Intown.

Intown — Midtown, to some — is the island at its most centered. Everything that defines Palm Beach public life happens within these few blocks: the vias and maisons of Worth Avenue, the galleries and restaurants of The Royal Poinciana Plaza, morning coffee that turns into an afternoon among boutiques and museums.

Royal Palm Way, the palm-lined boulevard often called Bankers Row, anchors the section with its international financial houses, and the Town Docks put the Intracoastal a stroll away. The housing mix is the island's most varied — landmark co-ops and condominiums, lakefront Mediterranean homes with private docks, and newly built residences finished to their original 1920s spirit, some with deeded in-town beach access.

For those who want to walk to everything — dinner, the beach, the boat — this is the section that makes the case.