At the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains – about 17 miles from Palm Springs International Airport — the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort ... treatment rooms at Spa Esmeralda.

Within the last decade, the resort changed its name to Renaissance Indian Wells, but the change did not stick with repeat guests and locals who kept referring to it as the Esmeralda.

mainly because it adjoins the convention center and boasts a huge pool second only in size to that at the Renaissance Esmeralda in Indian Wells. It lies next to the Hilton and Zoso hotels ...