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.
Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore
The Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore is a contemporary, luxury hotel set in a 7-acre garden oasis in the heart of the Marina Bay area.
Recently renovated, the Ritz Carlton Millenia SIngapore features landscaped grounds, an architectural interior and an exterior worthy of admiration. Not to be missed is the 4,200-piece contemporary art collection, including works by Andy Warhol, amongst others. All rooms are extra-spacious and feature “the world’s...
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Jumeirah Beach Resort Dubai
Want the beach? Get glamour at the Jumeirah Beach hotel with its idyllic location and children’s activities aplenty.
The staff at the wave-shaped Jumeirah Beach Resort Dubai love children so much that they’ll even present them with a gift on arrival. That’s during your private check in, by the way, in a special room reserved for weary families who have just arrived fresh off a plane. Bang on the beach, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel...
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Grand Hotel Tremezzo
A decadent and very luxurious Art Nouveau hotel located on the shores of Lake Como
Grand Hotel Tremezzo, is one of the oldest hotels on Lake Como and nestled right on the shore, this Art Nouveau beauty offers unrivalled views of Bellagio and the Grigne mountains. Recently reopened, it is as beautiful and grandiose as ever. Walking from drawing room to tea parlour, spacious bathroom to bedroom, the...
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Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa Maldives
Anantara Dhigu Resort and spa is a luxury, boutique hideaway with top-notch facilities in unspoilt surroundings
Spread across two islands and five acres of unspoilt tropical terrain in the South Male Atoll, and only 35 minutes by speedboat from the main island, the Anantara Dhigu Resort and Spa is a relaxed, luxury escape, it is family-friendly and has masses of facilities for everyone. Each of the 110 Villas is extremely...
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Four Seasons Maldives
Four Seasons, Maldives at Kuda Huraa is a tropical island experience with impeccable service and first-class facilities
Four Seasons Maldives at Kuda Huraa, a 12-acre island, is only a 25-minute speedboat ride from Male, in the North Male Atoll. There are three pools, watersports and a dive centre, plus yoga classes, tennis courts and a spa. There are 96 villas on the island, including some two-bedroom suites ideal for families. The...
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Chateau de Camon
Chateau de Camon is a luxurious, yet relaxed, chambre-d’hote in a fairytale castle
A converted Benedictine monastery complete with flagstones, winding stone staircases and enormous fireplaces, a stay at Chateau de Camon feels like stepping back in time. Each bedroom is totally unique and crammed with original features. Hosts Katie and Peter have young children of their own and really go the extra...
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Altapura hotel Val Thorens
Luxurious and stylish surroundings in a snow-sure resort
The self-styled “Highest Ski Palace in Europe,” Altapura hotel Val Thorens is the place to go for families who really love to ski –situated at 2,300 metres, you can’t really get much more snow-sure than here. While oozing luxury, it is also effortlessly informal – reception staff wear cosy jumpers instead...
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Au Coeur du Village Hotel
A stylish and grown-up hotel designed very much with families in mind.
Sitting right in the centre of La Clusaz, opposite the main lifts, Au Coeur de Village Hotel is the only five-star hotel in the resort and has truly been designed with families in mind. Ski-lodge style, both in design and its relaxed ambience, there is plenty of natural wood and stone in the open-plan bar and living...
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Home Hotel
Home Hotel is definitely where the heart is in Palermo Hollywood.
Home Hotel is a super stylish, very family-friendly accommodation in Palermo Hollywood has more than a hint of luxury, but its main priority is to make everyone feel like they’re at home. All rooms are very large, and filled with baby-friendly, carpet, and little ones can breakfast on boiled eggs (in the poshest...
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Vitrum Hotel
The Vitrum hotel demonstrates boutique elegance in one of the city’s funkiest districts.
The gorgeous Vitrum hotel in Palermo caters excellently for younger guests and provides free baby baths and cribs, although a child's bed costs a little extra. The duplex suites are two-storey, 50 metre squared affairs, featuring rich Argentine wood accenting and all the fancy mod-cons you’d expect. All the...
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