The best family hotels in Madrid
Written October 2026
Madrid serves churros with hot chocolate at any hour. The city eats late and stays up late, and the plazas are full of families well after dinner. By day there's a royal palace, the Prado, and the Retiro park with its boating lake.
The center is compact, and most of what a family does is within a half-hour walk of Sol. These hotels sit on the Retiro side, by the park and the big museums, or on the Sol and Arenal side, by the palace and the plazas. The aparthotels with kitchens are near Plaza de España, in between.
The Retiro has playgrounds as well as the boating lake.
Two rooms, one door
Dear Hotel Madrid
Gran Vía, by Plaza de España
A family room here is two rooms behind one shared entrance, each with its own bathroom, and the rooftop pool looks out over the city. Gran Vía ends at Plaza de España, which has a big playground, and the Temple of Debod park is just behind it.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, heated
- Laundry
- Yes
Tótem Madrid
Salamanca
Salamanca is Madrid's upscale shopping neighborhood, ten minutes on foot from the Retiro's north gate, with quiet streets and good bakeries. The family room joins a junior suite to a deluxe room through a private door, so the kids get the deluxe room and you get the junior suite.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Pool
- No
Hotel Claridge Madrid
Conde de Casal, east of the Retiro
Two connecting doubles, each with a bathroom, make a family room that sleeps up to five. It's past the Retiro's southeast corner, a short walk from the park, and the metro gets you to Sol in ten minutes. It costs a lot less than a hotel in the center.
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
Paseo del Prado
This old hotel between the Prado and the Retiro has been restored top to bottom, and meals are served out on a garden terrace. There are connecting rooms and family suites, and it plans for kids better than you'd expect from somewhere this grand, down to game consoles and children's menus.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor
By the Retiro and the Prado
Petit Palace Lealtad Plaza
Retiro, by the Prado
Bunk beds let the family room sleep four. The Prado is two minutes away and the Retiro's main gate three. The hotel is simple and central, and fairly priced for the address.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Radisson Blu Hotel, Madrid Prado
Huertas, by the Prado
An indoor pool open all year, on a quiet street between the Prado and the Huertas tapas quarter. The Retiro and Atocha station are each about ten minutes on foot.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor
Sol and Arenal, in the middle
Petit Palace Arenal
Calle del Arenal
Rooms for four add a bunk bed to a double or two singles. The hotel sits halfway along Arenal between Sol and the Opera. The Royal Palace and its gardens are five minutes one way, and the metro two the other.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
Hotel Preciados
Calle de Preciados, by Callao
Preciados is the pedestrian shopping street between Sol and Gran Vía, and you can walk almost everywhere from it. A crib or an extra bed is free, and the big buffet breakfast gets a family through a long morning.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Hotel Francisco I
Calle del Arenal
An older three-star on Arenal, a few doors from the Opera metro, with family rooms that fit one extra bed. Plaza de Oriente, in front of the palace, has lawns and room to run.
- Fridge
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Apartments with a kitchen
Both are near Plaza de España, at the quieter west end of the center.
Muralto Madrid Princesa
Argüelles, by Plaza de España
Every apartment here has a full kitchen, so a toddler's dinner at six is no problem in a city that eats late. The street is residential, just off Calle Princesa, and Plaza de España and the Temple of Debod are a short walk, with the Royal Palace fifteen minutes.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
Suites Viena Plaza de España
Argüelles, by Plaza de España
The executive family suite has its own living room and kitchen, a few streets from Plaza de España. The Casa de Campo park and its cable car are a metro stop away.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Photo credits
Plaza de España, Madrid: Carlos Delgado (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Calle de Hermosilla, Salamanca, Madrid: Sjenghai (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hotel Claridge Madrid: Álvaro Navarro Mora (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid: Luis García (Zaqarbal) (CC BY-SA 3.0) · The gardens of Plaza de la Lealtad, Madrid: Concepcion AMAT ORTA… (CC BY 3.0) · Radisson Blu Hotel Madrid Prado: Braveheart (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Calle del Arenal: Pepe.Fdez (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Hotel Preciados: Malopez 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Calle del Arenal, Madrid: Nicolas Vigier (CC0) · Calle de la Princesa, Madrid: Manuel M. Vicente from Spain (CC BY 2.0) · Suites Viena Plaza de Espana: David Short from Windsor, UK (CC BY 2.0)