# Queenstown hotels where a family fits Written 2026-10-06 by Play Day. Eleven family hotels in Queenstown with kitchens, laundry, heated pools and hot tubs, in town, on the lake road and near the airport. For a kitchen and a washing machine, Koura Apartments and Garden Court Suites and Apartments are the two to look at, and both are a short walk from the middle of town. For a heated pool after a day out, Heritage Queenstown or Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa. For the lakefront on foot, Heartland Hotel Queenstown. Queenstown is small, but the hills are real. A hotel that looks close on the map can be a steep walk back with a tired kid or a stroller, and the lake road out to Frankton is a drive or a shuttle, not a stroll. So the group below starts with what your family needs, and each entry says how far it is from the lakefront in a straight line. Add some distance for roads and slopes. Short on time? Space and laundry: Koura Apartments. A heated pool and rooms that connect: Heritage Queenstown. Walking everywhere: Heartland Hotel Queenstown. The resort out of town: Millbrook Resort. ## How we picked We kept to places with something a family can use: a kitchen, a washing machine, a separate bedroom, connecting rooms, a heated pool or hot tubs. Distances are straight-line from the lakefront in the middle of town. ## Apartments with a kitchen and laundry For a trip of more than a couple of nights, a washing machine and somewhere to cook breakfast do more than a lobby does. These four are built for it. ### [Koura Apartments](https://ourplayday.com/places/koura-apartments-queenstown) Area: Gorge Road, town centre Why we picked it: The one for a bigger family: every apartment has three bedrooms and its own washer and dryer, a short walk from town. Koura Apartments is six self-contained apartments, each with three bedrooms on different floors, an ensuite for every bedroom, a full kitchen, a living room and a washer and dryer in the unit. Parking is on site. It's about half a kilometre from the lakefront, straight line, so you can walk into town. It doesn't suit a couple with one kid, because every apartment has three bedrooms and that is a lot of space to fill. - Kitchenette: Yes - Laundry: Yes ### [Garden Court Suites and Apartments](https://ourplayday.com/places/garden-court-suites-and-apartments-queenstown) Area: Frankton Road, near town Why we picked it: Full kitchens and in-unit laundry half a kilometre from the lakefront, plus a two-bedroom courtyard unit when one room won't do. Garden Court Suites and Apartments has full kitchens with an oven, microwave and dishwasher, and a washer and dryer inside the apartment. There's also a two-bedroom courtyard unit for when one room won't do. It's about half a kilometre from the lakefront, straight line, along the start of Frankton Road. It's apartments to live in for a few days, not a place with things to do on site, so plan the days around town. - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes - Laundry: Yes ### [Platinum Queenstown Apartments](https://ourplayday.com/places/platinum-queenstown-apartments-queenstown) Area: Fernhill Why we picked it: Big high-ceilinged living rooms and laundry facilities for wet afternoons, on the hill, best for a family with a car. Platinum Queenstown is serviced apartments on Fernhill, with laundry facilities and big living rooms with high ceilings, which matters when kids are inside on a wet afternoon. The views over the lake come with the hill. It's about one and a half kilometres from the lakefront, straight line. The walk into town is downhill and the walk home is not, so it suits a family with a car better than one with a stroller and no plans to drive. - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes ### [The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-rees-hotel-and-luxury-apartments-queenstown) Area: Frankton Road, on the lake Why we picked it: The lakeside apartment option, with full kitchens, private three-bedroom residences for a bigger group and a shuttle into town. The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments sits right on Lake Wakatipu, with self-contained apartments that have full kitchens, laundry and a terrace each. A two-bedroom apartment sleeps four, and there are five private three-bedroom lakeside residences for a bigger group. A free shuttle runs to the centre of town. It's about two kilometres from the lakefront, straight line, so you ride the shuttle in rather than walk. It suits a family that wants to spend the evening on the terrace, not one that wants to step out the door into restaurants. - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes ## A heated pool, a hot tub or a resort Cold days are common here, and the water is the easy answer. These three each have a heated pool and the room setups to go with it. ### [Heritage Queenstown](https://ourplayday.com/places/heritage-queenstown-queenstown) Area: Fernhill Why we picked it: A heated pool, a sauna and two-bedroom apartments that connect and sleep up to six, so the pool and the space come together. Heritage Queenstown has two-bedroom apartments made of two interconnecting rooms, with a kitchenette (microwave, dishwasher, portable stovetop), laundry facilities and a balcony. The apartment sleeps up to six, with two big double beds and two sofa beds. The heated pool and the sauna are on site. It's about one and three-quarter kilometres from the lakefront, straight line, up on Fernhill. It suits a family with a car. It doesn't suit one that wants to walk everywhere, since the hill is part of every trip into town. - Connecting rooms: Yes - Suites: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes, heated - Heated pool: Yes ### [Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa](https://ourplayday.com/places/hilton-queenstown-resort-and-spa-queenstown) Area: Kawarau Heights Why we picked it: The resort pick: a heated indoor pool with a hot tub, family connecting rooms and about one kilometre from the airport. Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa has a heated 25-metre indoor pool with a hot tub, a sauna and steam rooms. Family connecting rooms are two Kings, and the larger apartments add full kitchens and laundry. It's about five kilometres from the lakefront, straight line, and about one kilometre from the airport. Getting into town is a car ride or a water taxi, so it suits a stay built around the hotel or the Frankton side, and it doesn't suit a family that wants to wander into town for dinner. - Suites: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes, indoor - Indoor pool: Yes ### [Millbrook Resort](https://ourplayday.com/places/millbrook-resort-arrowtown) Area: Arrowtown Why we picked it: The resort week: suites with full kitchens, an indoor heated pool, outdoor hot pools and a playground, with Arrowtown close. Millbrook Resort is a 650-acre resort with suites that have full kitchens, an indoor heated lap pool, outdoor hot pools and a children's playground. It's a place to stay put, with golf courses, walking trails and bikes on the grounds. It's about fifteen kilometres from the lakefront, straight line, and roughly twenty minutes by car. It suits a family that wants a resort week with Arrowtown close, and it doesn't suit one that plans to be in Queenstown every day. - Suites: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes ## On foot from the lakefront The two that put you in town with no car at all. ### [Heartland Hotel Queenstown](https://ourplayday.com/places/heartland-hotel-queenstown-queenstown) Area: Stanley Street Why we picked it: The closest to the lakefront, about two hundred metres, so it works with no car, and the family room has a kitchenette. Heartland Hotel Queenstown has a 50-square-metre family room with a queen bed and two singles, lake and mountain views, and a kitchenette with a stovetop, microwave and toaster. There's a guest laundry. It's about two hundred metres from the lakefront, straight line, the closest on this list. Stanley Street is on the slope above the middle of town, so the way back is uphill, and parking is tight. It sleeps four at most, so a bigger group needs a second room. - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes - Laundry: Yes ### [Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/queenstown-lakeview-holiday-park-queenstown) Area: Town centre Why we picked it: The playground pick: a holiday park with units that sleep up to six, full kitchens and a couple of minutes' walk to the lakefront. Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park is the plain, practical one. The one-bedroom units sleep up to six, with a queen bed in the main room and two sets of bunks in a separate bedroom, and there are self-contained cabins too. The kitchens have ovens, hobs, microwaves and fridge freezers, and the playground has swings, a slide, climbing bars and a trampoline. It's about 600 metres from the lakefront, straight line, a couple of minutes on foot. It's a holiday park, not a resort, so it suits a family that wants a cheerful base and a playground, not spa services. - Kitchenette: Yes - Pool: Yes ## Frankton and the airport side Frankton is where the airport and the Remarkables Park shops are, a drive from the lake. It suits a stay with a rental car. ### [Holiday