Palm Beach Florida: A honeymoon destination where romance is in the breeze
Palm Beach, Florida is a welcoming place for those looking for a quieter escape for their post-nuptial days. Ploy your comfy trip in advance to this gorgeous South Florida county. The 47- mile coastline offers a balanced nightlife, tropics, and natural wonders. Palm Beach boasts lavish resorts, swanky shopping, nightlife, carousing and food etc. Palm Beach makes an excellent honeymoon destination, especially for couples looking for seclusion from crowds. Apart from beach life, this county is a terrific place for biking, hiking and delectable food.
Let’s talk about the top activities for honeymooners on Palm Beach.
Okeeheelee Park
Okeeheelee Park, spread over a huge area of 1700 acres, has something for everyone to enjoy. Open from sunrise to sundown, lighted tennis courts open until 9 PM. Bring your bike and ride on more than 8 miles of bike trail. If golf is your thing, then you are at the spot! Enjoy the 1-mile loop that has 20 exercise stations down the way. The scenic views of ponds and greenery will only add to your motivation and enjoyment. If you are looking for some water sport, rent a kayak or paddle-boat and explore at your own. There are a few more attractions on our list, such as Kravis Centre for Performing Arts, Norton Museum of Arts, Palm Beach Zoo, or Loggerhead Marine life Centre of Juno Beach.
Royal Poinciana Plaza
Royal Poinciana Plaza was designed by world-renowned architect John Volk in 1957, who has also designed homes for few of America’s “royal families”. Royal Poinciana Plaza stands as an iconic Palm Beach shopping experience, nestled in the heart of the island. Its 180,000-square foot layout is an address for lush gardens and palm trees, designed around two central courtyards. The plaza offers a unique international shopping and entertainment experience for luxury and retreat. When you’re there, make sure to stop at Sant Ambroeus and savour authentic Milanese specialties. This dazzling upscale restaurant offers a fine dining experience, a bar with cocktails and café tables, and a signature coffee bar and gelateria.
Buccan
Buccan, is a restaurant, bar and lounge located in the oasis of Palm Beach. Your post-wedding trip is incomplete without experiencing Chef Clay Conley’s inventive American cuisine, in casually elegant settings. The superior and freshest ingredients are the highlights. On the menu you’ll find dishes with innovative flavours including fish, meat, pasta, and even plant-based
specialties and raw options, like ceviche or steak tartare. Guests are welcome for a quick bite at the bar, a specialty cocktail in the lounge, or for a long, leisurely evening. The experience will live with you till you come back again.
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, also known as Whitehall, the mansion has been served as home to Flagler’s family for decades. This breath-taking landmark has 75 fully furnished and restored rooms with period pieces. These rooms are big in size with marble flooring, walls and columns, murals on the ceilings, and heavy gilding. This museum gives you a break to learn about Florida from the beginning. The museum building has been modelled after palaces of Italy and Spain. This is one of the most prominent museums open to public in Palm Beach County.
Worth Avenue
Worth Avenue is a captivating and world-famous street, and is one of the most beautiful shopping spots in the country. It is an urbane area where extravagant shopping and dining scenes pair with art exhibits and architectural beauties. Worth Avenue’s romantic pathways and celebrated boutiques offer the best of the resort, which includes designer fashion, art, antiques, jewellery, and fine & casual dining. Some of the high-end brand names that have a store on this luxurious avenue include Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Tourneau, Tiffany & Co., Hermès, Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Neiman Marcus and many more. If you had no time in the hustle-bustle of wedding preparation to shop for beach wear, then Lilly Pulitzer have got authentic Palm Beach beachwear with bright colourful floral patterns for you. Pizza Al Fresco, located on Via Mizner is a restaurant that bakes delicious brick-oven pizzas and classic Italian specialties in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by beautiful architecture. There is a ‘pet cemetery’ hidden among the fern fronds of the restaurant courtyard which is the only cemetery in Palm Beach just with two graves. One of the graves belongs to a monkey named Johnnie Brown, who was a pet of the famous architect Addison Mizner. His tombstone reads “Johnnie Brown, The Human Monkey, Died April 30, 1927.”
