Splurge Hotels · Palm Beach
Palm Beach has the ratings — the ship is in Riviera Beach. The area’s only AAA Five Diamond, the Four Seasons, is about 16 road miles from the terminal by our routing, The Breakers about 5.5, and the Four Diamond Marriott on Singer Island about 2.9. Below, what each one adds and what it leaves you to arrange on sail morning.
We looked for the nicest places to stay before a cruise from the Port of Palm Beach. Two are on Singer Island, a short cab from the ship — the Marriott and Amrit. The Breakers and the Four Seasons are on the island of Palm Beach, The Ben is downtown, PGA National is inland in Palm Beach Gardens and Eau is south in Manalapan. Choose the kind of night below and the matching hotel lights up.
The Four Seasons is the area’s only AAA Five Diamond. The Breakers, the Marriott, The Ben and PGA National are Four Diamond. Forbes rates the Four Seasons Five-Star and The Breakers Four-Star. Amrit is “Soon To Be Rated” by Forbes, and Eau isn’t on AAA’s lists — we say so rather than stretch.
AAA's only Five Diamond in the area and a Forbes Five-Star, on the ocean at the south end of the island. Our routing puts the terminal about 16.1 miles and 27 minutes away.
AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four-Star on 140 oceanfront acres, with free overnight valet and no resort fee. Our routing puts the terminal about 5.5 miles away.
The Four Diamond nearest the ship: all suites with full kitchens, an infinity pool and a lagoon pool with a slide, on the ocean about 2.9 road miles from the terminal by our routing, with a $35 daily resort fee and $44 valet on top.
Singer Island's wellness resort, the nearest of the seven to the ship at about 2.6 road miles by our routing. Forbes lists it "Soon To Be Rated". AAA doesn't list it. A $45 daily resort fee plus tax.
AAA Four Diamond since 2020, downtown with a rooftop pool and Spruzzo's rooftop bar, a block from Clematis Street. About 4.6 road miles from the terminal by our routing. Valet only, at $57.
AAA Four Diamond since 1982, with four restaurants and a heated pool, about 10.4 road miles from the terminal by our routing. The resort fee is $49 a night plus taxes — the highest printed among the seven.
No resort fee, dogs stay free, and Nobu on site. It was Eau Palm Beach and is now Eau Resort & Spa, the same resort, not a new one. It isn't AAA-rated, and it's the furthest of the seven — about 18.2 road miles by our routing.
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| Feature | Four Seasons Palm Beach | The Breakers | Marriott Singer Island | Amrit Ocean Resort | The Ben | PGA National | Eau Resort & Spa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAA rating | Five Diamond | Four Diamond | Four Diamond | — | Four Diamond | Four Diamond | — |
| Forbes Travel Guide | Five-Star | Four-Star | — | Not stated | — | — | — |
| Restaurant | Not on the pages we read | HMF; Flagler Steakhouse; Echo | ONA Coastal Cuisine | Tula; Taaza; JEEVI | Proper Grit | The Butcher's Club; Honeybelle | Nobu Manalapan; Angle |
| Bar or drinks | — | The Lobby Bar | Reef Tiki Bar | AYRE by Karma | Spruzzo, rooftop | Sushi by Boū | Stir |
| Spa | Spa | Indoor-outdoor spa | SiSpa | Amrit Spa, hydrothermal | Rooftop pool | Spa | Eau Spa |
| Breakfast | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Kitchen | — | — | Full kitchens in the suites | — | — | — | — |
| Resort fee | Not stated | None, per the resort | $35 a day | $45 a day plus tax | None found | $49 a night plus taxes | None, per the resort |
| Parking | Overnight valet, for a fee | Free overnight valet | $44 valet | $44.73 overnight valet, tax in | $57 valet | $22 self; $46 valet | Not stated |
| Shuttle to the port | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Distance to the port | ~16.1 mi to the terminal, our routing | ~5.5 mi to the terminal, our routing | ~2.9 mi to the terminal, our routing | ~2.6 mi to the terminal, our routing | ~4.6 mi to the terminal, our routing | ~10.4 mi to the terminal, our routing | ~18.2 mi to the terminal, our routing |
None of the seven runs a shuttle to the ship, and none prints its distance to the port. The numbers here are ours, not the hotels’ — road routes with no traffic. Amrit is about 2.6 miles, the Marriott on Singer Island about 2.9, The Ben about 4.6, The Breakers about 5.5, PGA National about 10.4, the Four Seasons about 16.1 and Eau about 18.2.
Fees decide more than the room rate here. PGA National adds $49 a night plus taxes, Amrit $45 a day plus tax and the Marriott $35 a day — charged per night, not once per stay. The Breakers and Eau say they charge no resort fee at all.
Parking runs from free overnight valet at The Breakers to $57 valet at The Ben, and none of the seven says a car can stay while you cruise. The port’s own lot by the terminal is $19 a day — on a card, not in cash.
Margaritaville at Sea, the terminal and where Paradise goes are in our Palm Beach cruise guide — mind the 3:00 PM door, whichever of these you pick.
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| Hotel | Why it isn’t in the seven |
|---|---|
| The Belgrove Resort & Spa | AAA Four Diamond since 2025, with three pools and a spa — it's in our top 20 on logistics, so its review is on the ranked list. |
| Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown | AAA Four Diamond since 2022 on the downtown waterfront; in our top 20, with $52 valet as the only parking. |
| Hilton West Palm Beach | AAA Four Diamond since 2016, four restaurants by the convention center; in our top 20. |
| The Singer Oceanfront Resort | Not rated, but oceanfront on Singer Island and the closest of our twenty to the ship; in our top 20. |
| The Brazilian Court, Palm Beach | AAA Four Diamond since 2005 — we didn't research it in time to review, which isn't a judgment on the hotel. |
| The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach | Forbes Recommended in its July 2025 Palm Beach list; not researched in time to review. |
By the ratings, the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach — the only hotel in the area on AAA's 2026 Five Diamond list, and Forbes Five-Star. It's also about 16.1 road miles from the terminal by our routing. If you want a Four Diamond close to the ship, the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island is about 2.9 road miles away.
One: the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, on South Ocean Boulevard. Forbes' July 2025 Palm Beach list gives The Breakers Four Stars and calls Amrit "Soon To Be Rated".
None of our seven publishes one. The nearest, Amrit and the Marriott on Singer Island, are under 3 road miles from the terminal by our routing — a short cab. The Breakers' free house car is for local trips, not the port.
PGA National charges $49 a night plus taxes, Amrit $45 a day plus tax, and the Marriott on Singer Island $35 a day. The Breakers says "never a resort fee", and Eau says "No resort fee". The others don't print one on the pages we read.
None of the seven prints a rate for it. The Breakers' overnight valet is free, The Ben's is $57 a day and the Marriott's $44 — PGA National self-parks at $22. The port's own lot by the terminal is $19 a day, card only.
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