a new chain of small, affordable hotels, is playing that role in Palm Springs. Lovers of kitsch are talking about the full-on 50's treatment-the blue Astroturf pool deck, pink-paletted Marilyn Monroe room, marshmallow sofas, shag rugs, classic plastic radios, and array of rooms as Technicolor as a Disney cartoon..."

"Summer Getaways... it is a welcome addition to the retro renaissance in the desert resort, whose legendary glamour was in danger of becoming vanquished by Southwestern tackiness... All of the rooms have been painstakingly tricked out with hard-to-find authentic 50's chic..."

"...Now the brand-new Ballantines, an immaculately designed, 14-room hotel that bills itself as "the coolest place in Palm Springs," is tripping the radar of urban aesthetes in need of high-style languishing... The time travel vibe continued outside and felt most potent while I was floating on a pink raft in the 80-degree pool, listening to a steady stream of snoozy tunes..."

"Welcome to The Hotel California... Its famous guests have included Marilyn Monroe and Gloria Swanson. Now, this cult 1950's hotel, restored by a young British couple, has once again become an oasis of glamour in the desert..."

"Word of Mouth... Palm Springs once an exclusive getaway for harassed movie stars... Ballantines Hotel is a classic example of Palm Springs modernist architecture. Rooms are also kitted out with original artwork from films including Some Like It Hot and post-war radios, toasters, and bedspreads..."