Azure Palm Hot Springs Resort

Azure Palm Hot Springs Resort is a clothing-optional adults-only retreat in Desert Hot Springs, sitting above the Coachella Valley floor with views across to the San Jacinto Mountains and Palm Springs below. The resort's wood-fired outdoor sauna is central to a bathing program that includes five natural hot mineral pools ranging from 98°F to 108°F and a cold freshwater pool for contrast bathing. The clothing-optional format — standard in European spa culture but rare in the United States — allows for the most complete version of the Nordic heat-cold cycle: move from wood sauna to 104°F mineral pool to cold plunge without restriction. Azure Palm is the most authentic traditional spa experience in the American Southwest.