Book Cheap Flights to West Palm Beach, United States
The peak time to visit West Palm Beach is the onset of summer season, in April and May. The weather is comparatively warmer and it allows everyone to enjoy Sunfest (its music and waterfront festival) and Palm Beach International Film Festival (one of the top 10 destination film festivals in the world). If you’ve some budget considerations, you can visit here during summer season, from July to September. It would be hot and humid during this time but you would get hotels at highly discounted prices during these months.
The Palm Beach International Airport serves Palm Beach County and Greater Miami. It is owned by Palm Beach County, and is operated by Palm Beach County Department of Airports. This airport offers scheduled flights to Atlanta, Newark, Detroit, New York (LaGuardia and JFK) and Charlotte among other US cities. It is served by Air Canada, American Airlines, Bahamasair, Jet Blue Airways, Southwest Airlines and other prominent airlines.
Places of Interest in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, US. This boat-friendly city is a perfect weekend getaway because of its reputation as a nightlife and culinary hotspot. Some allied attractions here would include the annual heartthrobs called Sunfest music festival and The Palm Beach International Film Festival (both celebrated in April), and African safari (including endangered species like the Southern White rhinoceros). For more sedate souls, a Cold War-era bunker of President John F Kennedy in Peanut Island is an absolute must. The art enthusiasts wouldn’t like to miss some classic American, Chinese and European artworks in the Norton Museum.
McCarthy Wildlife Sanctuary
The McCarthy Wildlife Sanctuary is the graduation of a zoo to a more humane approach. It rescues native and exotic animals to rehabilitate them, and maintains them until they are fit to be released into their respective natural habitats. Some of the most popular species here include Florida Panther, Scarlet Macaw, Barred Owl and Rose Hair Tarantula.
Norton Museum of Art
Established in 1941 AD, Norton Museum of Art is the largest art museum in Florida. It has a remarkable permanent collection of 7000 artworks related to 19th and 20th century European, American, pre-Columbian, Mexican, Chinese arts with some specimens of contemporary art and some regular travelling exhibitions.
Sunfest
If you’re landing in West Palm Beach during April or May, you possibly can’t miss the SunFest. It is an annual music, art, and waterfront festival in Florida that attracts more than 275000 people every year who come here to enjoy music shows by famous artists like Nelly, Ludacris, Bob Dylan, Kenny G, Earth Wind and Fire, Cyndi Lauper, and The Wailers. It also awards college scholarships, complimentary tickets and raises funds for philanthropic ends.