Toddler-friendly
Toddlers are adorable, but they can pose a serious challenge when travelling. Being mobile and fearless, everything from antique ornaments in hotel rooms to infinity pools, high chair facilities (or a terrifying lack of) to restaurant menus have to be carefully considered. Traveling with a two year old makes you wonder why you weren't permanently on vacation when they were newborn, but with the right information you can absolutely travel as a family, enjoying luxurious and very welcoming family-friendly hotels that will cater as much to their need for a soft play area and a cot bed, as your need for a babysitter, a large bedroom and an excellent pre-dinner cocktail.
The Chedi Chiang Mai
The Chedi Chiang Mai is a five star global staple complete with private butler treatment.
The Chedi Chiang Mai is a five-star hotel along the Mae Ping, where you can watch the traditional fishing boats floating past from your luxurious suite, or as you lounge by the riverside swimming pool. Just five minutes from the local and extremely enticing night bazaar, The Chedi is the place for you and your family...
Chiang Mai See this Hotel & Book
Dusit D2 Chiang Mai
Dusit D2 Chiang Mai offers mountain views and luxury a mere 15 minutes from the airport.
The five-star Dusit D2 Chiang Mai hotel, just off Chang Klan Road, offers modern interiors set against touches of traditional Thai décor. It puts you right near Chiang Mai’s bustling night bazaar and you’ll love coming home to the sight of the beautiful outdoor pool and twinkling lights. The Dusit D2 is also just...
Chiang Mai See this Hotel & Book
Gran Melia Don Pepe
Wedged firmly between Puerto Banus and Marbella Port, the Gran Melia Don Pepe is a gem at the foothills of the Sierra Blanca and it's fabulously family-friendly .
One of the classic Marbella hotels thrown up in the 1960s, the Gran Melia Don Pepe is still popular with good reason. It is large (194 rooms) without verging into manic, over-sized resort territory but, with that, has an awful lot to offer. The various restaurants make it almost impossible to need to leave the grounds...
Marbella See this Hotel & Book
Hotel Puente Romano
Designed with an Andalucian village in mind, this beachfront luxury spot, Hotel Puente Romano near Puerto Banus, has it all.
The Hotel Puente Romano is very much focused on stress relief. The various family rooms go up to three bedrooms in size, with two separate living rooms, so this is as close to villa accommodation as you can get, coupled with the lashings of luxury amenities you want from a hotel. Located on what is known as the Golden...
Marbella See this Hotel & Book
Marriott Marbella Beach Resort
The Marriott Marbella Beach Resort offers beachside rooms of Moorish architecture and timeshare options on Marbella’s main coastline.
If you really fall in love with this luxury, very family-friendly Marriott Marbella Beach Resort, you can actually own a piece of your own and return each year come as often as you want, because the property is part of the Marriott Vacation Club global timeshare brand with a hotel on its grounds. The Marriott...
Marbella See this Hotel & Book
Meliá Madrid Princesa Hotel
Meliá Madrid Princesa Hotel is an achingly cool design hotel in the heart of the city that combines boutique styling with five-star mod cons.
The large modern Meliá Madrid Princesa Hotel has been recently refurbished with high spec rooms decorated in a cool contemporary style. It serves as an oasis of calm in the bustling city centre, just a few minutes from Gran Vía, Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, the main museums and downtown shopping...
Madrid See this Hotel & Book
One Aldwych
One Aldwych is a stunning contemporary hotel in the exciting Covent Garden area of London, making it a perfect point from which to explore the capital.
Considering how centrally located One Aldwych is, there is nothing you’ll be left wanting. The slick rooms are family-friendly in size (lots of room for cots and additional beds), there is an enormous 150 square meter state-of-the-art fitness centre with personal trainers, should you so desire one, the swimming pool...
United Kingdom See this Hotel & Book
Bovey Castle
Bovey Castle is a magnificent estate in Devon that offers superb service and unrivaled luxury, while remaining resolutely family-friendly and welcoming.
The rooms and suites of the main house at Bovey Castle are sure to thrill. Sumptuous, luxurious and extremely comfortable, they’ll suit you down to the ground. If you’re travelling with a large family, however, there is also the option of the three en-suite bedroom country lodges on the 4000-acre grounds of the...
United Kingdom See this Hotel & Book
Thurlestone Hotel
Particularly good if you’re travelling with a young baby, Thurlestone is a stunning luxury hotel near Salcombe.
Family-owned since 1896, Thurlestone Hotel in South Devon is great if you’re travelling with tiny children - high chairs, a baby-listening service, pre-booked babysitting, kid’s menus and daily complimentary high tea for children are just for starters. Perching proudly on the sea in South Devon, Thurlestone offers...
United Kingdom See this Hotel & Book
The Runnymede-on-Thames
The Runnymede-on-Thames is perfect for busy families wanting family-friendly fun in the tranquility of Windsor.
Located on the idyllic River Thames on the outskirts of delightful Windsor, small children are welcomed with rucksacks filled with activities, and milk and cookies at The Runnymede-on-Thames. Throughout the hotel there are hordes of games, books and toys to borrow; outside the hotel are the joys of Windsor Castle and...
United Kingdom See this Hotel & Book