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Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs

Palm Springs • Downtown • OPTIMIZE

avg. $170 / night

Includes $9 / night in cash back

Cash back is redeemable via Virtual Visa, Venmo, or bank transfer starting 24-48 hours after check-out

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5% cash back on all completed stays (redeemable via Virtual Visa, Venmo, or bank transfer starting 24-48 hours after check-out)

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Free breakfast

Breakfast-included rate options available

Room upgrades

Complimentary room upgrades (subject to property availability)

Extend your stay

Early check-in and late check-out (subject to property availability)

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PB hotel design editorial

Flat-roofed stucco blocks arranged around a generous pool deck, with the San Jacinto Mountains rising abruptly behind — the mid-century motel bones of what became the Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs were already deeply local before Commune Design got involved. The Los Angeles-based studio took over a 1965 Howard Johnson's motor inn in 2009, working with the property's 180 rooms across low-rise two-storey blocks rather than against them, preserving the sprawling horizontal logic that defines Palm Springs at its most characteristic. Cork floors warm the guest rooms, where slatted louvered walls serve as improvisational gallery rails — handwoven textiles, macramé wall hangings, acoustic guitars, and vintage travel trunks arranged with the casual accumulation of a well-traveled friend's apartment rather than any curatorial program. Cowhide rugs and sheer canvas curtains on ceiling-mounted tracks divide space without closing it off, and the grid-stitch cotton bedspreads carry the same unhurried tactility as everything else. Outside, the pool terraces are furnished with wire-frame lounge chairs and wood-framed pergolas that filter the desert light without blocking the mountain view, while the open-air restaurant shelters beneath a canvas canopy strung with café bulbs, its salvaged palm trunks serving as structural columns. The whole property functions less as a hotel than as a kind of permanent desert encampment for the culturally curious.

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About

Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs is a mid-century modern marvel. Dressed up with two deep pools, a stargazing deck, community fire pits and an organic spa offering multitude treatments, the boutique hotel is responsive to its Sonoran surroundings - simple, serene, bohemian and swathed in sunlight. We've got a refined roadside diner and cool, hideaway cocktail bar, plus poolside bites and drinks.

Amenities

Pool

Restaurant

Pets Allowed

Fitness center

Internet

Room service

Free Internet

Wifi

Free Wifi

Suites

Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs Reviews

1,234 reviews

"I had heard that this hotel had a lively night life, but when I was there it was very quiet with lots of kids in the pool in the evening. It didn’t matter to me because I was in PS to visit a family member. The room was cute and perfect for a solo traveler. Might have been a bit too small for two people. I noticed that the rooms below had nice private patios so I would recommend booking that. It’s not walkable to downtown, but there are restaurants and a coffee shop nearby."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 10, 2026

"The hotel was a great value, comfy with nice staff. Would stay there again happily. The food program on the other hand was outrageously priced. A standard chicken Cesar wrap was $40 and had nothing with it. Coffee and a pastry - $28. We’d have loved to chill and eat there more over our 4 day stat but eventually started walking across the street for coffee etc. Beyond this, they charge a 5% fee on the bill, apparently for guests only, to serve amenities when we’re already paying $50 a day amenities fee. Look we’re no stranger to high prices - we live in New York, have stayed at the Parker, but this was outrageous and in speaking to the front desk at checkout the other two guests were in firm agreement."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Feb 26, 2026

"Really fun and hip. Great room, pools, and restaurant. Bar is wonderful too!"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Feb 20, 2026

"A Lover of this property since day one & after all the years I am hear to tell you the quality has continued to grow with Amigo room now like night & day improvement ~ beautiful wood molding embracing the commune aesthetic. I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge Edward and his special attention he extended to us . Great Feelings as we depart with sweet fond memories here at ACe Palm Springs January 2026 ! Thank You all for your friendly service & vibes ! Xx, carol Santini"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Jan 12, 2026

"Great location and looks from the outside BUT - cockroaches in the bathroom, hair in the shower and damp feeling room in general. On complaining about it we’ve been transferred to another room which wasn’t clean neither - dust in the corners of the sink and hair again all around the sink. On another complaint we’ve been told „sorry, we’ll send a cleaner around.“ the whole experience started on the wrong foot and the reaction. Is just not good enough."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Dec 28, 2025

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