Chesterfield Hotel: English Countryside Meets Florida Sunshine

Friday, 13 June 2008

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Worth Avenue represents the essence of Palm Beach

There is no place like Florida's Palm Beach, a city with an abnormally high number of eccentric people, with eccentric defined as a bit crazy and very, very rich. Everyone should visit at least once in a lifetime.

Just another of Palm Beach mansions

The centre of Palm Beach is Worth Avenue, one of the world's most glamorous shopping streets, a place where diamonds glitter bright and the odd Volkswagen or Toyota stands out against a panorama of Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis. If pink diamonds glittering in the many jewellery shop windows are beyond your wallet's stretching capacity, take comfort in the restaurant scene; while shopping along Worth Avenue is the domain of magnates and their trophy wives, eating is a decidedly more democratic activity. Even such well-known haunts as the very friendly Taboo offer a Palm Beach experience at normal prices while the ambience and service are first class. Try the crabcakes and their (literal) signature sauce.

The Chesterfield entrance makes a good first impression

If not the guest of a friend who owns one of the countless mansions surrounded by astonishingly beautiful tropical gardens, you need a hotel room. Find it at The Chesterfield, a Palm Beach class act where country England meets the tropics. The Chesterfield is one of those rarae aves that appeals to all without trying to be everything to everyone. British civility bring such amenities as a library and cigar room for those who enjoy such pastimes; Some people spend an inordinate amount of time in front of the JellyBelly bowl picking out their favourite flavours of jellybeans before taking them up to one of the hotel's comfy Coventry-meets-Florida suites.

Leopard Lounge at The Chesterfield

Celebrities prefer The Chesterfield for its privacy (only 53 rooms), its service, and its proximity to Worth Avenue two blocks away. The Chesterfield's Leopard Lounge is a Palm Beach nightclub institution. Its restaurant is popular for lunch and dinner, but its devilish reputation comes from socialites socialising amidst its exotic decor and erotic ceiling paintings. At night, The Chesterfield's (in)famous Leopard Lounge with those images of bacchanalia gone OTT attracts an eclectic crowd, with eclectic define as a bit crazy and very, very rich.