The Best Beach Hotels Near West Palm Beach, Florida

Designated a historic landmark in 2020, the Colony Hotel is noteworthy for its pink exterior, its pink-and-green individually designed guest rooms and its custom-branded beach cruisers. Located in Palm Beach, just over the causeway from West Palm Beach, it offers butler beach service for serious comfort on the sands. Then pedal the 2mi (3mi) to West Palm Beach for some shopping or food, or take the on-demand house car to experience the West Palm Beach nightlife.

Location and history aside, this boutique property has only 10 rooms and three suites, all on the second floor of a stately Mission-themed property that’s quite simply one of the best places to stay in West Palm Beach. It provides a full beachfront experience, complete with beach chairs, umbrellas and hard-to-come-by parking passes. Concierge services will also assist with off-site bicycle rentals, should you want to pedal around Palm Beach’s municipalities.

Up in Riviera Beach, Singer Island is a peninsula featuring 7mi (11km) of beaches, where the Palm Beach Marriott is one of the most elegant hotels. Suite-like lodgings with full kitchens, plus living and dining areas allow for complete relaxation after a day spent in and on the water. If the Atlantic isn’t wet enough for you, dip your feet in the hotel’s infinity pool or the lagoon pool, complete with water slides. At night, head to 3800 Restaurant for the unique Kitchen Table experience, where the chefs will curate a four-course meal for you.

The Chesterfield Hotel Palm Beach opened in 1925 as the Mediterranean Revival-style Lido-Venice, its USP being that it was just a few minutes’ walk from the ocean. The ownership and culture of the hotel has changed several times over the years, but the Intracoastal waterway remains just as close. Or, stay poolside, sipping a craft cocktail under a shade-casting palm tree.

Located on Singer Island, Marriott’s Ocean Pointe is ideal for families or groups traveling to West Palm Beach. These chic beach homes offer one, two or three bedrooms along with full kitchens, washers and dryers and other helpful touches. Regardless of conveniences, you don’t have to dine at home, as the resort has two restaurants beside the horseshoe-shaped pool, where the breezes and icy libations will cool you off no matter how hot the day has been.

This hotel combines comfy, urban chic furniture with smart technology. Situated just two blocks over the causeway from Palm Beach, it allows working travelers to get the job done during the day and party as soon as the sun goes down. You don’t even have to go far. Just head down to the Bar in the lobby for appetizers and cocktails – it stays open until midnight – and then get the day started there the next morning with specialty coffees at breakfast.

Sitting between the Palm Beach County Convention Center and the CityPlace mall, this downtown West Palm Beach hotel is also close to the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, which always has a full calendar of shows. But, with its handsome outdoor spaces, from the pool and whirlpool to the courtyard patio, you might just want to stay in. Hang out under mature palm trees during the day or gather around a swanky fire pit in the cooler winter evenings. The beach is less than 3mi (5km) away.

Service is the name of the game at the Best Western Palm Beach Lakes, a 12-minute drive from the beach. Here, amenities are 24/7. Want to work? The business center is always open. Want to work out? Likewise, the fitness facility is yours any hour, any day. Need help finding a restaurant or tourist attraction? The front desk is manned around the clock. The outdoor pool might be the exception to the rule – but then again, it is heated, so even when the sun goes down, the water stays warm.

Spacious suites feature full kitchens and streamlined living and working areas, filled with inspirational pops of color. There’s also a sofa bed, should you be traveling with the kids in tow. The rooms might have everything you need, but location remains one of the best features of this hotel – Rosemary Square lies smack in the middle of all the downtown attractions, ranging from museums and outdoor shopping malls to bars and restaurants.

Connected to the Palm Beach County Convention Center by a covered walkway, this business hotel isn’t all business. The swanky T-shaped pool, dotted with lounge chairs and palm trees, will tempt you to play the day away. And the prime downtown position across the street from Rosemary Square – not to mention the Palm Beach beaches only 2mi (3km) away – could entice even the biggest workaholic into taking some time off for the ocean spray.