Where to stay in Mexico City with kids

JW Marriott Hotel Mexico City Polanco

Polanco

The JW's pool is outdoors on a terrace looking over Chapultepec, and it's kept warm. The Terrace Suite opens straight onto it, and the high-floor rooms with two doubles sleep four.

Parque Lincoln is a couple of blocks away, and it's about 700 meters to the zoo.

Cribs

Yes

Connecting rooms

Yes

Suites

Yes

Fridge

Yes

Pool

Yes, heated

Camino Real Polanco México

Polanco

Ricardo Legorreta designed the Camino Real for the Olympics, and the hotel is full of art, with the pool out in a garden. On weekends Club Travesuras takes kids for movies, painting and arts and crafts, and babysitting can be booked.

The 2 Double Junior Suite sleeps four and has a small living room. From here the Anthropology Museum is about 750 meters.

Cribs

Yes

Fridge

Yes

Pool

Yes

Kids' club

Yes

Hyatt Regency Mexico City

Polanco

Of the Polanco hotels, the Hyatt is the closest to the zoo, about 600 meters away, and the National Auditorium is steps away.

The hotel has its own bakery and Mexican sweet shop, Amado.

Cribs

Yes

Connecting rooms

Yes

Suites

Yes

Fridge

Yes

Pool

Yes, indoor, heated

Laundry

Yes

The St. Regis Mexico City

Reforma

The Children's Club is on the 15th floor, with city views, for ages 5 to 11 from Friday to Sunday: art projects, video games, story time and movies.

Weekends also bring a candy trolley around the lobby and terrace, and a children's buffet at Sunday brunch in Diana, the restaurant named for the fountain it looks out on. The hotel can even set up a tent for kids to camp in, indoors.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Pool

Yes, indoor, heated

Kids' club

Yes

Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City

Reforma

A quiet garden courtyard sits in the middle of the Four Seasons. Kids get a welcome program with teddy bears, toys, coloring books and crayons, and milk and cookies on request.

Rooms with two queens sleep two adults and two kids, and the suites have a separate living room. The Chapultepec botanical garden is about 800 meters away.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Pool

Yes, heated

The Ritz-Carlton, Mexico City

Reforma

The Ritz-Carlton starts on the 37th floor of a tower rising over Chapultepec, and some of the rooms with two queens come with park views and a terrace.

For a bigger family, the Ritz-Carlton Suite can add an adjoining bedroom with two queens. It's about 750 meters to the castle.

Cribs

Yes

Connecting rooms

Yes

Suites

Yes

Pool

Yes, indoor, heated

Laundry

Yes

Marquis Reforma

Reforma

The Loft Suites take up two floors at the top of the hotel, each with a living room, a bathroom and a kitchenette.

The Junior Suites have a separate bedroom.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Fridge

Yes

Kitchenette

Yes

Pool

Indoor spa pool, 18 and up

Sofitel Mexico City Reforma

Reforma, by the Angel

The pool is on the 38th floor, indoors and saltwater, with the skyline all around it. For bedtime, the hotel can set up a teepee for the kids.

The Superior rooms with two doubles sleep four, some of them looking out at the Angel of Independence, and the Junior Suite with two doubles connects to the Imperial Suite.

Cribs

Yes

Connecting rooms

Yes

Suites

Yes

Pool

Yes, indoor, heated

Hotel Círculo Condesa

Condesa

A small hotel steps from Parque México, and every room has its own terrace. The High Standard Doble and the Suite Doble both take two adults and two kids, and the Suite Doble adds a private jacuzzi.

The hotel lends out bikes, and the churros at El Moro are about 500 meters away.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Free breakfast

Yes

Laundry

Yes

Colima 71 Art Community Hotel

Roma Norte

Sixteen studios in a building by the architect Alberto Kalach, each with a fully equipped kitchen, and breakfast is brought to the studio.

The Maestro Terrace Studio, the biggest, takes two adults and two kids. Plaza Río de Janeiro and Panadería Rosetta are both about 400 meters away.

Cribs

No

Suites

Yes

Fridge

Yes

Kitchenette

Yes

Hotel Marbella México

Roma Norte

Marbella has been in Roma Norte for more than fifty years. The Master Suite connects to another room for families, and the Doble Standard and the Junior Suite have two double beds, some with a terrace.

The Museo del Juguete Antiguo, a museum of old toys, is about a kilometer from the hotel.

Cribs

Yes

Connecting rooms

Yes

Mondrian Mexico City Condesa

Condesa

Every room at the Mondrian has a mural by Ara Starck, and the Standard Double Double and the Superior Skyline Double Double have two queens and sleep four.

It's about 550 meters to Parque México.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Pool

No

Hilton Mexico City Reforma

Alameda

Across from the Alameda, the Hilton has two pools: one indoors, looking out over the park and Bellas Artes, and an outdoor lap pool by the garden.

The Studio Suite with two double beds sleeps four, and the Museo de Arte Popular is around the corner.

Cribs

Yes

Connecting rooms

Yes

Pool

Yes, indoor, heated

Barceló México Reforma

Reforma, by the Monument to the Revolution

Up on the ninth floor, the covered pool is just over four feet deep.

The Premium Level suites have a living room separate from the bedroom and sleep four, and the Monument to the Revolution is about a six-minute walk.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Pool

Yes, indoor, heated

Le Méridien Mexico City Reforma

Reforma, by the Monument to the Revolution

Le Méridien is all suites now, and every one has a sofa bed and a microwave. The Classic Suite comes with a king or two queens.

Connecting rooms

Yes

Suites

Yes

Fridge

Yes

Pool

Yes

Zócalo Central Hotel

Zócalo, Centro

An old building on 5 de Mayo facing the cathedral, with high ceilings and the original wood floors. Café Central has free food and drinks for guests at any hour (pretty handy with a kid who's always hungry).

The Jr. Suite Double Zócalo View has two doubles and looks out on the square. The Templo Mayor is about 300 meters away, and MIDE, the interactive economics museum, about 450.

Cribs

Yes

Suites

Yes

Laundry

Yes