Palm Springs Tour: Celebrity Homes and Oasis Preserve

Explore Palm Springs’ celebrity history and natural beauty with a self-guided driving audio tour. Discover iconic estates and serene oases at your own pace.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Palm Springs Visitor Center - The tour starts at the Palm Springs Visitor Center, located at 2901 N Palm Canyon Drive. If you’re not already there, head over now. Before we begin, it’s important to note that while Palm Springs is filled with historic celebrity homes, many are hidden behind walls, hedges, or fences.
    Note: This 22-mile-long tour…
What's Included
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
  • Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
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What's Not Included
  • Foods & Drinks
Additional Information

Soak up some sun with this self-guided driving tour of Palm Springs, where movie stars and other big-time celebs have flocked for almost a hundred years to get away from it all. Visit architectural marvels left behind by these eccentric stars, like the opulent Liberace House. Stop outside the gates of Frank Sinatra’s old estate and hear some wild tales…

Location
Palm Springs Visitor Center
North Palm Canyon Drive
After booking the tour, search your email for the phrase "Set up your self-guided tour now." Follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Chilenita
Oct 15, 2024
Great tour - This tour was informative and easy to follow. It is great to be able to do it at your own pace. Exactly what we were looking for! Would definitely recommend this tour.
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Lawmom611
Oct 5, 2024
So Interesting I Had a Fender Bender! - Very well done and easy to follow. Unfortunately, I was listening to the narration and so focused on the house being described that I drifted into a parked car! Fortunately, I’m old and fully insured. Seriously, the tour was worth the price even though some of the houses weren’t visible from the road.
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999alvarov
Sep 29, 2024
Cool concept. Pre recorded tour on own vehicle - Very cool concept. We took our rental car around town following the directions. The recorded tool was very entertaining and informative. The system worked out great. Easy to use. Would look into this tour when going to other cities.
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Keith_h
Sep 25, 2024
Outstanding! - Very enjoyable. It was fun to learn how close everyone lived to each other. Very nice homes, kept up and maintained!
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Alex_c
Oct 6, 2024
Comfortable and economical way to see Palm Springs - This tour was an easy and affordable way to see sights in Palm Springs and learn about the area. It was a great idea to drive around in the air conditioned car on a hot day. Thumbnail photos help ensure you are looking at the correct houses. Be mindful of other cars around you since you are on public roadways. As the tour states in the beginning, some houses are difficult to see since they have shrubs or walls around them.
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Connector53229782312
Sep 27, 2024
Self-guided drive tour. - The overall experience was pretty good! However, the tombstone of Frank Sinatra was difficult to located. Some of the directions was difficult to follow. Whenever, the tourists were off the path, there should be a guide addressing them back to the path. Thank you!
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Tyrrellsadventure
Sep 20, 2024
Great tour to find celebrity homes! - I decided on this tour because I thought it would be great way to get a sense of the Palm Springs area. It was easy to purchase and download. We started at the Visitor Center and the directions were good as we went along looking for the celebrity homes. The extra information/stories were great! We did lose connection a few times and it took a bit to get back to the previous spot. That’s the reason for the 4 rating.
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03mikme
Oct 22, 2024
Hard to follow - I enjoyed the audio tour of Joshua Tree National Park very much so I decided to download Palm Springs as well. It was much more difficult to follow. Parking outside of houses hidden by hedges of people that used to live there... listening to gossipy anecdotes was really not my cup of tea. Part if the tour is not open on weekdays. The neighborhoods were unique. Mid-century architecture fabulous.
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Susan_m
Oct 16, 2024
THE WORST! - DO NOT DO THIS TOUR!!! WASTE OF MONEY! The app on phone did NOT sync with Apple Car Play. Sent to the wrong starting place. Had to drive 28 minutes to correct starting place. The bubbles on the map (things to see) were NOT synced with location. Would drive past bubble and then the guide would speak. Got tired of backing up. Left the tour 1/2 way thru because the syncing was so bad. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!
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Paularz2069ox
Sep 26, 2024
Not great - Extremely disappointing as mostly all you can see is hedges used to shelter the homes. The audio was very easy to follow but it felt like a bust. I would not recommend
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From $17 (Per Vehicle)
up to 4 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).