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.
Jimbaran Puri Bali
Jimbaran Puri Bali offers an elegant beachside stay only 15 minutes drive from Ngurah Airport.
Handsomely located on Jimbaran Bay, one of Bali's most beautiful beaches, The Jimbaran Puri Bali is a selection of ground-level cottage suites and villas that combines maximum luxury with welcoming family-friendliness. There's direct access from rooms to the sea and, although the beach isn't private, hotel staff keep...
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Wythe Hotel
Rock it riverside at Brooklyn's hippest hotel, The Wythe.
This former textile mill, The Wythe Hotel, is just a few blocks back from the Williamsburg waterfront and has been given a faultlessly cool do-over. Expect eye-popping Manhattan views from the L-shaped roof terrace, striking design (think hand-printed wallpaper and salvaged industrial features) and spectacularly good...
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Four Seasons Toronto
The new Four Seasons in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood is heavenly, elegant and warm.
Yorkville is an easy neighbourhood for families. It's packed with boutiques and cafes and is just a short walk from some great museums. It's the one of the chicest parts of town, washed clean of the grit, colour and graffiti that defines other neighbourhoods. The new Four Seasons Toronto, with its huge Claude Cormier...
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Shangri-La Hotel Toronto
The Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto has rooms that are more apartment-sized than hotel-sized and loaded with luxury.
The Asian-inspired rooms at the Shangri-La hotel Toronto are more like luxury apartments with decadent bathrooms and plenty of storage; one room even has its own spin bike in it, perfect for tiring out an antsy teenage. If your kids are into ramen, everyone will love New York chef David Chang’s first Canadian...
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The Fairmont Royal York
Good enough for Royalty, the Fairmont Royal York is a prime Toronto hotel.
When the Queen visits Toronto, she stays at the Fairmont Royal York, and your pint-sized royalty will love it too. Some rooms are so spacious you could set up a mini golf course in them. It's in walking distance of the waterfront (where boats cross the lake for Centre Island) and a hop to theatre land, the CN Tower...
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Le Parker Meridien New York
The luxe central park-side stay, Le Parker Meridien, is a long-standing family favourite.
“Uptown not Uptight,” is the slogan of this slick but fantastically hospitable hotel, Le Parker Meridien New York. It welcomes families with open arms and the location is also spot on: it is just a few blocks from the southern edge of Central Park so the likes of the Moma, Times square, and toy Mecca FAO Schwarz...
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Mandarin Oriental Singapore
The Mandarin Oriental, Singapore is a deliciously luxurious hotel in the unbeatable Marina Bay district.
Located in the Marina Bay district, the Mandarin Oriental Singapore is the perfect base to explore the surrounding sights. You’re in walking distance of such attractions as the Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay Sands and the theatre; the hotel is also connected to the Marina Square shopping complex. Opulent rooms with...
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Eremo Della Giubiliana
A medieval ashram turned into a boutique hotel, Eremo della Giubiliana is set in the heart of Sicily’s Baroque region.
Eremo della Giubiliana is a white-washed stone, luxury ashram-turned-hotel that has the privilege of hosting an archaeological site: a necropolis. It's a sort of miniature village rising up amidst wild Sicilian countryside, and on clear days, from the tower, you can spot Malta and the African coast. It’s like living...
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Veranda Chiang Mai High Resort
Luxury and family fun off the beaten track defines the Veranda Chiang Mai.
Surrounded by hills, mountains and forest, you and the family will find a heavenly stay at the Veranda Chiang Mai High Resort. The height of both opulence and service, this hotel is memorable with its beautiful swimming pool, rooms and gardens surrounded by gentle rice and tea...
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The Greenwich Hotel New York
The Greenwich Hotel is a discreet home-away-from-home in peaceful TriBeCa.
The Greenwich Hotel New York, an 88-room boutique beauty is something of a celebrity (the owner Robert De Niro is a frequent guest and his input is everywhere). Rooms at this New York hotspot are made homely and elegant with Tibetan silk rugs, English leather couches and stacks of art tomes. The neighborhood’s most...
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