Pre-Teen friendly
There is a distinct shift in children of a certain age. Not yet fully-fledged adolescents, they are too grown up to be satiated by the offering of a young kid's club to keep them entertained on a family holiday lasting more than a weekend. So whether a hotel offers up ever-popular Wii stations in-room or water sports and activities perfect for pre-teens, horse riding and jet skiing or language lessons and art classes, our selection of luxury, family-friendly hotels have an excellent array of fantastic offerings for boys and girls not ready for a teen club with its discos and sleepovers, but too old for the storytime comforts of baby and toddler clubs.
The Surrey
An original 1920s Upper East Side residence, today The Surrey is a luxury family-friendly hotel right on the edge of Central Park.
Once home to JFK and Bette Davis, amongst others, The Surrey was originally built in the 1920s as a residence in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Today, it serves as a seriously fabulous boutique hotel a hop, skip and jump from the city’s galleries, museums, restaurants and, of course, Central...
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Hotel Casa del Mar
This waterfront Santa Monica gem overlooks the ferris wheel, the beach and miles of ocean.
Located right on the water’s edge in Santa Monica, Hotel Casa del Mar has been designed to ensure you see the sea as much as possible when inside this glorious beachfront hotel. Windows sit floor-to-ceiling throughout the bedrooms and the restaurant is designed to ensure most seats have an ocean view, too. Located...
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L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
A boutique home from home with a fabulous rooftop pool and exceptional service.
L'Ermitage Beverly Hills promotes itself for its unquestioning discretion, making it a boutique base for stars from across the globe when staying in Los Angeles. It is set on a quiet tree-lined residential street and is designed very much as a home from home, but it’s still just a short hop from all of LA’s...
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Oceana Beach Club Hotel
You’ll find stylish digs and sea breezes at Oceana Beach Club Hotel in Santa Monica.
The carefree vibe and sunny décor of the surf side Oceana Beach Club hotel will wind-down even the most airport-frazzled family. You’re also in the heart of Santa Monica, one of most pedestrianised, picturesque parts of LA. The pier with its Ferris wheel and ice cream shops is a flip-flop stroll...
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Mr. C Beverly Hills
Mr. C Beverly Hills boasts venetian-style hospitality in the Hollywood hills.
The 2011 opening of Mr. C Beverly Hills from the Cipriani Brothers (great grandsons to Giuseppe Cipriani who opened Harry's Bar in 1913) lives up to its lofty heritage. Children are greeted on arrival with pulpy virgin Bellini’s (adults get the alcoholic variety) and each of the 137 rooms is extremely decadent with...
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Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills
With children's spa treatments, private poolside cabanas and two culinary hotspots, the Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills ticks all the boxes for a family-friendly luxury LA stay.
Located on Wilshire Boulevard just a hop from the retail Mecca that is Rodeo Drive resides the landmark LA hotspot, The Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills. Craving a super central LA hotel? Check. With a Michelin-starred restaurant included? Check. And not forgetting the superior excellence of a Four Seasons’ spa?...
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Hotel Bel-Air
Hollywood 1950's glamour collides with family-friendly delights at LA classic, the Hotel Bel-Air, home of the infamous Swan Lake.
A vintage Los Angeles institution, the Hotel Bel-Air is an excellent family-friendly option in the city of angels. With a newly glowing façade thanks to a massive recent renovation the hotel is now offering, amongst other goodies, the wonderful “Bel-Air basket.” A picnic basket designed by Wolfgang Puck himself...
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Relais Villa Vittoria
Boutique in size but as luxury as any large hotel, Villa Vittoria is a lakeside Como classic, ideal for a peaceful family holiday.
Craving something more on the boutique side in Lago di Como? Relais Villa Vittoria will more than suffice. The 19th century villa and its adjacent Mulberry garden give it a pre-war, romantic feel; it is defined as boutique hotel so its small, but offers every amenity and luxury one could want, in a peaceful and...
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Castadiva Resort
The floating heated pool and private marina on the edge of Castadiva resort only hints at the luxury that awaits inside.
An early 19th century villa, Castadiva Resort is today a beautiful resort but much more intimate in feel than its name would suggest. Located on Lake Como’s eastern side in Blevio village, it has two totally private villas and 73 rooms, nearly all of which have terraces with either garden or lake views, nestled...
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Country House at Hunters
The Country House at Hunters is a luxurious retreat within an idyllic setting, right in the heart of the Garden Route.
Exuding charm and elegance, Country House at Hunters is an award-winning grande dame of the Garden Route situated between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. This family-friendly hotel consists of a grand manor house with 19 individual thatched cottage suites (some with private pools,) set in the midst of magnificent gardens...
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