Palm Beach is an elite town located on a barrier island in east-central Palm Beach County. The town is separated from several nearby cities including West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach, by the Intracoastal Waterway to its west, and South Palm Beach at its southern boundaries.

Palm Beach is known for its glitzy estates and its beaches, including the long, sandy Palm Beach Municipal Beach. Worth Avenue is lined with upscale boutiques, galleries, and restaurants. Art and antique furnishings are displayed at the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, inside the hotel and railroad tycoon’s huge Gilded Age mansion.