Inn Queenstown Remarkables Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/holiday-inn-queenstown-remarkables-park-frankton) Area: Frankton Why we picked it: The late-arrival or early-flight pick: family bunk rooms for two adults and three children, under a kilometre from the airport. Holiday Inn Queenstown Remarkables Park has family bunk rooms with a California king bed and a bunk bed, for two adults and up to three children. It's next to the Remarkables Park shopping area, and the restaurant is on site. It's about seven kilometres from the lakefront, straight line, and under one kilometre from the airport. It's the easy one for a late arrival or an early flight, and it doesn't suit a family that wants to walk to the lake. - Pool: Yes ## Oaks Shores, on the lake road Between town and Frankton, with the lake on one side and the road on the other. ### [Oaks Shores Resort](https://ourplayday.com/places/oaks-shores-resort-queenstown) Area: Frankton Road Why we picked it: The lake road option for two families sharing: apartments and four-bedroom penthouses with lake views, and a shuttle into town. Oaks Shores Resort mixes hotel rooms with one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and four-bedroom penthouses. Many have a kitchenette or a full kitchen, laundry, a balcony and views over the lake to the Remarkables. A free shuttle runs into town. It's about two kilometres from the lakefront, straight line. It's a good fit for two families sharing a penthouse, and it doesn't suit anyone who books a standard hotel room and expects a kitchen, so pick an apartment. - Pool: Yes ## Do you need a car? Heartland Hotel Queenstown, Koura Apartments, Garden Court Suites and Apartments and Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park are all within about 600 metres of the lakefront, straight line, and work without one. The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments and Oaks Shores Resort lean on a shuttle. Heritage Queenstown and Platinum Queenstown Apartments are up a hill, Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa and Holiday Inn Queenstown Remarkables Park are on the Frankton side, and Millbrook Resort is out past Arrowtown. Those five want a car. ## Space for three or more kids Koura Apartments has three bedrooms in every apartment, Heritage Queenstown's two-room apartments sleep up to six, and Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park's units sleep up to six with bunks in their own bedroom. Holiday Inn Queenstown Remarkables Park's bunk rooms hold two adults and three children. Heartland Hotel Queenstown stops at four. ## Questions ### Where should we stay in Queenstown with kids? For walking to the lake, Heartland Hotel Queenstown, Koura Apartments or Garden Court Suites and Apartments. For a pool and rooms that connect, Heritage Queenstown. For a kitchen and a washing machine, Koura Apartments. ### Which Queenstown hotels have a kitchen in the room? Koura Apartments and Garden Court Suites and Apartments have full kitchens. The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments does in its apartments, Heritage Queenstown and Heartland Hotel Queenstown have kitchenettes, and many apartments at Oaks Shores Resort have one or the other. ### Which Queenstown hotels have a heated pool? Heritage Queenstown has a heated pool and a sauna. Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa has a heated indoor pool and a hot tub, and Millbrook Resort has an indoor heated pool and outdoor hot pools. ### Is it better to stay in Queenstown or Frankton with kids? Queenstown, if you want to walk to the lake, the shops and the restaurants. Frankton, if you have a rental car and are flying in or out, or want to be by Remarkables Park. Holiday Inn Queenstown Remarkables Park is the Frankton pick. ### Which Queenstown hotels have connecting rooms or two-bedroom apartments? Heritage Queenstown has two-bedroom apartments made of two interconnecting rooms, and Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa has family connecting rooms. Garden Court Suites and Apartments has a two-bedroom courtyard unit, and The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments has two- and three-bedroom apartments. ### Which Queenstown hotels have laundry for families? Koura Apartments, Garden Court Suites and Apartments and The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments have washing machines in the apartments. Heartland Hotel Queenstown has a guest laundry, and Heritage Queenstown and Platinum Queenstown Apartments provide laundry facilities. Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/new-zealand/queenstown/family-hotels