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Indio is blessed with one of the sunniest climates in the world. And it shares the Coachella Valley with such International resort destinations as Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells.

There's golf, tennis, shopping, fine dining and glittering casino nightlife.

But that's just the half of it.

Indio is the City of Festivals. Starting Thanksgiving weekend with the first of three Native American powwows and continuing with the International Tamale Festival®, the Southwest Arts Festival® and the Riverside County National Date Festival®, the winter season is filled with exciting things to do. Click Here for festival schedule!

Indio also champions world class polo.

Indio is also one of the largest gateways to Joshua Tree National Park, where the Colorado and Mojave Deserts come together to form some of the most unique geological displays known to man.

Renowned as the City of Festivals, Indio's major events attract more than a half-million visitors annually. Each year Indio is playing a larger role in the huge tourism industry for which the Coachella Valley is so famous. Where else can you float among the clouds, taste a world-class tamale, thrill to the Sport of Kings, ride a camel, meet a famous artist, marvel at Native American pageantry or play where golf's greats played for a million?

Only in Indio, the desert resorts' famous City of Festivals.