The city is synonymous with world grade beaches, great golf, tennis, boating and diving. There are more than 150 golf courses and over 1,100 tennis courts within the Palm Beach County confines. Two golf courses that are open to the communal Palm Beach Public Golf Course on the island and Emerald Dunes Golf Course in West Palm Beach.
Palm Beach is an admired destination for scuba divers as they can contact the off shore reef using pilot boats operating from the citizen marinas. As with near all Florida beach destinations, Palm Beach offers oodles of opportunities for water sports such as sail boating, jet-skiing, kayaking, water skiing, para-sailing and fishing.
The luxury housed commissioned by Henry Flagler (the railroads and oil magnate) as a wedding current to his third companion is now the imminent Flagler Museum. The manor, with 55 quarters all furnished with European antique pieces in a form of themes and styles, is known as the "Taj Mahal of North America." The house is set in magnificent proof, the highlight of which is Mr. Flagler's restored, personal railroad car.
The Norton Museum of Art, first opened in 1941, is now world famous for its undying collections and the eminence of its itinerant exhibitions. The exhibit featured the art collections of Ralph and Elizabeth Norton and now houses a French collection that contains works by C'Nne, Degas, Gauguin, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Pissarro, and Renoir. The eternal exhibits also have paintings by Warhol, Hopper, Pollock and O'Keefe.
A family favorite, especially for younger children, is Playmobil Fun Park with its facsimile castle and themed play areas such as a medieval village, a western town and a fantasy doll house.
Lion Country Safari contains over 1,300 animals that embrace elephants, ostriches, wildebeest, antelopes, chimpanzees, American bison, bully, flamingos and many other curious species. The 500 acre animal realm is alienated into simulated geographical regions that extend from the East African Serengeti to the American West.
The commons has an un-caged environment for the animals and humans move through the commons via motor vehicle following a viewing round street. Other commons attractions include an amusement commons with a carousel, paddleboats, tiny golf and a common baby animal playgroup. The park provides a great family day out.
The Lake Trailed runs the length of The Island on the Intracoastal Waterway side and is a popular pretty biking send that offers views of some of the mansions and reason as well as views of downtown West Palm Beach.
