Best Family Friendly Spa Hotels and Resorts

This hotel offers American Craftsman style and elegance. With its world-class Mandara Spa and impeccable Disney service, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa defines grandeur. And for the family? Guests of the hotel visiting the Disneyland park have an exclusive entrance. With your room stay and a park admission, families have convenient and direct entrance to Disney California Adventure Park.  Back at the hotel, adults enjoy exotic spa treatments, specialty massages and rejuvenating facials. Children up to age 12 are treated to an evening of arts and crafts, computer games, Disney films, dinner and snacks at the resort’s licensed child activity center, Pinocchio’s Workshop.

The Dunton Hot Springs Ghost Town is known for its luxury lodging and exquisite natural views. It has been lovingly restored, is honestly weathered while luxuriously rustic, but also boasts fine dining, camping, spa services, hot springs soaking, and so much more beneath the glistening San Juan peaks. Adults, Families, Teens and Kids love the the Hiking, Fishing, Horseback Riding, Fishing, Mineral Springs, Tee Pees, and Picnics.

Rocking Horse Ranch is in New York’s Hudson Valley, just two hours from NYC, and offers a multi-hyphen experience! It’s all-season, year-around, is all-inclusive, and has non-stop activities for all-ages.  The young guests love the the indoor water park while the adults appreciate the full-service day spa.  The entire family enjoys horseback riding, hiking, snow tubing, skiing, craft camps, boating, and for those too young to participate in the array of daily activities, the parents may take advantage of on-site babysitting services and join the fun.

Big Cedar Lodge in Branson has a special place in its heart for kids!   You’ll find new adventures and create memories at every corner. From hooking your first fish, to discovering a passion for culinary creations, to exploring nature, to learning about the environment and outdoor activities, kids LOVE Big Cedar Lodge.   No matter if you are 2 or 15, you’ll embark on new and exciting adventures and be begging to come back every year.

Hilton Waikoloa Village is one of those luxury resorts that beautifully balances activities for families vs single adults in a respectful way. There is a quiet and calm pool for adults only, plus a sandy entrance shallow pool for kids, a terrific water slide, meandering pools and waterfalls, dolphin experiences, a salt water lagoon, hula dance and lei lessons. Club Keiki counselors teaching children about Hawaiian culture, past and present.

Club Med specializes in all-inclusive sports, wellness and family vacations at destinations around the world, and Club Med Sandpiper Bay in Florida is ideally suited for families.  Parents can engage in personalized fitness, wellness and spa services, while youth and teens are treated to all-season camp activities, including cultural awareness classes, music and art appreciation, culinary classes, and more.

Camp Coyote at Enchantment Resort is designed to educate and entertain Enchantment’s younger guests with activities that explore the region’s culture and natural environment. Trained counselors guide camp-goers through a host of adventures. Each day, the resort features a different theme with corresponding events. Highlights include nature walks, sculpting pottery, star gazing, scavenger hunts, Southwest-inspired cooking classes and outdoor games.

The Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg offers a seasonal kids’ camp which is open all day while parents enjoy the spa or site-seeing, plus offers evening programs for children, and special amenities like screened babysitting; indoor and outdoor swimming pools with fountains, dive-in movies, a playground, kid-friendly cuisine, and free shuttles to Busch Gardens, Water Country, and Colonial Williamsburg.

Sebasco Harbor Resort offers a variety of resort activities for guests of all ages, making it an ideal family spa getaway. Whether you enjoy a day of golf, a mountain bike ride, a scenic hike, a kayak trip or a day at the spa the resort can offer you choices.    Stroll the gardens, dine in one of our waterfront restaurants or curl up in front of a cozy fireplace. Activities for children include Family Golf, Campfires, Pirate Adventures, Kayaking lessons, Lobster Fishing, and more.

The best luxury resorts know how to engage and entertain guests of all ages while while still offering relaxing retreats for those craving solitude.  The Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort does this — brilliantly.   Reserved for the adults only are fine dining, private beach picnics, morning yoga and spa services. Families are invited to enjoy water sports, snorkeling, diving, freshwater pool, water slides, jungle gym and kid friendly cafe, kids camp with nanny services, mountain biking, and much more.

Cavallino Bianco Family Spa Grand Hotel in the Dolomites offers a true family friendly resort experience from all-inclusive packages to fairy tale activities and adventures for children, and not even the Family Wellness Spa is overlooked. With its various exciting pools, different saunas and a wide range of massages and treatments, relaxing and fun moments can be enjoyed alone, with your partner or as a family.

Hotel Kakslauttanen provides a one of a kind opportunity to admire the northern lights and stars of the Lapp sky in the famous igloo rooms.  Enjoy the Finnish sauna, plus the Santa’s Resort at Kakslauttanen make an unforgettable destination with appealing winter and summer programs, including ice and snow carving, cross country and downhill skiing, ice sledging, husky and reindeer safaris, snowmobiling and ice fishing.