The Clock Tower
City Place
The Worth Avenue Clock Tower is an iconic structure located between palm trees right at the entrance of Worth Avenue. You can’t pass without noticing it or perhaps taking a photo of the
Clock Tower. The clock faces both the Worth Avenue and the stunning Atlantic Ocean that lies on its back. The 25-foot tower stands out majestically on the sidewalk of Old Ocean Boulevard. This is a picturesque spot to capture memories in the camera.
City Place has its own charm in Palm Beach. There are stores like Gap, Banana Republic, Victoria’s Secret, or Macy’s as well as speciality stores like Sephora, Cache, and Anthropologie. Low on beachwear, Tommy Bahama’s is the store for you! The City Place is home to over 20 restaurants, a 20-screen theatre, an open-air plaza, a cultural art theatre as well as hundreds of private residences. Come shop in a place where period architecture, attractive fountains, and sidewalk cafes create an at mosphere strikingly impressionistic of a European town centre.
West Palm Beach Green Market
West Palm Beach Green Market is where natives start their weekend. This is a place which is popular among both locals as well as tourists. With over 90 vendors, it’s no wonder why locals and visitors alike gather to the scenic Clematis Street location every Saturday from October to May. With the market running from 9 AM to 1 PM, it isn’t uncommon to come for a breakfast pastry or smoothie and then be enticed to roam around till lunch. Wandering in the Green Market hand in hand, sipping a smoothie made from local organic fruit while checking out the vendors is a great Saturday fun activity on your honeymoon. French pastries, Cuban coffee and freshly popped kettle corn are the morning’s super attractions.
The Chesterfield’s Afternoon Tea
Upon entering The Chesterfield Hotel Palm Beach, you will be transported back to the 19th Century. It is a unique hotel where Palm Beach architecture amalgamates with English values of prudence and thoughtful warm service. The hotel offers a traditional English afternoon tea from 12 pm to 4 pm. Rejuvenate yourself and enjoy a careful selection of scones, cakes, and sandwiches with smoked salmon, chicken, eggs, and few more delicacies. Besides a wide selection of loose-leaf teas and infusions, you can also ask for Champagne, fresh juices, and hot chocolate. You may choose to enjoy your tea in The Chesterfield’s wood-panelled library, in the Leopard Lounge Bar, or in the beautiful Courtyard.
Majestic Princess
The Majestic Princess, a 2-deck yacht cruise out of Riviera Beach, is the perfect escape for sightseeing on the intracoastal stream in the day and evening cruises at night. Exploring water for two hours has never been more affordably luxurious. Adding optional fresh seafood lunch and/or dinner to the trip will surely turn it into a special outing. Make the bookings in advance.
This place is a must for two souls in love.
Walking & Biking the Palm Beach Lake Trail
Paddle Boarding Palm Beach
Lake Trails follow the western edge of Palm Beach in front of the notable Flagler Museum. Lake Trail boasts some of the most distinguished addresses in the world, but also a trail where joggers, nannies, tourists, and Palm Beach natives mix together along walls swathe with bougainvillea and ivy. The trail is 5.5 miles long, and goes from South Lake Drive near Peruvian Avenue North to its finishing point just north of the prominent Sailfish Club.
Beach trips are no fun without trying on water sports. Choose any of their tour according to your interest and time. They have a few interesting activities such as Paddle Board Snorkel
Tour, Kayak Snorkel Tour, Sunset Paddle Boarding, or Full Moon Paddle Experience. If you are in Palm Beach around full moon nights, catch this experience with your soul-mate. It will
rejuvenate you on your romantic trip.
The Society of the Four Arts
The Society of the Four Arts is a non-profit cultural organization founded in 1936 and is one of Palm Beach’s oldest and most esteemed cultural destinations. The Society works for Four Arts and believes that the passion of music, the beauty of art, the thrill of drama, and the bliss of literature bridge the gap from mere existence to sheer living. The Society of the Four Arts offers a dynamic array of cultural programming, including art exhibitions, prominent speakers, concerts, films, and educational programs.
