Coordinates: 33°41′18″N 116°18′38″W / 33.688364°N 116.310652°W / 33.688364; -116.310652 The La Quinta Resort and Club is a historic resort which opened in 1926 in present-day La Quinta, California.

Originally built as a series of adobe bungalows on 45 acres (182,000 m²) of fruit trees at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains in an area originally named "Marshall's Cove" and now referred to simply as "La Quinta Cove," the La Quinta Resort and Club now boasts 796 casitas, suites, and villas, 41 swimming pools, 53 whirlpool spas, 23,000 square foot Spa La Quinta, over 60,000 square feet of meeting facilities, 23 tennis courts, 11 retail outlets, 7 restaurants, and 90 holes of golf, both on-property and at nearby PGA WEST, designed by Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman. The courses regularly play host to the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic charity golf tournament. La Quinta was expanded to its current size by Landmark Land Company in 1989.

A "hangout" for Hollywood celebrities since its inception, La Quinta Resort's greatest claim to fame is as the site which film director and frequent guest Frank Capra wrote the screenplay for Lost Horizon poolside in 1937.

Both La Quinta Resort and Club and PGA WEST are owned by the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, the real estate investment fund of Morgan Stanley. The resort has no affiliation with the national, mid-scale hotel chain La Quinta Inns, although they share the name. Hilton Hotels Corporation, based in McLean, Virginia, manages the hotel as a member of the Waldorf=Astoria Collection.

[edit] External links

• La Quinta Resort website

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