The best family hotels in the world, from Cornwall to the Caribbean... and how to keep your children happy in them
They say you only have 18 summers with your children before they 砂漠 you in favour of their own adventures. So, how to make the most of your time off together?
Luckily, at most 井戸／弁護士席-run hotels, it’s no longer a 事例／患者 of raised eyebrows at youngsters in the dining room, no 事柄 how upmarket the 設立.
The 広大な 大多数 of 訴える手段／行楽地s across the globe have エースd the family holiday 決まり文句／製法, 申し込む／申し出ing amazing kids’ clubs, thoughtful menus, activities galore and spacious accommodation. But which are the very best ones to try?
Here we’ve 狭くするd the search to 20 of the finest family-friendly places to stay. And we’re 井戸／弁護士席 aware it’s not just parents with children in 牽引する that comes into consideration regarding what makes a 広大な／多数の／重要な family 逃亡.
A 最近の 熟考する／考慮する 行為／行うd by the Family Travel 協会 設立する that more than half of grandparents (54 per cent) are planning a multi-generational break, often (rather usefully) having money saved to help 財政／金融 trips.
So here’s our 選択 of the 20 best family-friendly hotels ― for all.
UK
Cornish charmer
Fowey Hall is an elegant 1899 manor house perched above the charming Cornish port of Fowey, 誇るing Ofsted-登録（する）d childcare, a milk butler, menus to please both foodie grown-ups and 小型の fusspots, an indoor and heated outdoor pool and, hallelujah, a spa. Cornwall’s simple 楽しみs, crab 逮捕するs and 沿岸の walks その上の 高くする，増す the charm.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: The spa’s Little Ishga menu for over-threes; kids can 冷気／寒がらせる too y’know.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £500, based on May half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 prices (luxuryfamilyhotels.co.uk).
Divine in the Lakes
The playful, punchy 内部のs at Another Place, a Georgian hotel in the Lake 地区 with a 同時代の wing 加える shepherds huts, cottages and a treehouse, are likely lost on anyone 膝-high to a grasshopper but there’s plenty to 支持を得ようと努める them too. This swish 訴える手段／行楽地, on 18 acres around glinting Ullswater, serves up outdoorsy adventures - 経由で kayaks, paddleboards and bikes, 同様に as age-明確な／細部 kids clubs.
Grown-ups こそこそ動く off to Swim Club, a sleek spa and pool 側面に位置するd by two 塀で囲むs of gleaming glass. Dinner? Choose from three restaurants, 含むing The Glasshouse, which 解雇する／砲火／射撃s up pizzas by the lake.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Let them stay up, the stargazing is phenomenal.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £450 (another.place).
Lovely Loch Lomond
Play at 存在 lords and ladies of the manor, try falconry, take a seaplane ride or whirl 負かす／撃墜する the indoor pool’s slide; just some of the ways to fill the time at 200-year-old Cameron House. On 400 rolling green acres の近くに to Loch Lomond - so you can put Nessie-spotting on the 旅程 too, accommodation is in the hotel or roomier, scattered 宿泊するs. Two of the five restaurants are 特に child-friendly, with foolproof menus 含むing make-up-your-own pizzas and みごたえのある sundaes.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Sunset kayaking on Lomond.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £470 (cameronhouse.co.uk).
EUROPE
Sardinian success
FORTE Village in Sardinia 構成するs 116 acres of stellar family entertainment on Sardinia’s southern coast. The 訴える手段／行楽地 has been perfecting its 決まり文句／製法 since 1974. There’s now a whopping eight hotels 加える 郊外住宅s and 控訴s, and 21 restaurants, 含むing one that has three Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck’s 指名する above the door. The kids are the real VIPs; with a Real Madrid （軍の）野営地，陣営 and Barbie 学院 の中で the many 共同s likely to make them never want to leave. Parents will love the Acquaforte & Thalasso Spa, big enough to be a 訴える手段／行楽地 in its own 権利.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: 長，率いる to Leisureland for bowling and go-karting.
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights in a deluxe family bungalow from £1,231pp, based on May half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 出発s (fortevillageresort.com). 飛行機で行く to Caligari from £65 return (ryanair.com).
Italy all-rounder
WELCOME to la dolce vita, baby (and こどもs, and teens). The Beckhams and the Bransons are の中で famous broods who’ve checked in at five-星／主役にする Borgo Egnazia in Puglia, at the 最高の，を越す of Italy’s heel in Puglia.
Designed like an authentic 地元の village （手先の）技術d from Tufa 石／投石する, albeit one with a Michelin-starred restaurant, this honey-hued 訴える手段／行楽地 has a レーザー 焦点（を合わせる） on showing the kids a good time. There’s cookery lessons, their own pool and a 削減（する） farm - even the Vair spa caters for youngsters. Parents will love the ‘ワイン at 5’ 支配する.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Bambinos get their own restaurant, Da Frisella, serving fresh pasta.
