The best family-friendly hotels in Greece
An expert guide to the best family-friendly hotels in Greece, including the best for kids' clubs, children's swimming pools, playgrounds, exciting activities, babysitting, interconnecting rooms and children's menus, as well as luxurious suites with sea views and spas, in Crete, Corfu, Mykonos, Skyros, Skiathos, Cyclades, Peloponnese and Halkidiki.
MarBella
Corfu, Greece
9Telegraph expert rating
A Sixties-founded resort hotel that has got a completely new look (including various rooms knocked together to make bigger units), and now matches its official five-star rating thanks also to willing staff and good food. It’s very family-friendly, with many two-bedroom family suites, a children's pool (the 'Splash Park'), a set-hours crêche, babysitting service, and various kids’ clubs by age range, including a games room for teenagers. Unsurprisingly, there are often large numbers of children in residence. Read expert review From £97per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Daios Cove Luxury Resort & Villas
Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
Overlooking a rocky Cretan bay, this is a good bet for attentive, friendly service across a collection of spacious stone-clad villas and rooms with fabulous sea views. Facilities include a Crèche Club supervised by UK childcare experts Worldwide Kids, a game-stocked kid’s entertainment room and dozens of well-monitored watersports activities, available from the resort’s sandy beach. For parents, it has several excellent restaurants and a well-equipped Anne Semonin spa. Read expert review From £302per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
Ammos Hotel
Magazia, Skyros, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
The sound of waves lulls you into a lazy daze at this family-run hotel, tucked away in a whitewashed, waterfront hamlet. Though it doesn’t bill itself as a family-friendly hotel, Ammos is ideal for laid-back holidays with kids. Parents can flop on sun loungers, drink in hand, while their kids splash in the pool. A sandy beach is just steps away, with a half dozen beach bars and traditional tavernas. Baby cots, kids' pillows and towels are provided free of charge. Breezy rooms and suites are clustered around a walled pool, where delicious Greek food is served. Read expert review From £46per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Aeolos Beach Hotel
Perama, Corfu, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
With a kid-friendly entertainment, an elegant spa and secluded corners, Aeolos Beach Resort succeeds in catering for family holidays as well as romance. Splash around the two pools, kick back in the spa and sauna (each guest is entitled to a free 15-minute taster massage), or enjoy a choice of tennis, beach volleyball, water polo and aqua aerobics. Nightly entertainment for adults and children features great quality music and local dance. There's a playground and a shallow pool area for kids too, with an ice cream and snack kiosk by its edge. Read expert review From £46per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Kavos Hotel Naxos
Naxos, Greece
9Telegraph expert rating
The Kavos Hotel Naxos, just above Ágios Prokópios resort, is an ocean-view establishment offering stone-clad cottages, neutral interiors and excellent food. Built in 1990 but updated regularly since, the Kavos was among the first developments here, snaffling a prime position, 10 minutes’ walk to the nearest beach. The two- or three-bedroom bungalows are popular among families, so ensure you book well ahead (they’re often pre-booked a year in advance). Read expert review From £143per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
Yria Hotel Resort
Parasporos, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
The site in which Yria Hotel is located is densely landscaped with palm trees, olives, pittosporum, topiaried conifers, frangipani, plumbago, hibiscus and bougainvillea, dotting lush lawns. Galleried maisonettes fit two up, two down, with a ground-floor, stone-clad garden patio and separate entrance for upstairs which has views over trees to the Aegean. The main fresh-water pool is big, and 3.5m deep. There's also free use of a tennis court. Children up to five stay free; there are rate concessions for ages 6–18. Read expert review From £151per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Verina Suites
Sifnos, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
Set back from a sandy bay, this family-friendly hideaway is a Cycladic classic, with cool white interiors, breezy verandas shaded by brilliant bougainvillea, and a pool framed by olive trees. The pool and proximity to the beach will please toddlers and teenagers alike. There’s a whole range of kids’ activities available: canoes, pedaloes, paddleboards, sailing and swimming lessons, and kids yoga. Picky eaters are also well-served: the kids’ menu includes chicken nuggets, mini burgers, pasta and pizza. The best rooms for families are the four maisonettes with interconnecting rooms. Read expert review From £95per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Eagles Palace
Halkidiki, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
A luxurious, child-friendly resort offering a relaxed, beach-holiday vibe underpinned by fine dining and thoughtful, polished service. Plus-points for families include family rooms, all-day kids’ menus, baby-sitting services, an all-weather Oftsted-approved children’s club (ages four months to 13), an outdoor playground, a children’s pool and dedicated watersports activities and spa treatments for teens. Adults should also be satisfied with the pool with swim-up bar, lovely swimming beach and several restaurants serving everything from Hellenic cuisine to Asian-fusion tapas. Read expert review From £135per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Sani Beach Hotel
Halkidiki, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
A microcosm of Mediterranean luxury, Sani Resort comprises four hotels with child-friendly facilities, and a dizzying amount of restaurants. The six-storey Sani Beach Hotel is the only option offering a classic hotel set-up (the other properties at Sani are low-rise lodgings), several pools, and a social vibe. There are 'Babewatch' child-minding facilities (free 30-minute sessions), free mini clubs (children aged 4-12), a free teenager's club (aged 13-16), and free Sani Explorers (aged 4-11) and Sani Adventurers (aged 12-17) clubs, where youngsters get to explore and learn about Sani's natural environment through outdoor activities. Read expert review From £102per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Anemos Luxury Grand Resort
Georgioupolis, Crete, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
With extensive water features and Disney-style night lighting, this elegant five-star resort opposite an extensive sandy beach attracts lots of families, yet manages to stay peaceful. The well-equipped children’s play area, with its own pool, is cleverly tucked away from the main buildings to limit noise. Family, mansionette and bungalow accommodation choices will appeal to those with children. The focal point of the resort is a large outdoor pool surrounded by lagoons. At the Ostria, Mediterranean seafood restaurant chef Nikos serves creative Cretan cuisine. Read expert review From £100per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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White Palace Grecotel Luxury Resort
Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
8Telegraph expert rating
Built around a sizeable central seawater pool with sea views, this comfortable beachside resort with all-white décor and impeccable service has a long strip of sandy beach, several good restaurants, and plenty of kids’ entertainment. Four medium sized pools are shared by the rooms grouped around them and there is a dedicated kids’ pool. There is also a kids’ club, outdoor cinema, tennis courts, gym and water sports activities. Guest can visit Agreco, the resort’s traditional farm with its own mini zoo. Read expert review From £242per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Mykonos Blu
Mykonos, Greece
9Telegraph expert rating
Just steps from its own private corner of sandy Psarou Beach on Mykonos, the Grecotel Mykonos Blu is a family-friendly resort offering sparkling sea views, warm hospitality and indulgently relaxing spaces. There are family apartments for up to five guests as well as a kids’ club from June until August. A children’s menu is featured in the lunch and dinner menus. The hotel features a gym, an Elixir Health Spa and a two-level infinity outdoor pool as well as a small shaded pool in a whitewashed cave. Read expert review From £163per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Kinsterna Hotel
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece
9Telegraph expert rating
A leading light among Greece’s historic hotels, this centuries-old mansion pampers the visitor with an outstanding spa and offers superb views over 'Greece’s Gibraltar', the majestic rock of Monemvasia in south-eastern Peloponnese. The hotel has interconnecting rooms which can accommodate families and a separate children’s pool. During the summer there is a playground outdoors, complete with treehouse, and an indoors version in the winter. Read expert review From £148per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
