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
Gidleigh Park
Devon, United Kingdom
- Style
- Grandly gardened moorland manor
- Setting
- Rugged, rocky Dartmoor
A woodland wonder in the moorland wilds, Gidleigh Park is a beautiful Tudor-type country house hotel that's home to one of the most divine dining experiences in…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
Hotel Endsleigh
Devon, United Kingdom
- Style
- Fairy-tale fishing lodge
- Setting
- Unspoilt Devonshire woodland
Hotel Endsleigh, a grade I-listed fishing lodge, is insanely pretty, and its setting magical – a remote valley between Devon's Dartmoor and Cornwall's Bodmin…
- Best for
- Babies and children who love the great outdoors.
Château de la Couronne
Dordogne, France
- Style
- Fairytale French château
- Setting
- Peaceful Marthon village
A 16th-century château immersed in its own landscaped parc, the imposing but intimate Château de la Couronne has been lavished with contemporary attention to…
- Best for
- Smiths of all ages.
The Bull Hotel
Dorset, United Kingdom
- Style
- Fresh prints, belle air
- Setting
- Busy little Bridport
Stripped wooden floors and quirky antiques partner vibrant bold-print papers and fabrics in a vintage-chic decorative scheme that's bound to win you over. Easy…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
Aquapura
Douro Valley, Portugal
- Style
- Sprawling spa retreat
- Setting
- Dazzling Douro wine country
Once a family farmstead set beside a swollen meander of the Douro River, Aquapuro has been sensitively transformed into Portugal’s sexiest spa retreat,…
- Best for
- 6–10 year olds.
The George in Rye
East Sussex, United Kingdom
- Style
- Quirky-smart Regency inn
- Setting
- Cobbled streets of Rye
At this East Sussex boutique hotel – a striking coaching-inn conversion – the ballroom’s high walls are hung with a diverting bird-patterned wallpaper and…
- Best for
- Babies and up - children of all ages welcomed.
One Royal Circus
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Style
- Neoclassical playboy mansion
- Setting
- Refined New Town crescent
Overnighting at One Royal Circus is like staying at an impossibly cool friend’s townhouse, without having to be charming to the friend. This grand bed and…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
The Chester Residence
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Style
- Georgian-coated suites
- Setting
- Serene-yet-central West End
The Chester Residence in Edinburgh has luxury hotel suites across three elegant townhouses: here, sleek neutral decor and Georgian frills cohabit in harmony.
- Best for
- Children of all ages are welcome, with suites large enough to facilitate familial harmony.















