Palm Beach County, from the sand in.

A slender barrier island of legendary privacy, where estates sit between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal under banyans and sea grapes. With the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge for a neighbor, it remains one of the most quietly exclusive addresses on the eastern seaboard.

Anchored by its 1860 lighthouse and one of the prettiest inlets on the coast, Jupiter is the north county’s boating capital — waterfront restaurants you can arrive at by boat, wide dog-friendly beaches, and neighborhoods running from riverfront retreats to golf-course estates.

A small oceanfront town with a big blue heart: the fishing pier at sunrise, sea-turtle nests along the dunes, and the Loggerhead Marinelife Center anchoring its conservation spirit. Condos and low-key single-family streets, all within a bike ride of the beach.

The village that lives on the water — canals, marinas, and the Intracoastal threading past leafy mid-century neighborhoods, with a celebrated public country club at its center. A boater’s everyday paradise within easy reach of everything in the north county.

America’s original resort town: Worth Avenue, landmark Mediterranean Revival architecture, the Lake Trail, and an estate section that defines blue-chip coastal real estate. A market of legacy properties and exacting standards — where provenance matters as much as the view.

The coast’s city energy — a revitalized waterfront downtown, arts and dining along Clematis and The Square, and neighborhoods from historic districts to new towers looking across the Intracoastal to Palm Beach. The SoSo blocks south of Southern stay a perennial favorite.

One of Florida’s most private addresses: a ribbon of ocean-to-lake estates with beach on one side and dockage on the other, minutes from Palm Beach yet a world apart. Quiet, gated, and singular — a market unto itself.

The Village by the Sea — Atlantic Avenue’s restaurants and galleries running straight to a broad public beach, Pineapple Grove’s arts district a block away, and a walkable energy few beach towns anywhere can match. From beach-area cottages to Intracoastal points, Delray stays in demand for good reason.

Addison Mizner’s resort vision grown into a polished coastal city — country-club estates, oceanfront parks like Red Reef, strong schools, and a downtown that keeps getting better. Boca balances resort life and real life as gracefully as any address in South Florida.