10 Best Family Hotels for UK Travellers

Chessington Safari Hotel is located right next door to Chessington World of Adventures and offers rooms with themes like African Adventure and the Gruffalo. The best part? With the right room, you can wake up to the sights of Chessington Zoo’s zebras, ostriches and oryxes right outside your window!

Besides the various thrill rides at the adjacent park, the hotel itself features Savannah Splash, a kid-friendly indoor pool. And if you stay over a weekend, animal characters often make surprise meet-and-greets for the little ones during breakfast.

Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel is, despite its name, part of Disneyland® Paris. It gets its name from its New York and Marvel comics theme, which will certainly appeal to fans of the popular superhero movies. The fact that it sits among 2,000 hectares of world-famous attractions, including 2 theme parks, 2 shopping destinations and a golf course add to the draws for families. 

The hotel itself boasts both indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna and spa, 2 restaurants, a free kids club, and free cots or infant beds. The place is decorated with about 350 Marvel artworks – the largest such collection in the world. Babysitting services are available for an additional fee. 

Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum offers 5-star comfort in the beautiful Paradise Bay. Alongside stunning views of the Aegean Sea, it boasts 29 accommodations – apartments, guestrooms, suites, and villas – all decked out in luxury amenities. You can enjoy exclusive access to 2 private beaches and plenty of leisure facilities that suit the whole family.

The resort features 4 outdoor pools, 1 of which is dedicated to families. If you want to keep on top of your fitness, there’s also a 26-metre indoor lap pool, tennis and basketball courts, and a well-equipped fitness centre. Guests aged 4 to 12 can enjoy board games, puzzles, books, and toys at the on-site kids’ club. Pottery classes, various sports and activities, film screenings, and cooking classes are also available.

Atlantis, The Palm is one of the more famous beachfront resorts in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah. It’s located on a private beach and offers a wide range of amenities and services for families. These include 2 outdoor pools, an additional children’s pool, waterslides, volleyball and basketball courts, a bowling alley, a games arcade, and 2 kids’ clubs.

The perks of staying at Atlantis include a free 1-day pass to Aquaventure Waterpark, daily visits to Lost Chambers Aquarium throughout your stay, and access to both Royal Beach and Aquaventure Beach. Toddlers can have plenty of fun at the Little Pirates Playground, an outdoor play area with climbing ropes, tunnels, and a pirate ship.

Gardaland Hotel is a fantastic choice for families with younger kids as each room has a vibrant theme. You can choose from rooms themed around the worlds of Peppa Pig or Kung Fu Panda, others with pirate or princess themes, and many more. There are 2 neighbouring hotels – Gardaland Adventure Hotel and Gardaland Magic Hotel – that offer even more themed rooms for you to choose from.

The hotel is part of the popular Gardaland Resort, which is on the shores of Lake Garda. It consists of an amusement park, the LEGOLAND® water park, and an aquarium, all spanning an impressive 110 acres and featuring over 30 rides and attractions.

Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona is a great family hotel because of its excellent location, with a rooftop pool that parents might love. It’s just a couple of streets away from Llevant Beach, which is among the better of Barcelona’s city-centre shorelines. The hotel is also right next door to a major shopping mall, a couple of parks and plenty of historical sites and museums. The hotel even provides bicycle rental, making it easy to get around and explore the area.

Being a Hilton, the quality of the hotel itself is very high and the rooms are very comfortable. They’re made even more comfortable for families because of the availability of extra beds and cribs for the younger guests.

Martinhal Lisbon Chiado is a stylish hotel that sits in the centre of Lisbon Old Town, where you can easily visit many of the city’s historic landmarks. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Pink Street, and Time Out Market Lisbon are all within a 5-minute walk of the hotel.

The hotel boasts 4 kids’ clubs catering to different age groups, as well as a baby concierge for you to pre-book thermometers, potties, and bottle sterilisers. Its serviced apartments have free cots or infant beds, along with in-room amenities like a fully equipped kitchenette, washer-dryer, separate sleeping areas, and bunk beds.

Margaritaville Resort Orlando is conveniently located within several of Orlando’s most famous theme parks. It has a theme park shuttle service to take you to Walt Disney World® Resort, Universal Orlando Resort, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios®. It’s also within a 5-minute walk of Sunset Walk, where you can find plenty of shopping and dining options, together with Studio Movie Grill and Island H2O Water Park.

Onsite facilities at Margaritaville Resort Orlando include 2 outdoor pools, an arcade/game room, and a children's centre called Fins Up Beach Club.

Hilton Berlin is a 5-star hotel in the heart of Berlin, within easy reach of some of the city’s most famous landmarks. The Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall are close by, while family attractions such as Großer Tiergarten and the Berlin Zoological Garden are a 15-minute drive away. The hotel itself directly overlooks the impressive 18th-century Deutscher Dom Cathedral and Gendarmenmarkt.

The hotel has 4 onsite dining options with kids' menus and highchairs available. They also offer special perks for families on certain holidays, such as dedicated ‘kids welcome’ and ‘kids breakfast’ experiences that help put a smile on their faces. To make sure your family has enough space, opt for an interconnecting family room, which sleeps up to 2 adults and 2 kids.

Tivoli Hotel is a modern 4-star hotel close to the Tivoli Gardens amusement park. Perched on the bank of the Nyhavn River, in central Copenhagen, its range of facilities makes it one of the finest properties for families in the city. It has a stylish indoor pool and a dedicated playroom for toddlers, featuring soft-play foam obstacles and arts and crafts. Babysitting services are also available.

Family rooms at Tivoli Hotel sleep up to 4. Another option would be to book 2 connecting rooms, which gives you the option of a double bed, 2 twin beds, and a sofa bed.