Baglioni Hotel

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Best for: Babies and up – children of all ages are welcome.
Recommended rooms: This child-friendly hotel has large rooms, but the Executive Junior Suites have a separate living area. Cots are complimentary; extra beds cost £50 a night. If you want to use your baby monitor in the restaurant, go for a room on the first floor.
Activities: Whizz around Kensington Gardens on the hotel's bicycles. They're included in the price, and children's helmets and baby seats are both available.
Meals: Children are welcome for all meals in the Brunello Restaurant, which serves mainly organic food. The Baglioni can provide child-friendly packed lunches, as well as heating up milk and baby food for you.
Baby sitting: This can be arranged at £15 an hour, but needs to be booked 24 hours in advance.
Baby listening: Baby monitors work in the restaurant from first-floor rooms.
No need to pack: Cots, high chairs and child-friendly utensils are provided in the restaurant, and you can hire a pushchair for a small fee.
Also: Each floor of the hotel has a dedicated guest butler, who'll be happy to help you by unpacking your cases and getting jam-covered clothes to the laundry; this way, when you arrive you can start enjoying yourself straight away instead of struggling with clutter. The in-room entertainment systems have a good range of downloadable child-friendly films. All rooms have mini-bars; use them to store milk and perishable baby food or favourite snacks.