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Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
Palm Beach, Florida, United States · Four Seasons · Grand Luxury
Florida's first Four Seasons opened in 1989 on 300 feet of oceanfront at Palm Beach island's quiet southern tip. Florie's is the only American restaurant led by Mauro Colagreco, the three-Michelin-starred chef whose Mirazur was named the World's Best Restaurant in 2019, with Martin Brudnizki's palm-and-pink rooms carrying old Palm Beach indoors.
- 207 rooms
- Opened 1989
- Neighborhood: South End
- Rooms from 393 sq ft (37 m²)
- Architect: Leo Daly
- Interiors: Martin Brudnizki Design Studio (2018–2019 renovation interiors); Brian Gluckstein (spa)
About Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
- Henry Flagler built the Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1894 to house his railroad passengers; at the time it was the largest wooden structure in the world.
- Martin Brudnizki reworked the interiors in 2019 with a palm-and-pink palette pulled straight from old-guard Palm Beach's own color vocabulary.
- Entry-level rooms start at 393 sq ft (37 m²).
History
Palm Beach island was essentially invented by Henry Flagler, the Standard Oil partner who extended his Florida East Coast Railway down the peninsula in the 1890s and built the Royal Poinciana Hotel — at its opening in 1894 the largest wooden structure in the world — to give his railroad passengers somewhere to stay. The island's second architectural personality came in the 1920s when Addison Mizner established the Spanish-Mediterranean vernacular that still defines the older estates in the island's northern and central neighborhoods. By the time Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach opened in 1989 at the island's quiet southern tip, it was arriving into a landscape shaped by more than a century of deliberate luxury construction.
The 1989 opening made it Florida's first Four Seasons property, situated on 300 feet of private Atlantic oceanfront at the southern end of the island, away from the famous Worth Avenue shopping corridor and the grandest Mizner-designed estates but benefiting from that distance in tranquility. The original hotel was designed with a classical simplicity that deferred to the island's established aesthetic — low-rise structures, colonnaded walkways, gardens leading to the beach — rather than competing with it through scale or novelty. Florida's legislature had designated Palm Beach one of the state's most protected historic districts, and new construction was circumscribed accordingly.
Martin Brudnizki, the Swedish-British interior designer celebrated for his ability to reinterpret historical glamour for contemporary sensibilities, reimagined the interiors in 2019 with a palm-and-pink palette drawn directly from the old-guard Palm Beach color vocabulary. The renovation refreshed every guestroom and public space without disturbing the resort's relationship to its oceanfront setting. The defining culinary development came with the arrival of Florie's, the first American restaurant from Mauro Colagreco — the Argentine-French chef whose Mirazur on the French Riviera holds three Michelin stars and was named the World's Best Restaurant in 2019. Colagreco's seasonal, garden-driven approach to the Palm Beach menu earned the restaurant two Michelin Keys in 2025, making Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach one of a small number of Florida properties to hold both Forbes Five-Star and Michelin recognition simultaneously.
The setting
Sits at the quiet southern end of Palm Beach island, near the oldest estate neighborhoods laid out by Addison Mizner in the 1920s. 7 miles from Norton Museum of Art. 10 miles from Palm Beach International Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- Florie's — Restaurant · Chef Mauro Colagreco
- Seaway — Restaurant
Experiences
- Florie's by Mauro Colagrecco — US partnership with the chef behind three-Michelin-starred Mirazur in Menton; Mediterranean live-fire cooking and earth-conscious dishes.
- Florie's Bar — Seasonally changing, garden-driven cocktails and aperitifs with Florida citrus, herbs and botanicals from the Resort's garden.
- Ocean Front Cabana Dining — Four-course menu served with views of the Palm Beach coastline, curated by Executive Chef Nicolas Lebas.
- Tennis — One Har-Tru tennis court, Peter Burwash International tennis program, on-site tennis pro and private lessons.
- Beach and water sports — Stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, boogie boards, and beach volleyball, spikeball and cornhole.
- Golf access — Access to Palm Beach's preferred golf courses from public par 3s to members-only championship courses.
Amenities
- 2 heated ocean-view pools
- 1,500 ft of private Atlantic beachfront
- Palm Beach Spa with 11 treatment rooms (Forbes Five-Star Spa 2026)
- Tennis courts
- Kids club (Explorer's Club)
- 24-hour fitness center
- Sauna
- Yoga
- Private beach
- Water sports
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Five Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels (2026)
- Florida's Leading Luxury Resort 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
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