Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway

Elvis songs were playing from the jukebox when I walked in. The house is AMAZING! The tour guides were so thorough with all the information about the house & Elvis. You can tell they are hardcore Elvis fans and answered all my questions.
The tour lasted an hour and we got to touch everything & take tons of photos. Make sure to have your phone charged & bring your camera.
Sadly, the house is up for sale & the tour guides said that whoever buys the house will determine if the tours will continue. So, if you are an Elvis fan, visit before it’s too late.

Awesome place to visit for any Elvis Presley fan. Well worth the $ 30 per person. See this hideaway before you no longer can.

Fun to stop by if you are entering Palm Springs. You can just drive by the house and check it out from the outside. :)
There are daily tours but we didn’t go as we ran out of time.

Loved! I have visited Graceland and loved that tour as well but this was awesome because it was very hands on… I even got to sit on the Honeymoon bed!!!

This is a no brainer – if you’re lucky enough to be in Palm Springs, GO GO GO.
It’s $ 30, and the tour lasts about an hour, but you get to touch EVERYTHING. Want to lay in Elvis’ bed? Go ahead! Sit in his chair. Personally, I’m a bit of a weirdo, and got in every shower and tub, because when can you say you did that? Not only was that allowed, it was encouraged.
The tour guides do this as a labor of love, and it shows. They know everything about the house, and Elvis.
I’m a huge fan of Elvis, and mid century modern houses, so this was my idea of heaven. The house is smaller than Graceland, but it’s definitely prettier architecturally – and did I mention you get to touch EVERYTHING, including laying in his bed!
They no longer have «Priscilla» give monologues in the tour, instead you get the rich history of the home, Elvis and all, by people who clearly love both him, and the house.
I was told that the home is on the market to be sold, and the tours are being given until that happens. Go before its too late!

I just can reinforce the positive things in the other reveiws. Very interesting! More open than Graceland. But it is for sale — hopefully someone buys it and keeps it as it is!

This is my first Unilocal review. I had to express how wonderful this experience was. I am a life long Elvis fan and have visited Graceland which I loved, but this is a very different experience since you are able to sit down on the furniture and experience the home the way Elvis did! The house is beautiful and the story of the architect who designed it is interesting independent from Elvis. The tour guides, Laura and Mike, are wonderful!!! They are extremely knowledgeable and took their time explaining all the details of the house as well as providing some fascinating Elvis trivia. They are also extremely patient and accommodating and took the many photos I requested. Laura even suggested good photo backgrounds and poses. She has a great eye! I cannot recommend this experience enough. If you are in California, it is a must for every Elvis fan or fan of mid century modern architecture!

Any Elvis fan would enjoy seeing this place! Elvis rented this mid-​century modern on Ladera Circle in the Old Las Palmas neighborhood of Palm Springs for a year in 1967 and spent his honeymoon there (he would’ve held his wedding there, too, but a neighbor and local gossip columnist got wind of it, so they opted for Vegas). I’ve been in it a few times and the place is pretty cool; it’s a time capsule from the ’60’s and a must see for fans of the King!

It was fun to see this house and hear the stories. We loved the casual tour and that we could touch everything instead of being behind a rope. Glad we did it.

Fabulous. Do it. Tour guide was really knowledgeable and this is a piece of history. Standing in Elvis bedroom! Really? May not always be open to the public. And it is restored as much as possible to the period. Go! You may never be able to see it again

I’d say pass. Elvis had his honeymoon here and then leased the house for a year. So, in other words he was there a total of a month. Nothing in the house is from when he lived there. It’s all memorabilia that you can buy anywhere and vintage type stuff that they bought to try and match what they saw in pictures of him there. It has had 2 owners after him and then the bank owned it. Whoever owns it now is laughing all the way to the bank. The tour guide was nice enough, but that’s not worth $ 30 a person. The stories are about what they think he did there and what they think might have gone on. After the first couple of minutes it became uncomfortable because I knew I was duped. The house itself is cool from a architectural standpoint, but you can see that for free from the outside.

Loved Loved Loved and Darlene is the best such Passion for Elvis. Don’t know what that Arthur guy is talking about that he called the phone number and some rude druggie told him he lived there, I was there this week and the only lennard person was the owner who is 96 yrs old and I spoke with him at least 5 times on the phone to plan this tour he was such a nice person and he lives there part time in the winter not in the summer when its 108 Also people talking about tacky replica’s if it was original like graceland you would be behind a rope $ 30 you get a great tour and a feel for what it was like, my friend and I were the only 2 on the tour but we did encounter a lot of people outside taking pictures and asking how they can get a tour. Don’t miss this when in Palm Springs or Plan a trip to do this tour Thank you Lennard for opening your home to us suep
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Must see in Palm Springs. I haven’t been to Graceland, but this is the must see for Elvis fans on the west coast. Everything is touchable and all the rooms are open. The tour is led by by a Priscilla impersonator who is totally into Priscilla. Totally over the top. Totally Elvis. Totally enjoyable.