調書をとる／予約する it: Two-bed family houses from £917 (borgoegnazia.com). 飛行機で行く to Bari from £98 return (easyjet.com).
Oh la la in Paris
THE French 資本／首都, just 2hrs 16mins by Eurostar, is an 奮起させるd first city break, with famous sights and crepe au chocolat 販売人s on every corner. But there are 障害s ― cobbled streets, 法外な steps on the Metro ― so you’ll need the 権利 hotel.
Get a warm welcome at five-星／主役にする boutique bolt-穴を開ける Maison Br?guet, in a tranquil 部分 of the 権利 Bank in Paris. They’ll lay on buggies, baby-changing mats and cots, 加える there’s a babysitting service.
Famil y （人が）群がる-pleaser: Few Paris hotels have pools, there’s a small one here.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £446 (en.maisonbreguet.com). Eurostar to Paris from £39 return, under threes go 解放する／自由な, with 割引s for under 11s (eurostar.com).
Terrific Tenerife
Styled like a Moorish citadel, the Ritz-Carlton Abama in Tenerife is a striking terracotta-coloured hotel is enormous, with 462 rooms and 控訴s fitting comfortably on 160 verdant ヘクタールs of the Canary 小島’s south coast.
What can Ritz kids (their words, not 地雷) 推定する／予想する? A smorgasbord of carefully considered activities 含むing art, （手先の）技術ing 開会／開廷／会期s and water sports. Concierges can 調書をとる／予約する Tenerife’s best family day trips too, 含むing 鯨 watching, 調査するing lunar-like 開始する Tiede and Siam Park, Europe’s biggest waterpark.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: The ‘fun-icular’, which trundles to Abama beach.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £546 (ritzcarlton.com). 飛行機で行く to Tenerife from £157 return (ba.com).
Greek 攻撃する，衝突する
A thousand acres on Greece’s Kassandra 半島 is room enough for five Sani hotels, all nestled in pine forest, with the lapping Aegean の近くに by. Ready for some big 指名するs to entertain?
You can 攻撃する，衝突する at the Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre, master keepie-uppies at the Chelsea FC 創立／基礎 or hone bushcraft 技術s in the 耐える Grylls 生き残り 学院. And baby food guru Annabel Karmel has had a 手渡す in the restaurant menus too.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Kids under 12 stay 解放する／自由な at the Sani Beach Hotel.
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights’ half-board in a family 控訴 costs £2,561pp, based on summer holiday 出発s and 含むing flights (tui.co.uk).
最高の，を越す-notch Algarve
THE awards 閣僚 for 最高の，を越す-notch family 施設s bulges at Pine Cliffs 訴える手段／行楽地 in the Algarve in Portugal. This 72-ヘクタール five-星／主役にする 訴える手段／行楽地 in Albufeira has an entire village, Porto Pirata, for younger kids, with a bouncy 城 and 小型の-ゴルフ and plenty of water-based thrills for tweens and teens too.
Where are the grown-ups? ピンボールing between the nine-穴を開ける course, Serenity Spa and Annabel Croft Tennis 学院.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Namaste! Enjoy parent-and-child yoga.
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights’ self-catering in a family 控訴 costs £1,673pp, based on May half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 出発s and 含むing flights (jet2holidays.com).
MIDDLE EAST AND INDIAN OCEAN
Dreamy Dubai
THE most famous luxe mega-訴える手段／行楽地 on the 惑星? Welcome to Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai, a 1,500-room goliath the colour of amber 砂漠 sand overlooking the Arabian 湾. The Explorers Club here is, as your offspring might say, ‘epic’ , with a Play Zone, 命令（する） Centre for gamers and 水槽 小旅行するs in the mix. Parental lounge poolside, window-shop couture in the boutiques and 調書をとる／予約する （米）棚上げする／（英）提議するs for dinner, 含むing at Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: 解放する／自由な 入ること／参加（者） to The Lost 議会s 水槽 and Aquaventure waterpark
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights’ half-board in a family room costs £2,254pp, based on October half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 出発s and 含むing flights (virginholidays.co.uk).
Maldives for all
THE Maldives is finally - why should the loved-ups have all the fun? - making this 楽園 more welcoming to families. Five-星／主役にする Angsana Velavaru, an immaculate line-up of overwater 郊外住宅s in the Southern Nilandhe atoll, is all-inclusive to make things 最高の 平易な. The 特別奇襲隊員s Club is mightily impressive, with activities for both grown-ups and children 含むing night-fishing, 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 boat rides and a kids learn-to-dive programme.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: A personal 郊外住宅 host is 割り当てるd at check-in.
