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The Brazilian Court Hotel
Palm Beach, Florida, United States · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Rosario Candela opened this Mediterranean courtyard hotel on New Year's Day 1926, turning eighty rooms inward on planted courts three blocks from Worth Avenue. The Sicilian later packed Park and Fifth with New York apartments; here he chose the inner face over a Mizner street facade. Daniel Boulud's Cafe Boulud has cooked on the courtyard since 2003. A hundred years old in 2026, AAA Four Diamond, Leading Hotels of the World.
- 80 rooms
- Opened 1926
- Neighborhood: Midtown
- Rooms from 400 sq ft (37 m²)
About The Brazilian Court Hotel
- Rosario Candela designed the hotel around two landscaped courtyards; it opened on 1 January 1926.
- Cafe Boulud Palm Beach, Daniel Boulud's Florida room, has been on the courtyard since 2003.
- Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, and Marjorie Merriweather Post wintered in the house.
- Entry-level rooms start at 400 sq ft (37 m²).
History
The Brazilian Court opened on New Year's Day 1926 at 301 Australian Avenue in Palm Beach. New York investors Joseph D'Esterre and Stanley Paschal assembled the site and hired Rosario Candela, the Sicilian-born architect later famous for Park and Fifth Avenue apartment houses. Candela organized the hotel around two planted courtyards rather than a street facade, a break from Addison Mizner's Palm Beach manner. In 2003, under Obadon Hotels, the courtyard kitchen became Cafe Boulud. The house is a member of Leading Hotels of the World and Historic Hotels of America.
The setting
4-minute walk to Everglades Golf Course. 1.5 miles from Norton Museum of Art.
Restaurants and bars
- Cafe Boulud — Restaurant · French
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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