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The hilltop village of Gordes above the Luberon valley.

Airelles Gordes, La Bastide

A 16th-century house crowning one of Provence's loveliest villages, restored by more than 150 craftspeople, with room for families.

Gordes, Luberon, Provence, France

The Tegernsee seen from the Wallberg in summer, wildflowers in the foreground.

Althoff Seehotel Überfahrt

Every room and suite has a terrace or balcony facing the lake or the mountains, and a renovation programme has brought redesigned Signature Suites, a restyled bar and a daily Kids Club.

Rottach-Egern, Lake Tegernsee, Germany

A white lighthouse on the stone ramparts of Galle Fort, with palms against a blue sky.

Amangalla

A two-storey Garden House sits in its own grounds for families or longer stays.

Galle Fort, Galle, Sri Lanka

Low villa pavilions set among olive groves and cypress trees on a hillside above the sea.

Amanzoe

Villas of up to nine bedrooms add more space for families and groups.

Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece

Rows of tea bushes across green hills, with forested mountains beyond.

Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort

There are 40 rooms, 15 suites, six family suites and two Mekong Explorer Tents.

Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai, Thailand

A steel arch bridge over a gorge, with white water and spray below.

Anantara Stanley & Livingstone Victoria Falls Hotel

There are 16 suites, each of around 70 square metres with a private entrance, and two of them interconnect for families.

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

A view over the ocean from a green hilltop.

Anjajavy le Lodge

Families are welcome, with babysitting, cots and children's menus.

Anjajavy Peninsula, north-western Madagascar

Aerial view looking down on palm trees at the edge of a shallow reef.

Aqua Blu

Each cabin has a king or twin beds and a large bathroom with a walk-in rain shower, and two pairs of cabins connect for families.

East Indonesia (Raja Ampat, Komodo, Spice Islands)

A blue and white boat moored by a simple dock among greenery in Weligama.

Cape Weligama

The villas cluster around private pools, and the larger ones divide into several suites for families.

Weligama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

A volcano rising behind cloud above yellow colonial houses with tiled roofs.

The kids' clubs are arranged by age, with Cool Kids Beginners for two- and three-year-olds, the Cool Kids Club for four to seven and Crew Blue for eight to 12, running mornings and afternoons every day.

Old Road, Antigua

Roofless grey stone buildings inside the walls of an old fort.

Castlemartyr Resort

Families are well served too, with kids' clubs over school holidays, and some rooms take dogs.

Castlemartyr, East Cork, Ireland

The yellow and timber hotel building under snow beside the ski slope, with pine forest behind.

Cheval Blanc Courchevel

The Guerlain spa has an indoor infinity pool and heated outdoor baths on the winter terrace, and the kids' club keeps younger guests busy.

Le Jardin Alpin, Courchevel 1850, French Alps, France

The La Case pool lined with loungers and parasols, with the sea and hills beyond.

Cheval Blanc St-Barth

For families and groups, the Villa de France has five bedrooms for 10 guests across 650 square metres on two floors, with two infinity pools, a private spa room, its own kitchen and direct access to Flamands Beach.

Flamands Bay, St Barthélemy

Palm forest meeting the beach and lagoon at Dhigurah, South Ari Atoll, from above.

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island

For families and groups there are several larger choices: a three-bedroom beach suite with lap pools, two-bedroom beach and water villas, the two-bedroom Rangali Ocean Pavilion, and The Muraka itself, with three bedrooms, a butler and a private jetty.

Rangali Island, South Ari Atoll, Maldives

A wooden pier and gazebo in silhouette on a still lake at dusk, with palm trees and a pink and blue sky.

Conrad Orlando

Conrad Orlando opened in early 2024 within Evermore Orlando Resort, 1,100 acres bordering Walt Disney World, and its 433 rooms include 51 suites and 10 family suites.

Evermore, Orlando, Florida

The volcanic high plateau around San Pedro de Atacama.

Cumbres San Pedro de Atacama

All 60 rooms measure 52 square metres, each with a private terrace and an outdoor shower, and some connect for families.

San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

The ruined castle on its limestone outcrop at Les Baux-de-Provence.

Domaine de Manville

It suits families of every size, with Family Loft and Family Duplex Suites, a four-bedroom villa, and a kids' club in a painted caravan that runs gardening and nature workshops for children aged three to 12 at weekends and in the school holidays.

Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Sea cliffs lit gold by a low evening sun, seen from a grassy clifftop.

