Grand hotels are fragile things, and Palm Beach's were no exception. The Breakers burned and was rebuilt more than once; the present Italian-Renaissance hotel, with its twin belvedere towers, opened in 1926 and still anchors the oceanfront. The original Royal Poinciana — by then aging and outsized — came down in the 1930s, its lumber carried off to build homes. Through it all the island held its character: a narrow strip of sand between the lagoon and the Atlantic that had decided, early and permanently, to be beautiful.
Today Palm Beach is a small barrier island of about nine thousand residents that still keeps its season, its Mediterranean arcades, and its grand hotels along the Atlantic. Its story runs from a wreck full of coconuts to Flagler's railroad to Mizner's red-tile dream, and the ‘Palm Beach look’ it invented now turns up far from the island itself. Our Palm Beach designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the history. This is Flagler's paradise on the Atlantic.
Why People Visit Palm Beach
Palm Beach offers refined culture beside an easy ocean shoreline. Visitors pair the Flagler and Mizner heritage with museum galleries, gardens, and a quiet bike path along the water. It is polished, historic, and relaxed in pace, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces. The vintage Gilded Age glamour is evergreen, drawing architecture lovers and vintage-resort enthusiasts from well beyond the small island, and history and everyday island life sit side by side here in a welcoming way.
