Where to stay in Venice with kids
Written October 2026
Everything in Venice arrives by water or on foot, and a hotel with no bridges between the vaporetto and the door is the easy one with a stroller. The island hotels have a pool and a shuttle boat, so you can leave the city at lunch and swim.
Connecting rooms in the old city
Carnival Palace
Cannaregio
On the Cannaregio canal, a flat ten-minute walk from the station with no bridges to speak of, which is the best arrival in Venice with luggage and kids. The neighborhood is where Venetians still live, so the restaurants are calmer than around San Marco.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
Hotel dell'Opera
San Marco
A small hotel a few minutes from Piazza San Marco and the Fenice opera house, in the thick of it, which is wonderful at seven in the morning.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
Palazzo Veneziano
Zattere, Dorsoduro
On the Zattere, the long sunny promenade along the Giudecca canal, where kids can run without a bridge in sight and the gelato is famous. The family suite connects to a classic double through an interior door and has its own inside staircase, and the Zattere vaporetto stop is right outside.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
Family rooms
One room with four or five beds, in a spot you can walk everywhere from.
Hotel Agli Alboretti
Dorsoduro
A family-run hotel beside the Accademia bridge and gallery, with a garden courtyard for breakfast. Rooms sleep three or four in real single beds, or a double plus singles. Dorsoduro is the quiet side, and Campo Santa Margherita with its playground is a few minutes away.
- Cribs
- No
- Fridge
- Yes
Hotel Bisanzio
Castello
Down a quiet calle off the Riva degli Schiavoni, five minutes from San Marco, with family rooms for up to five in the main building or a small annex. The Riva is a wide waterfront where a stroller rolls, and the Giardini park with its playground is a walk east.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
Hotel L'Orologio Venezia
San Polo, by Rialto
A watch-themed hotel on the canal a minute from the Rialto bridge and the fish market, which is a free morning's entertainment for a four-year-old. Family rooms have a kettle and a minibar. The Rialto Mercato vaporetto stop is beside it.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Ca' Due Leoni
Cannaregio
A small guesthouse near the station on the Cannaregio side, with triple and quad rooms. Arriving by train, you're at the door in minutes without a single bridge.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Splendid Venice
San Marco
The hotel lends a whole baby kit with its family room for four, down to a potty seat and a bottle warmer, so you can fly with less. It sits between San Marco and the Rialto on a small canal, with its own water entrance. Everything you'd want to see is on foot from here.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kids' activities
- Yes
An apartment with a kitchen
Palazzo Paruta, Paruta House Apartments
San Marco
Six apartments a few steps from the hotel near Campo Sant'Angelo, in the quiet part of San Marco, from a two-bedroom for four up to a three-bedroom with two baths. They come with the hotel's breakfast and reception when you want them, good for a week or for two families.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
The islands, with a pool and a boat
By the hotel's own boat, with a pool, lawns and a quiet night.
Hilton Molino Stucky Venice
Giudecca
The biggest hotel in Venice, 379 rooms and suites in a converted red-brick flour mill at the west end of the Giudecca, with a rooftop pool and the whole city in view. A free shuttle boat runs to San Marco and back all day, and there are vaporetto stops next door.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
Hotel Cipriani, a Belmond Hotel
Giudecca
The grand garden hotel at the east tip of the Giudecca, two minutes by launch from San Marco, with an Olympic-sized saltwater pool (heated, for ages four and up) and lawns down to the lagoon. There's a children's club, and it's best with school-age kids.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, heated
San Clemente Palace Venice
San Clemente island
A former monastery on an island of its own, about ten minutes by the hotel's wooden boat from San Marco, with a heated outdoor pool and gardens that give kids a lot of room to run.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, heated
- Kids' club
- Yes
JW Marriott Venice Resort and Spa
Isola delle Rose
An island of gardens about twenty minutes by shuttle boat from San Marco. There's a kids' club and a family pool as well as the rooftop one, and some rooms have kitchenettes. The most resort-like stay in Venice, for a family that wants Venice in doses.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Kids' club
- Yes
The Lido, for a beach
Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort
Lido
The Moorish palace on the Lido, where the film festival happens, with its own beach and cabanas. The sand is shallow and calm for small kids, there's a kids' club in season, and the vaporetto to San Marco takes about fifteen minutes. The Lido has cars and bikes.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, heated
- Kids' club
- Yes
On the Grand Canal
Aman Venice
Grand Canal, San Polo
Twenty-four rooms in Palazzo Papadopoli, a frescoed palazzo on the Grand Canal, where some suites set up as two bedrooms with a sitting room. It's quiet, with two private gardens (rare in Venice).
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
Photo credits
Fondamenta Cannaregio: h_laca (CC BY 3.0) · Hotel dell'Opera: Jorge Royan (CC BY-SA 3.0) · The Zattere at Ponte Lungo: Wolfgang Moroder (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Rio Terà Foscarini: Marc Ryckaert (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rio de la Pietà, Castello, Venice: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a (CC BY-SA 3.0) · The Grand Canal and Ca' d'Oro, Venice: Giorgio Galeotti (CC BY 4.0) · Ca' Due Leoni: Andrzej Otrębski (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Splendid Venice: Abxbay (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Palazzo Paruta: Paruta House Apartments: Abxbay (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Hilton Molino Stucky Venice: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France (CC BY 2.0) · Hotel Cipriani, a Belmond Hotel: Bjoertvedt (CC BY-SA 4.0) · San Clemente Palace Venice: Pottercomuneo (CC BY-SA 4.0) · JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa: Oursana (CC0) · Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France (CC BY 2.0) · Aman Venice: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0)