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights’ all-inclusive costs £3,291pp, based on October half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 出発s and 含むing flights (britishairways.com).
Abu Dhabi surprise
HUGGING six miles of custard-coloured beach and with its own waterpark; island 訴える手段／行楽地 Saadiyat Rotana 訴える手段／行楽地 in Abu Dhabi is a natural 代案／選択肢 if you loved Dubai. The 演習 is 類似の, mind: posh health club vibes, with 高級な sports and spa 施設s, and eight 全世界の restaurants. The Aladdin’s 洞穴 kids club was refreshed last year and has a Cinema Zone and 献身的な water park areas for smaller children. Culture? Louvre Abu Dhabi is 権利 next door.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: 位置／汚点／見つけ出す hawksbill 海がめs and イルカs from the beach.
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights’ B&B costs £1,322pp, based on October half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 出発s and 含むing flights (onthebeach.co.uk).
NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Mexican rave
When an Oscar-winning art director designs the children’s club, you know you’ve dealt a 殺し屋 blow to holiday 退屈. Brigitte Broch, who worked on Moulin 紅, is behind the fantastical 3,900-square-metre KidsOnly club at the One&Only Mandarina in Nayarit, Mexico, where energy is 燃やすd off 取り組むing climbing 塀で囲むs and a ジャングル playground.
会合，会う the parents for lunch at family-friendly Canalan Beach Club. Palm-strewn Mandarina sits on a gloriously 私的な 部分 of Mexico’s Riveria Nayarit; 調書をとる／予約する a tree-最高の，を越す 宿泊する to really immerse.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Beach canter? Horse-riding is 平易な to arrange.
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights’ B&B in a 郊外住宅 costs £2156pp, based on summer holiday 出発s (oneandonlyresorts.com/mandarina). 飛行機で行く to Puerto Vallarta from £1,157 return (部隊d.com).
American beauty
Oh, you know this is going to be a 爆破, just by the 指名する. 始める，決める on 37,000 acres of Montana wilderness, Paws Up in Montana is an 独立して-owned ranch 訴える手段／行楽地 with hotel rooms, glamping and self-catering stays, so it’s ideal for multi-世代 groups. 調印する budding cowboys/girls up to the Kids Corp of 発見 and then listen to them recount tales of 飛行機で行く-fishing, river rafting and paintballing over a ‘chuck wagon’ dinner. Rustic 高級な at its most exhilarating, and all with the usual sunny service.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: S’mores and songs by the campfire.
調書をとる／予約する it: Four nights in a three-bed self-catering 宿泊する, sleeping eight, costs £444pp, based on May half-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 出発s (pawsup.com). 飛行機で行く to Missoula 経由で Salt Lake City fro m £1463 return (delta.com).
Marvellous in Miami
JW Marriott Miami Turnberry 訴える手段／行楽地 & Spa in Florida is a Med-奮起させるd 訴える手段／行楽地 enjoying 300 熱帯の acres in the north Miami 飛び領土 of Aventura.
It’s a perfect marriage of Floridian beauty and man-made thrills; there’s 40 種類 of 熱帯の birds and a 100-year-old Banyan Tree cheek-by-jowl with two 選手権 ゴルフ courses and, the big draw for young guests, the 潮の Cove waterp ark, which 誇るs spaghetti rides and its own surf simulator. Date night? 調書をとる／予約する in for butter-poached steak at 最高の，を越す chef Michael Mina’s restaurant.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Waffle 反対／詐欺s with homemade gelato by the pool, please.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £285 (marriott.com). 飛行機で行く to Miami from £648 return (flynorse.com).
Stand-out Bermuda
Dubbed the ‘Pink Palace’ and a one-time favourite with 示す Twain, the Hamilton Princess is a Bermudian 会・原則, just a short walk from pastel-painted 資本／首都 Hamilton.
What the kids need to know? How to stick out their pinky finger, for there’s a children’s afternoon tea every Saturday. Princes and Princesses are also 招待するd to try 巨大（な） chess, 空気／公表する ホッケー and sand art at the Kids’ Cottage and under-fives eat for 解放する／自由な. Anyone seen dad? Ah, he’s nursing a ‘dark and 嵐の’ cocktail by the infinity pool.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Fudge brownie-laden ‘Knight’ milkshakes in The Duchess cafe.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £854 (fairmont.com). 飛行機で行く to Bermuda from £774 return (ba.com).
Child-friendly Jamaica
Fractious after a long flight? The 移転 to Half Moon in Jamaica is 11 minutes by car from Montego Bay airport, and the sight of two miles of soft Caribbean beach, with guest-only 接近, is an instant balm.
