Dubai is designed to keep kids enthralled. Its family-friendly hotels feature mini check-in desks, crèches and kids’ clubs, dedicated children’s menus and restaurants without curfews for youngsters, spa treatments for little ones and big-ticket facilities that stretch far beyond basic playgrounds. The best water parks are directly linked to hotels. Hit the slides at Aquaventure at Atlantis, The Palm, Wild Wadi at Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Jungle Bay at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina.
Most of Dubai’s other family attractions are within easy reach, rarely more than a 30-minute cab drive away. Children will feel like all their Christmases have come at once at the permanently festive Ski Dubai, an indoor snow park with an 85-metre slope and chair lift, and KidZania allows them to role play in a miniature version of the world, complete with a supermarket, petrol station and medical centre. Other theme parks have been created around comic-book heroes, cartoon characters, tree-top rope courses and Lego building blocks. These are the best family hotels in Dubai.
How we review
Every hotel in this curated list has been visited by one of our expert reviewers, who are usually hosted on a complimentary basis. They stay for a minimum of one night, test at least one meal and trial other experiences that the hotel might have to offer.
At a glance, the best family hotels in Dubai
- Best family hotel in Dubai overall – Atlantis, The Palm
- Best value family hotel in Dubai – Lapita
- Best family hotel in Dubai for location – Jumeirah Beach Hotel
- Best all-inclusive family hotel in Dubai – Rixos The Palm Dubai Hotel & Suites
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sophisticated interiors, but despite the grandeur is social and fun, as well as family-
friendly. There’s Jungle Bay water park with looping slides and a wave pool, a shaded children’s pool and the huge kids’ club (free for children aged over four). Playground and daily activities include soft archery, sensory games and face painting. For little ones, there are high chairs and children's menus in the restaurants; cots, bottle warmers, sterilisers and baby bath amenities in rooms; and babysitting services. The resort has its own watersports centre for water skiing, windsurfing and wakeboarding.
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Contributions by Lara Brunt & Jenny Johnson
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