This is the very cool and «modern» (at the time) Palm Springs house Elvis and Priscilla honeymooned in, and lived in/​rented for a year around 1967. It also may have been the house Lisa Marie was conceived in their wedding night, or shortly thereafter.
Looking for something new to do in Palm Springs, and my mom loved the idea of this tour, so decided to give it a try. The house itself is very cool architecturally and location-​wise. From previous reviews, I was expecting Darlene, the Priscilla impersonator to give the tour, but instead we got a guy named Jeff. No worries, Jeff was very knowledgeable, down-​to-​earth, and had some great stories (and even did a few Elvis impersonations, but not so many as to be annoying).
They hold tours every day at 1 and 3:30; $ 30/​adults; $ 15 kids under 12. Tour lasts about 1 to 1−¼ hour. I really would NOT recommend this for most kids, though. There was a lot of talking about people, and an era that most kids are not familiar with. I was very glad we didn’t bring our kids to this one.
I agree w/​some prior reviews that the décor of the house was mostly cheap, tacky, imitation Elvis memorabilia. On the other hand, you can take photos and actually touch all the stuff inside, which is nice, and it’s fairly undiscovered — only 4 people on the tour today. One of them said that she liked the tour better than Graceland!
If you’re a fan of Elvis, or interesting architecture, I’d recommend checking it out.

It’s a beautiful property. It is not well-​maintained, and it’s filled not with mid-​century art and objects, but with tacky and cheap Elvis memorabilia. Some memorabilia? Great. Cheap posters in plastic frames and Elvis clocks? No thanks. This place could look worlds better with minimal effort.
The tour guide is clearly passionate and knowledgable, but the over-​acting is uneccesary and uncomfortable. She says she’s going to give 10 minutes of history, and then launches into an overwrought 20+ minute monologue. It was extremely awkward. We all just wanted to look around the house and take pictures. Every single person was either laughing or shifting uncomfortably.
The tour also started late and ended late… an hour became nearly two, most of it listening to a bad actress in a terrible jumpsuit. The whole experience needs improvement.

Suspicious Minds — this is the go-​to place if you want to channel The King! Our tour guide, Priscilla Presley a.k.a Darlene, gave us the 4−1−1 on the architect, the architecture, and everything Elvis. Damn Rona Barrett — he probably would have stayed longer than a year if she wasn’t such a snoop of a neighbor. We got to touch relics, sit on the furniture, recreate famous photos where Elvis and Priscilla took their photos, put our toes in the pool, and even sneak a peek at neighbor Marilyn Monroe’s pool. On the way out of the Las Palmas neighborhood, I passed Barry Manilow’s House. The tour lasted more than an hour, and it was worth every dime and minute. Oh, and by the way, I’m not a Fanilow or a big Elvis fan, but I highly recommend the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway tour if you’re headed to Palm Springs. It’s part history, part architectural, part theatrical, and more.

First I should say that I’m not particularly an Elvis fan. But I was in Palm Springs a couple months ago with some friends who are die-​hards and really wanted to visit this place.
Darlene, the tour guide, answers the door in full Priscilla Presley lookalike mode– hairstyle, wedding dress replica, veil, etc. Darlene is sort of a… true believer, if you will. This isn’t just a job to her; she’s more like a priest who’s found her vocation. The woman lives and breaths all things Elvis. She’s kind of nuts, but in a good way. The kind of way that inspires a non-​Elvis fan to write a 5-​star Unilocal review of an Elvis landmark, I guess.
The way she set the scene and brought the time period alive had me completely enraptured. The tour was also surprisingly hands-​on– you’re encouraged to recreate famous pictures, touch things, ask questions, explore. She even encouraged us to take a crap in Elvis’s toilet! :)
The house is also really cool from an architectural standpoint.
If you’re an Elvis fan, a must see. If not, it may still be worth a visit just for the experience. Darlene is really into Old Hollywood and will give you interesting tidbits about other stars and ‘60s Palm Springs in general. Fun times!

Apparently not many people know about this tour! We took it during Modernism Week on a Sunday afternoon and it was pretty informative and entertaining. The tour is led by a Priscilla Presley impersonator who gives a lot of information on the home’s architect (Alexander) as well as Elvis’ life around the time of his stay here. I actually enjoyed hearing about the background of Alexander and his influence on other homes in the area in addition to the Elvis storyline.
You see multiple rooms, including the living spaces, the master bed and bath as well as the backyard/​pool area. One thing I appreciated about the tour was that guests are allowed to sit on the furniture, etc. instead of it being like a museum with no touching. You are encouraged to take photos and recreate scenes of pictures they have on display. All in all, informative and fun!

happy birthday to elvis today! great weekend gettaway in Palm Springs. Great show. There were alott of people there for his birthday celebration. Fun!