Celebrating its 70th birthday this year, this Jamaican favourite has three accommodation 選択s over 400 acres, and an entire Children’s Village, 奮起させるd by island folklore, for kids 老年の three to 12. There are 11 restaurants, a spa, ゴルフ course and equestrian centre その上 too.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Under-fives eat 解放する／自由な at the buffet.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £559 (halfmoon.com). 飛行機で行く to Montego Bay from £665 return (virginatlantic.com).
FAR EAST AND AUSTRALIA
Tempting Thailand
Anantara Hua Hin 訴える手段／行楽地 in Thailand is on one of the first Thai beaches on the 1970s backpacker 追跡する. It’s famous for its colourful elephant statue parades, with an enticing mix of city and sand.
The Anantara 訴える手段／行楽地, modelled like a Thai village, puts you in a plum 位置／汚点／見つけ出す to enjoy both. Activities for little ones are inventive, from 伝統的な batik shirt making to 現在のing mum with a gel candle at the end of the day. It’s いっそう少なく than three hours from Bangkok too, meaning flights are direct.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Master Thai recipes in a family cooking 開会／開廷／会期.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £251 (anantara.com). 飛行機で行く to Bangkok from £796 return (thaiairways.com).
Singapore sands
Beachfront hotels barely 存在する in Singapore, but the Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa has bagged a 三日月 of sand and run with it, 申し込む／申し出ing families a dizzying array of activities and 平易な 接近 to the city-明言する／公表する’s best attractions.
On 場所／位置, there’s a two-storey 冷静な／正味の Zone kids club, with a treehouse and ball 炭坑，オーケストラ席 slide. Prise them away too from Nestopia , the sprawling beach adventure playground, if you dare.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: 全世界の／万国共通の Studios Singapore is a ten-minute bus hop away.
調書をとる／予約する it: Family rooms from £381 (shangri-la.com). 飛行機で行く to Singapore from £924 return (qantas.com).
Laidback Australia
Australia's Gold Coast is 43 miles of amped-up fun under sunny skies. Laidback 海がめ Beach 訴える手段／行楽地, 300 metres from Mermaid Beach in Queensland, is a 広大な／多数の／重要な base to enjoy it all from - and good value too. Part waterp ark, part hotel, there’s dusk ’til 夜明け entertainment for little tourists thanks to 小型の-ゴルフ, a toddler splash area, six snaking slides and a 22-seat cinema.
Family （人が）群がる-pleaser: Collect 爆撃するs on Mermaid Beach (with a 冷淡な tinnie in 手渡す).
調書をとる／予約する it: Seven nights in a two-bed apartment from £1,808, based on December 出発s (turtlebeach.com.au). 飛行機で行く to Brisbane from £1,800 return (ba.com).
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL FAMILY HOLIDAYS
The prospect of a day out with babies and children can feel daunting, let alone a fortnight-long trip to foreign shores ― but there’s lots you can do to help make holidays easier...
調書をとる／予約するing a trip
Commit to flights/フェリー（で運ぶ）s 早期に: A year in 前進する even, because fares are almost always cheaper, and if you need to 追加する extra luggage at a later date, it won’t feel as painful.
Skip seat 選択 on flights: 航空機によるs don’t shout about it but they almost always place families together even if you 港／避難所’t 選ぶd and paid for seats in 前進する.
Staycation in the summer: Tied to school holidays? Go abroad in the April, May or October breaks; the Med is warm but not boiling, it’s いっそう少なく （人が）群がるd and cheaper.
調書をとる／予約する 会合，会う-and-迎える／歓迎する airport parking: Per person, they’re not much more expensive than off-場所／位置 選択s and 除去するs the 強調する／ストレス of the 往復（する） bus ― juggling child ren, luggage and sharp corners isn’t fun.
What to pack
Learn to travel light: Take the 最小限 everyone needs - one いっそう少なく 事例／患者, one いっそう少なく thing to carry, and many 訴える手段／行楽地s will have cribs, 瓶／封じ込める sterilisers and buggies to 手渡す.
Use hotel laundry 施設s: They’re not just for 商売／仕事 travellers, are cheaper than you think and can be a lifesaver if you have babies and toddlers.
Take a 小型の 医療の 道具 for the 計画（する）: 特に for long-運ぶ／漁獲高, packing a few items that might help if someone feels unwell can を回避する a 危機 at 30,000ft.
How to travel 井戸／弁護士席
Take their favourites: From こどもs to teens, entertainment and 軽食s are the 重要な to 強調する／ストレス-解放する／自由な travel.
Make the 旅行 entertaining: Let them play DJ in the car, 約束 a 扱う／治療する/lunch at the airport and 雑談（する） about the holiday they’re about to enjoy.
Don’t （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 yourself up over 決まりきった仕事s: If they 落ちる asleep too 早期に, or spend 11 hours in the 空気／公表する wide awake, don’t 強調する／ストレス, they’ll soon readjust when you arrive.
