Your Palm Beach CME conference.

Palm Beach after your study day

Study days finish at 2:00 PM Eastern time. Worth Avenue’s directory lists boutiques selling art, apparel, home furnishings and accessories, along with restaurants and cafés with international options that include al fresco dining, and the avenue is steps from the ocean. The Flagler Museum is in Henry Flagler’s Gilded Age estate and offers self-guided tours of the house.

Travel, lodging and attraction admission are arranged separately. Your conference follows your specialty and interests, and the island is simply the setting you pick for it. Compare each stop’s hours and closed days against your 2:00 PM finish before you plan it.

Worth Avenue and the island’s landmarks

Worth Avenue’s website describes personal service in its shops, says parking is plentiful, and lists a category called The Vias in its directory. It also offers a historical walking tour, so check the schedule if you want one on a day you are free.

The Flagler Museum is Whitehall, a house completed in 1902 and now a National Historic Landmark. It protects the house, Henry Flagler’s legacy and the Gilded Age, and it shows changing exhibitions in addition to the house itself. The museum also lists group and private tours and a photo tour. Check its current exhibitions and hours before you plan a visit.

The Society of the Four Arts is a nonprofit cultural center on the island with art exhibitions, concerts, film screenings and speaker series. The center lists concerts and film screenings, and a separate hours page covers its hours. It is home to gardens and two libraries, the King Library and the Children’s Library. Bethesda-by-the-Sea is an Episcopal church on South County Road, and its website mentions an angel statue and fountain in the north courtyard, a koi pond, and church tours on certain Sundays after a service. The church’s site also has pages on where to park and its photography guidelines for visitors.

In West Palm Beach

The Palm Beach Zoo is on Summit Boulevard in West Palm Beach and highlights koalas, tigers, jaguars, macaws and otters. It says it is open daily except Christmas and Thanksgiving, and it lists a Lorikeet Loft among its attractions. It also lists animal experiences with koalas, otters, sloths and tigers, plus a Safari Tour, and its society sponsors wildlife conservation projects. After a storm, the zoo posted that some areas were still closed, so check its current status.

The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, on Barcelona Road, combine a historic home, an artist’s studio and rare palm gardens associated with Ann Weaver Norton. The gardens also list a palm and cycad collection, a pollinator garden, sculpture exhibitions and concerts. From October through June the gardens are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, so they suit a Wednesday through Sunday plan.

The City of West Palm Beach also lists its GreenMarket and the Grassy Waters Nature Center and Cypress Boardwalk. The city’s website noted that some trails remained closed after a storm, so check current status before you go. The city also lists a municipal golf course called The Park, described as a Gil Hanse design, and Clematis by Night, an event held at Centennial Square and the Great Lawn. Check the city’s calendar for dates.

Driving and parking on the island

The Town of Palm Beach’s website posts road-closure alerts, including closures on S. Ocean Boulevard, which is also State Road A1A, and a headline about holiday closures and traffic impacts. Check it before you plan a drive along the oceanfront, especially around a holiday weekend. The town’s website also lists parking permits and parking ticket payment, which matters if you plan to park on the island.

When to visit Palm Beach

The National Hurricane Center says the Atlantic season runs from June 1 to November 30, with tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurring before and after those dates. It says the peak of the season is September 10, with most activity between mid-August and mid-October.

That timing is why this guide lists November to April as the milder travel season. Whenever you go, check the forecast and local advisories before an outdoor plan, since the city’s website carries notices about low-lying waterfront areas and localized flooding during king tides.

Getting to Palm Beach and your study setting

President Donald J. Trump International Airport is the arrival point shown in this guide. The airport’s website gives its address as James L. Turnage Boulevard in West Palm Beach and says rideshare pickups are on the outer curb of the third-floor departure level. Its ground transportation page lists further options.

The map shows straight-line distances from Shift’s designated center. These are orientation distances, not driving distances or travel-time estimates. Check your exact address against the conference’s check-in area before booking.