Dromoland Castle

For families or golf groups, Dromoland Lodge is a five-bedroom self-catering house on the estate, overlooking the 14th hole and sleeping up to 10, with several living rooms and a large kitchen.

Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland

Granite rocks in still water at sunset near Ouranoupoli, Halkidiki.

Eagles Villas

The Kids' Club takes children from four months to 12 years, with activities built around storytelling and nature, inspired by the childhood memories of Konstantinos Tornivoukas.

Ouranoupoli, Halkidiki, Greece

A white beach and turquoise sea at Punta Cana under a blue sky.

Eden Roc Cap Cana

The Solaya Spa covers about 20,000 square feet, the kids' club has its own play area and small spa, and the Jack Nicklaus course at Punta Espada runs along the cliffs nearby.

Cap Cana, Juanillo, La Altagracia, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Jagged islands covered in green, rising from the sea at El Nido.

El Nido Resorts Lagen Island

The marine sports centre lends sea kayaks, windsurfers and snorkelling gear, the resort arranges lagoon and mangrove river trips and scuba courses, and there are scheduled tours included in the rate, a kids' club and spa treatments.

Lagen Island, Bacuit Bay, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

A tall waterfall dropping into a pool in a deep, green jungle gorge.

Fairmont Kea Lani

For families, the room in a suite or villa and an easy beach make this a practical base on the island.

Wailea, Maui, Hawaii

Rugged desert mountains and green trees under a partly cloudy sky.

Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

With 750 rooms and suites, including the Privado Villas, a hotel within the hotel, and connecting Sunset Beach Suites that open into three bedrooms, it is built for families.

Scottsdale, Arizona

A green island with a jagged central peak across a calm turquoise lagoon.

Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

It is romantic, but it is also one of the more family-friendly resorts on the island, with separate programmes for young children and teenagers.

Motu Tehotu, Bora Bora, French Polynesia

A small island in the ocean off Langkawi, seen from the air.

Four Seasons Resort Langkawi

The MICHELIN Guide gives the resort Two Keys, and it has programmes for families during school holidays.

Jalan Tanjung Rhu, Langkawi, Malaysia

Megève under fresh snow, the ski slopes above the chalets.

Four Seasons Resort Megève

The spa, the largest in the region, has heated indoor and outdoor pools, and children have a kids' club and a teen zone.

Mont d'Arbois, Megève, France

Wooden boats moored on a river in front of a row of old yellow shophouses.

Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam

Tennis, water sports and a kids' club keep families busy, and a villa of four or five bedrooms suits a reunion or a wedding party.

Ha My Beach, Hoi An, Vietnam

Snow-covered firs above the Black Forest near Baiersbronn in winter.

Hotel Bareiss

The resort is built for families of all ages: a House of Games, an adventure playground and forest park, a holiday programme for adults and children all year, and a run of freshwater, indoor and outdoor seawater and natural bathing pools, with a sauna area beyond.

Mitteltal, Baiersbronn, Black Forest, Germany

A reservoir ringed by dry hills in Bel Air, Los Angeles, from above.

Hotel Bel-Air, Dorchester Collection

Children of all ages welcome.

Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California

A row of brightly painted pink, yellow and blue townhouses with shutters and window boxes along a pavement.

Hotel Bennett

A central, polished base for Charleston, with a rooftop pool that makes it work for families with children.

Marion Square, Charleston, South Carolina

The rooftops of Punta Arenas with the sea beyond.

Hotel Cabo de Hornos

Rooms range from doubles looking over the main square and the city's rooftops to deluxe doubles with views of the Strait of Magellan, with suites, triples and quadruples for families.

Plaza Muñoz Gamero, Punta Arenas, Chile

Aerial view of Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca, with the swimming pool, gardens and terracotta roofs beside the green lagoon.

Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel

A mix-up between feet and metres gave the hotel the largest pool in Venice, filled with saltwater and heated in spring and autumn, and the gardens, linked in legend to Casanova, surround a tennis court, the Casanova Wellness Centre and a children's club with its own pool.

Giudecca, Venice, Italy

Terraced rice fields stepping down a green valley under a hazy sun.

Hotel de la Coupole - MGallery

On the seventh floor are Nuages Spa, which offers traditional Red Dao treatments, and an ornate indoor pool, with a gym, sauna and kids' club as well.

Sa Pa, Lao Cai, Vietnam

The lodge in its gardens above the fast blue water of the Waikato River, morning mist in the trees.

Huka Lodge

Two owners' residences stand apart from the lodge, the Alan Pye Cottage and the four-suite Alex van Heeren Cottage, for families or friends who want a house of their own.

Taupō, North Island, New Zealand

Terraced vineyards falling to a winding road and a wide blue lake, mountains beyond.

Hôtel Royal, Évian Resort

One of the most complete children's programmes at any grand hotel, open all year beside Lake Geneva.

Évian-les-Bains, Lake Geneva, France

The castle beyond a still loch, snow on the mountains behind.

Inverlochy Castle Hotel

The hotel welcomes dogs and plans for families.

Torlundy, Fort William, Scottish Highlands

Aerial view of a forested shore beside a shallow turquoise reef.

Kokomo Private Island Fiji

The Kaji Kids Club, for children of three to 11, and the Teens Club are included and open from 9:00 a.m.

Yaukuve Levu, Kadavu, Fiji

Franschhoek in its valley, with a mountain range behind.

La Residence

It is the most complete stay in the Winelands, with suites for couples, family suites with pools and a six-bedroom villa on one private estate.

Franschhoek, Cape Winelands, South Africa

Clear turquoise water and white sand at Bora Bora, with hills in the distance.

Le Bora Bora

Children of all ages are welcome, and babysitting can be arranged.

Motu Tevairoa, Bora Bora, French Polynesia

A narrow inlet of turquoise water between white limestone cliffs topped with pines.

Les Roches Blanches

There are 45 rooms and suites, with the views widening as you move up, and a four-bedroom villa, Villa Cala Bianca, for families.

Cassis, Provence, France

A hippopotamus resting in green grass with birds in South Luangwa National Park.

Lion Camp

The Family Suites share a lounge.

Northern sector, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

The house among its parkland at sunset, seen from the air.

Lucknam Park, Emblems Collection

Its Equestrian Centre accommodates beginners and experienced riders, with pony rides for children from four, and there are two floodlit tennis courts, cycling trails, a football pitch and The Hideaway for families.

Colerne, near Bath, Wiltshire

The Uyuni Salt Flat stretching to the horizon beneath a cloudy sky.

Luna Salada

There are 30 rooms, in Standard and Deluxe categories with a Family Suite, decorated in bright Andean colours and kept free of televisions, so the evenings are left for the view and the sky.

Edge of the Salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia

Sea cliffs on the coast of Ibiza, framed by pines.

ME Ibiza

Families have more room than the hotel's reputation suggests: a Kids' Club with supervised activities, babysitting, connecting rooms, a two-bedroom ME+ junior suite for six, and a three-bedroom ME+ suite of 4,306 square feet with a private pool, for up to nine.

S'Argamassa, Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza, Spain

The hotel's beach from the air, rows of parasols along a curved bay, a yacht at anchor and wooded hills behind.

Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum

There is a kids' club, babysitting and a water sports centre, which makes it an easy resort for a family week.

Paradise Bay, Göltürkbükü, Bodrum, Türkiye

Yachts in the harbour at Marbella at golden hour, the mountains behind.

Marbella Club Hotel

A seafront thalasso spa, a 5,000-square-metre Kids Club, an 18-hole golf course and eight bars and restaurants complete the picture.

Marbella, Spain

Victoria Falls at sunrise, with water falling into the gorge between green cliffs.

Matetsi Victoria Falls

Stays come in three forms: one-bedroom suites, two-bedroom family suites and Matetsi River House, a private villa with four bedrooms.

Matetsi Private Game Reserve, Kazungula Road, near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

The Matterhorn above a ridge of snow-covered peaks under a deep blue sky.

Mont Cervin Palace

Families are well provided for, with one- and two-bedroom Family Suites and a Family Duplex, some with kitchenettes, whirlpools or saunas, and staff can supply cots, baby monitors, bottle warmers, children's ice skates and babysitters, alongside a crèche, an indoor play area and a playground.

Zermatt, Switzerland

A long, straight avenue of live oaks hung with Spanish moss, meeting overhead above a sandy road.

Montage Palmetto Bluff

For families there is a kids' club and babysitting, pools indoors and out, and days out on the river and by bike.

Bluffton, South Carolina, United States

A lone acacia against the setting sun on the open grassland of the Serengeti.

Namiri Plains

The camp is small: 11 tented suites, one of them a family suite, built with walls of volcanic stone that keep the rooms cool by day and warm at night.

Eastern Serengeti, Tanzania

The Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan at dusk.

Nobu Hotel Chicago

For families or friends gathering for an occasion, the Nobu Villas have one bedroom across 1,484 square feet, or two bedrooms, each with a king bed, across 1,864.

