Indio

Indio is an agriculture based city in the River Side County of California. Indio is located in the southern California in the desert valley of Coachella Valley. The Popular crops of the city include dates and citrus fruits. The name of the city is in Spanish meaning Indian as it previously has a gulch known as Indian Wells. An Indian village Tekwit with Cahullians was present on the spot before the formation of this city. In 1894, the Town was founded by A.G. Tingman who came across this region in context of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Indio was a major stop for the railroad as it was right in the Middle of Yuma, Arizona and Los Angeles. The artifacts of Original Railroad Station are found in the downtown still preserved in Coachella Valley Museum and Cultural Center.

The city of Indio is great city with numerous tourist attractions and is more of a desert gulch with natural diversity to amuse from. The region is endowed with large magnitudes of date and citrus groves including the Sheildon Date Garden a historical date farms and a tourist attraction. The Indio Hills Palms with a large variety of palm groves including Indian Horseshoe, Biskra, Hidden, Pushawalla, and Macomber palms. Indio is a region full of activity and vibrancy all around the year adding depth to its cultural fabrication. Indio has so many festivals and activities going on all the time that commerce chamber call it The City of Festivals. The dates being a famous crop of this city deserve to be in the limelight for the tourist and this is done by the major date festival held annually. The Coachella Valley's pride the National Date festival is held in the Riverside County Fairgrounds located in the centre of the city every February.

The internationally acclaimed Tamale Festival held in the first week of December is the epitome of Californian Cultural vitality and spirit. The Conventional Parade of the festival is one of the most awaited events of the festival. The carnival rides, petting zoo, bounces, rock climbing and various contests keep the excitement of this festival to its peak. The Tamale Festival has got its mention in Guinness Book of World Records as the largest cooking and culinary festivals in the world.The stagecoach festival and Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival held in the region have also been a source of musical activity in the city. The Stagecoach festival is a front for the country music with artists like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift performing live in the fairgrounds. In an effort of enhancing the cultural depth of the city Indio has also initiated a mural program which has already completed as much as six projects and still working on several other projects. The City of Indio is a simple city with a distinct natural setting and is a favorite hideout for celebrities like Salam Hayek and Lindsay Lohan. To fully enjoy the diverse colors of the city get your Indio Tickets now.