Palmares may refer to:
- Palmares, Pernambuco, a municipality in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil
- Palmares Paulista
- Palmares (canton), a canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica
- Palmares de Alajuela, a city and district in the canton of Palmares in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica
- Palmarès, the list of accomplishments in sport
- Palmares (quilombo), a legendary, powerful quilombo located in Brazil and destroyed by Portuguese artillery in 1694
- Palmares River
- Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport