Child-friendly hotels
Smith hotels are romantic places to stay – but what if you also want a family-friendly hotel? Smith & Kids is our cherry-picked selection of hotels that welcome you and your children. Not all of them have supervised crèches, children's meals and trampoline-equipped adventure playgrounds (though some have all three), but they do deliver what’s important – a child-friendly welcome in the stylish surroundings you’ve come to expect.
- Hotels
- Self-catering
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We've found 109 Smith-approved child-friendly hotels
Turtle Inn
Belize, Central America
- Style
- Shore-shack chic
- Setting
- Balmy Belizean beach side
Francis Ford Coppola’s Caribbean cabanas are shaggy-thatched hideaway huts inspired by Balinese design. Set on the ocean’s edge by sleepy Placencia village,…
- Best for
- Adventurous under-12s or beachy keen teens.
The Miller of Mansfield
Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Style
- Creeper-clad country inn
- Setting
- Berkshire Downs village
An 18th-century inn, the Miller of Mansfield stands proud, sidled up to a flint cottage and opposite a stone parish church and a lovingly tended green. This…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcome and catered for.
Cliveden
Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Style
- Neoclassical pile-with-a-past
- Setting
- Bucolic Berkshire riverbank
A regal residence with a rich history, the former Berkshire home of the so-called ‘Cliveden set’ is now a boutique spa hotel snugly set in 376 acres of…
- Best for
- Babies and up - children of all ages welcomed and catered for.
Blue Mountains Private Safaris Luxury Swag Camp
Blue Mountains, Australia
- Style
- Intimate upscale bush camp
- Setting
- Scenic river valley
Experience remote, tranquil wilderness by sleeping out under the stars at the Blue Mountains Private Safaris Luxury Swag Camp, the ultimate in glamping (glam…
- Best for
- Children aged four years and over are welcome.
Le Lodge Kerisper
Brittany, France
- Style
- Castaway cabin
- Setting
- Portside perch
Le Lodge Kerisper on the shores of southern Brittany is a breezy and beachy boutique hotel in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
- Best for
- Over fives.
Welgelegen
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style
- Victoriana with an African twist
- Setting
- Kloof Street central
Welgelegen is an alluringly simple boutique bed and breakfast, a minute's walk from all the bars and restaurants on trendy Kloof Street.
- Best for
- Babies and up, depending on the availability of child-friendly rooms.
Rodwell House
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style
- Fine art, fine food, fine wine
- Setting
- Boho St James fishing village
Lovingly restored to its parquet-floored, clipped-lawn glory, Rodwell House is a refined 1930s mansion that houses a boutique hotel, an impressive collection of…
- Best for
- Children aged eight and above.
Les Cascades de Bantry Bay
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style
- Indonesian-accented colonial comfort
- Setting
- Panoramic perch over Bantry Bay
Enjoy stupendous views at the super-chic Les Cascades de Bantry Bay, a world away from the corporate five-star international hotels.
- Best for
- Children of all ages accepted.















