# The best family hotels in Dubrovnik Written 2026-11-03 by Play Day. Where to stay in Dubrovnik with kids, from the Babin Kuk resorts with baby pools and a bus into the old town to a cliff hotel a walk from the walls. Dubrovnik's old town sits inside stone walls with sixteen towers, and you can walk the [whole loop on top of them](https://ourplayday.com/places/dubrovnik-city-walls-dubrovnik). The [cable car](https://ourplayday.com/places/dubrovnik-cable-car-dubrovnik) goes up Srđ hill for the view over all of it. Most of the family hotels are resorts out on the peninsula west of town, with water slides, baby pools and pebble beaches, and a city bus into the old town. ## Babin Kuk Babin Kuk is the tip of the Lapad peninsula, where the big resort hotels sit together in leafy parkland that runs down to [Copacabana Beach](https://ourplayday.com/places/copacabana-beach-dubrovnik). It's a pebble beach that slopes gently into the sea, with a floating aqua park in season. The Valamar hotels here share Maro World, an 1,800-square-meter family center over three floors of two connected buildings, with playrooms, soft play, an outdoor trampoline zone and evening shows. Bus 6 goes from Babin Kuk to Pile Gate at the old town. ### [Sunny Dubrovnik by Valamar](https://ourplayday.com/places/sunny-dubrovnik-by-valamar-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Babin Kuk Sunny is all-inclusive, so breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack and dinner are covered, and it sits in leafy gardens next to the beach. The outdoor pool has slides, and evenings at the Maro Theatre bring children's dance and magic shows, movies and family discos. Sunny's 4+2 family rooms have two bedrooms and two bathrooms and sleep six. - Connecting rooms: Yes - Pool: Yes ### [Valamar Tirena Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/valamar-tirena-hotel-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Babin Kuk Tirena's Room for 4+1 is two bedrooms joined by a connecting door, each with its own bathroom, stocked with kids' shower gel, cups, games and coloring sets. The big lagoon-style pool has cushions and toys out, and there's a swim-up bar. The baby pool is shaded, with a small slide, sprinklers and water toys, and there are bigger slides in the family zone nearby. - Connecting rooms: Yes - Pool: Yes - Free breakfast: Yes ### [Valamar Lacroma Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/valamar-lacroma-hotel-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Babin Kuk Lacroma feels a bit more corporate than its neighbors, with a spa and a freshwater indoor pool kept at 28°C (about 82°F). Family rooms here (the 4+2) are 50 square meters, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The pebble beach below the President is about 500 meters away. - Connecting rooms: Yes - Suites: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor, heated - Free breakfast: Yes ### [President Hotel, Valamar Collection](https://ourplayday.com/places/president-hotel-valamar-collection-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Babin Kuk The President is out at the very tip of Babin Kuk, with a stony beach right below it and an infinity pool above, and the bus to the old town stops right outside. Its 4+1 Seaview family rooms have two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a balcony over the water. - Cribs: Yes - Suites: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor ### [Royal Neptun](https://ourplayday.com/places/royal-neptun-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Babin Kuk The tallest building around Dubrovnik, Royal Neptun looks out over Babin Kuk, Lapad Bay and the Elaphite Islands. Below it is a rocky Blue Flag beach area with free sunbeds and On The Rocks, a bar serving drinks and light meals, and a rock platform for jumping into the sea is close by. The Family Sea View suite has two bedrooms and a sea-view balcony. The Lapad Bay boardwalk is about 900 meters away. - Cribs: Yes - Suites: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor - Free breakfast: Yes - Laundry: Yes ## Lapad Lapad is a residential part of Dubrovnik built around Lapad Bay, with an organized beach at the head of the bay and a long, flat pedestrian promenade behind it lined with cafés. At Uvala there's a [playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/uvala-lapad-playground-dubrovnik), with slides, trampolines and an inflatable play area. Buses 4 and 6 run between Lapad and Pile Gate. ### [Hotel Dubrovnik Palace](https://ourplayday.com/places/hotel-dubrovnik-palace-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Lapad Between a pine forest and the sea at the far end of Lapad, Hotel Dubrovnik Palace faces west for the sunsets. Stairs beside the pool go straight down to the water, and one of the two outdoor pools is a small, shallow one for kids. The Junior Suites have a bedroom, a separate living space and a balcony. The bus across the road goes to Pile Gate, and [Velika and Mala Petka Forest Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/velika-and-mala-petka-forest-park-dubrovnik), with walking paths through the pines, is just east of the hotel. - Suites: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor - Laundry: Yes ## Near the old town Pile Gate is the old town's western entrance, and a wide ramp takes a stroller straight in. The Stradun inside is flat, smooth limestone, and the streets off it are almost all stone steps. Just outside the gate, [Park Pile](https://ourplayday.com/places/park-pile-dubrovnik) has a playground shaped like a tiny old town. ### [Rixos Premium Dubrovnik](https://ourplayday.com/places/rixos-premium-dubrovnik-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Northwest of the old town Rixos Premium sits on the cliffs northwest of the old town, a brisk 15-minute walk from it. The outdoor pool is perched over the sea, there's an indoor pool too, and the kids' club has an indoor playroom. Rooms look out across the Adriatic. [Park Gradac](https://ourplayday.com/places/park-gradac-dubrovnik), which has a playground, is about a kilometer away toward Pile. - Suites: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor - Kids' club: Yes ## Up the coast in Orašac Orašac is a small village about 11 km up the coast from Dubrovnik's center. Trsteno, next door, has the Renaissance gardens of the [Trsteno Arboretum](https://ourplayday.com/places/trsteno-arboretum-dubrovnik). Families come out here for a week at a resort with its own beach and go into the old town for a day. ### [Sun Gardens Dubrovnik](https://ourplayday.com/places/sun-gardens-dubrovnik-dubrovnik) Part of Dubrovnik: Orašac Sun Gardens is spread out along the shore, and golf carts run you and your bags to your residence. The kids' pools have slides and water jets, and the pebble beach has a roped-off swimming area in clear, calm water. The Marco Polo Kids Club takes babies from 12 months in its Baby Club and 3- to 6-year-olds in the Mini Club. In season the resort runs a group bus and a group boat into the old town. - Cribs: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes - Suites: Yes - Fridge: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor - Laundry: Yes - Kids' club: Yes Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/croatia/dubrovnik/family-hotels