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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.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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