City Place adjoins
the internationally renowned Kravis Centre for the Performing Arts, a 2200 seat
glass, marble, and copper showcase with a year round events calendar of top
class events. The 250 seat Rinker Playhouse on premises includes a space for
children's programming, family productions and other special events. The Palm
Beach Opera stages four performances at the Kravis Centre each winter. There
are also occasional performances by the Palm Beach Philharmonic Orchestra at
the centre.
The city’s commercial
heart lies along the beautifully landscaped Clematis Street where there are
boutiques and restaurants in authentically restored buildings. The street also
has a very popular fountain, and is the centre of the city’s nightlife. There
is a free downtown shuttle by day and free on-street parking at night and on
weekends. For those who wish to enjoy a flutter on the tables, there are daily
casino cruises departing from the Port of Palm Beach for nearby international
waters.
Back on land, there is the Greyhound track and Club. Golf, polo, and the full
spectrum of water sports including snorkelling, diving, swimming, surfing, boating
and fishing are all available year round, along with many activities of interest
to families with children. Among these are the 22-acre Dreher Park Zoo with
its creature friendly natural habitats, the South Florida Science Museum, Aquarium
and Planetarium, and Lion Country Safari. The Lion Country Safai is a 500-acre
preserve, which contains species and appropriate habitats in which 1300 wild
animals roam. The reserve home to lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, antelopes,
chimpanzees, ostriches, and water buffalo. Visitors drive through on 8 miles
of paved roads accompanied by an excellent self-guided cassette tape tour commentary.
Across the Flagler
Bridge is the exclusive island community of Palm Beach. Its world famous trademark
is Worth Avenue with countless designer boutiques, and ladies who lunch. A few
short blocks from downtown, along County Road and Ocean Boulevard (the shore
road, also designated as Route A1A), are Palm Beach's mansions and the well-tended
beaches leading down to the glorious expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.
South of Palm
Beach, along Route A1A, are Boynton Beach, Boca Raton, and Delray Beach, which
offer more shopping, dining, and recreation options. North of West Palm Beach
are Singer Island, Juno and Jupiter with their miles of fine sandy beaches,
open spaces and parks. The phenomenon of the migration, nest building, and hatching
of sea turtles takes place annually in this area, and outshines any of the human
engineered attractions you will encounter in the area. The 221 square mile Loxahatchee
Wildlife Refuge, a part of the incomparable Everglades, is located in the surrounding
area. Beyond are sugar cane fields and the road to Lake Okeechobee.
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