West Loop, Chicago, Illinois

A cobbled path through cypresses and gardens to the white main house.

Octant Vila Monte

Rooms and suites are spread across houses on the property, including Casa Patio and Casa de Cima, with pool suites, adults-only suites and villas for families.

Moncarapacho, eastern Algarve, Portugal

Table Mountain above the city of Cape Town.

One&Only Cape Town

Families have a kids' club and a games room.

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

The lagoon and reef of Mauritius seen from a mountain top.

One&Only Le Saint Géran

There is a kids' club, and Port Louis is about 40 minutes by road.

Belle Mare, Mauritius

Two small islands with churches in the still water of a bay enclosed by steep mountains.

One&Only Portonovi

Villa One is one of the resort's private villas, for families and groups who want a house of their own within the resort.

Portonovi, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

The tall white central tower of Wat Arun above the river bank on a cloudy day.

Park Hyatt Bangkok

Families have connecting rooms and babysitting rather than a children's club, which makes this a hotel for a milestone, or for families with older children exploring the city.

Bangkok, Thailand

Golden grass and a wooden fence in front of rolling farmland and trees.

Rosewood Cape Kidnappers

Every room is a suite with long views along the coast, with a fireplace and a generous bathroom, and there are larger two-bedroom suites for families.

Cape Kidnappers, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

The twin domed towers of the Frauenkirche above red roofs, with the town hall spire beside them.

Rosewood Munich

The 132 rooms, suites and houses are among the most spacious in the city, with made-to-order furniture and marble bathrooms, and some suites are planned for families.

Munich, Germany

The pink stone spires of a Gothic-style church between two palm trees under a pale sky.

Rosewood San Miguel de Allende

There are three pools, two tennis courts, cooking classes and a children's club, and the hotel, residences and venues can be bought out together for a celebration.

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

A suite's sitting room opening on to a deck above the bush, armchairs set for two.

Royal Malewane

Waterside is colourful and made for families.

Thornybush, Greater Kruger, South Africa

A mountain stream running over boulders through a narrow, sunlit gorge.

Schloss Elmau

Six spas, three for adults only and three for families, share nine pools, and the hotel won a MICHELIN Wellness Award in 2026.

Elmau, Bavarian Alps, Germany

A sandy bay and turquoise water below a green headland.

Sheen Falls Lodge

There are 72 rooms and suites, most looking over the falls, the bay or the gardens, plus five cottages and villas on the estate for families who want more room.

Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland

Tables laid for dinner on the rooftop terrace of Le Terrazze, with the domes of Rome beyond.

Singer Palace Hotel Roma

With only 29 rooms and suites it feels like a private house, yet it is unusually well arranged for families: 10 family or connecting options pair two separate rooms behind a shared private entrance, and the Master Singer Suite joins two king suites across 95 square metres.

Rome, Italy

A leopard looking over its shoulder in soft green bush.

Singita Boulders Lodge

There are 12 suites: seven River Suites, three Bush Suites and two Family Suites, and each opens onto a private deck with a heated plunge pool.

Sand River, Singita Sabi Sand, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa

An overwater villa's water slide curving down into the lagoon, seen from above.

Soneva Jani

For families and friends, the multi-bedroom reserves with their own slides make Soneva Jani the overwater stay we suggest first in the Maldives.

Medhufaru Island, Noonu Atoll, Maldives

The resort on its clifftop above the Pacific at sunset, the coast curving away.

Terranea Resort

The 582 rooms, suites, bungalows, casitas and villas run from intimate rooms to residential-style casitas and villas of two and three bedrooms, made for families and stays across generations.

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

A forested valley below rugged green mountains under a soft blue sky.

The Alpina Gstaad

For families or groups of up to six, the Panorama Residence takes the top floor: a duplex of 400 square metres with its own spa, sauna and outdoor jacuzzi.

Gstaad, Switzerland

The beach at Boca Raton running along the Atlantic, from above.

The Beach Club at The Boca Raton

The Banyan Bunch kids' club takes children aged four to 12, The Break is for 11 to 15, and there is a teen Game Loft, while on the main campus the Harborside Pool Club adds a 450-foot lazy river, two five-storey slides, a pirate-ship splash zone and a FlowRider.

Boca Raton, Florida

The Canyon Suites at The Phoenician

One-bedroom suites of 1,200 square feet connect to a guest room to form two- or three-bedroom family suites, and eight freestanding villas of two to four bedrooms, up to 3,450 square feet, add gas fireplaces, full kitchens, fire tables and a private pool complex with cabanas.