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The city of Indio California is named the City of Festivals. Every year, over a half a million visitors come to the city of Indio California. Indio California is just minutes south of Palm Springs. Indio California is surrounded by the desert beauty and legendary sunny climate of the Coachella Valley.

Things to do at the City of Indio California

At the City of Indio California, you can ride a camel, meet Ali Baba, float among the clouds, taste a world class tamale, thrill to the Sport of Kings, meet a famous artist or watch golf’ s greats play for a million. You will enter the exotic Arabian Nights pageant and the ostrich and camel races at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. This is a 10 day event which attracts over a quarter of a million visitors and features nightly entertainment, hundreds of exhibits, arts and crafts, and lots of fun for the kids and the best dates in the world.

Indio Tamale Festival

The Indio Temale Festival is the largest event of its kind in the world serving over 400,000 tamales. You can sample some of the many delicious varieties of gourmet tameles at this Indio Tamale Festival. The Indio Tamale Festival is a 2 day extravaganza and is alive with food, fun, music, dance and nonstop multi cultural entertainment.

Indio CA is the Golf Capital of the West

More than a hundred championship golf courses surround Indio CA in the Coachella Valley. You can play in the footsteps of famous golf pros such as Tiger Woods, David Duvall and Sergio Garcia around the emerald fairways and greens of The Skins Game, the nationally televised $1 million PGA Tour golf event held at Landmark Golf Club in Indio CA. The area is also home to several world class tennis facilities.