The best family hotels in Gothenburg
Written October 2026
Gothenburg takes kids for granted: Liseberg's own hotel, the Grand Curiosa, has a pony carousel and a slide in the lobby.
Liseberg and Universeum sit together on the south edge of the center, and two hotels are at the gate. The rest of the city is small and flat, with trams everywhere, so a hotel in Haga, Linné or along the harbor is ten minutes from the park anyway. The hostels here have private family rooms, a kitchen and somewhere to play.
At Liseberg
Liseberg Grand Curiosa Hotel
Liseberg
The amusement park's own hotel has a pony carousel and a slide in the lobby. Breakfast is included, cribs are there and the park gate is a few minutes' walk.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Gothia Towers
Korsvägen, by Liseberg
Three towers beside Universeum and the park, with connecting rooms and family rooms looking out over the whole city. It's a well-run hotel and the location can't be beaten, though for a young family we'd take the Grand Curiosa first.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Spa pools and a glass-floored outdoor pool
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Bunk beds and breakfast
All three include breakfast.
Spar Hotel Gårda
Gårda, east of the center
A no-frills hotel a tram ride from the center and a walk from Liseberg. A play corner and table tennis are downstairs, and there's laundry on site.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Spar Hotel Majorna
Majorna, west of the center
The western twin of the Gårda, in the Majorna neighborhood near the maritime museum and the Slottsskogen park with its free zoo. The tram into town takes ten minutes.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Elite Park Avenue Hotel
Avenyn
The grand hotel on Avenyn, the boulevard that runs from the center up to the art museum, with suites and breakfast included. Two kids sleep on a sofa behind a partition, so you get an evening after bedtime. Liseberg is a fifteen-minute walk.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Connecting rooms
Clarion Hotel Draken
Järntorget, by Haga
A tall new hotel on Järntorget, where the cobbled Haga district with its cinnamon buns starts. The family rooms have four real singles (better than a sofa bed), and there are suites too. The trams meet underneath.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor
Quality Hotel Waterfront
Klippan, on the river
On the river at Klippan, with a games lounge. The center is a tram ride or a riverside walk away.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Quality Hotel 11
Eriksberg, across the river
On the north bank at Eriksberg, under the old shipyard crane, with the harbor in the windows. A ferry crosses to the center in a few minutes. It's quiet at night, and good for a family that likes boats.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Comfort Hotel Panorama
Johanneberg, above Liseberg
On the hill above Liseberg, a ten-minute walk down to the gate. The bunk rooms take a bigger family and the laundromat is a rarity in a city hotel.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
A kitchen of your own
Home Hotel Mektagonen
Mölndalsvägen, south of Liseberg
Apartment-style, with three meals a day in the rate, which with two kids changes the sums. It's on the road south of Liseberg, a tram stop from the park.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
Quality Hotel The Weaver
Mölndal
In Mölndal, the town south of the city, with suites and a kids' program built around the chain's mascots. The tram into Gothenburg takes about twenty minutes, so we'd pick it for the activities more than the location.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Mercure Gothenburg
Västra Frölunda, by the sea
Out west by the water at Fiskebäck, near the beaches and the archipelago ferries at Saltholmen. It's a drive or a tram ride from the center, and we'd book it for a summer week on the islands.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
The hostels
STF Stigbergsliden Hostel
Majorna
An old seamen's house on the hill in Majorna, with a garden courtyard the kids own all evening and laundry on site. The tram to the center is at the bottom of the hill, and the maritime museum a short walk.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Lisebergsbyn Hostel
Kålltorp, east of the center
Liseberg's own hostel and campsite, in the woods on the east side of the city with a free bus to the park in summer. There's laundry on site, and the outdoor play area, rabbit hole and caravan included, is the best in this guide.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
Linnéplatsens Hotell och Vandrarhem
Linnéplatsen, by Slottsskogen
Across the road from Slottsskogen, the big park with the free zoo, the playgrounds and the natural history museum. It has hotel rooms and hostel rooms in one building, and Linné's cafés and restaurants are on the doorstep.
- Kitchenette
- Yes
Photo credits
Liseberg Grand Curiosa Hotel: Vogler (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gothia Towers: Balp (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Gårda, Gothenburg, from above: I99pema (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Amiralitetsgatan, Majorna: Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Kungsportsavenyn, Gothenburg: Crannofonix (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Clarion Hotel Draken: ArildV (CC BY-SA 4.0) · An old house in Klippan, Gothenburg: Historiker (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Eriksberg on the Göta älv, with the Älvsborg Bridge: ArildV (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Johanneberg, Gothenburg: Crannofonix (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Liseberg from above, in winter: Kigsz (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Quality Hotel The Weaver: Eskil Malmberg (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hovåsbadet, on the coast south of Gothenburg: Vogler (CC BY-SA 4.0) · STF Stigbergsliden Hostel: larsjuh (CC BY 2.0) · A tram at Kålltorp: Bo Randstedt (CC BY-SA 3.0) · A pond in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg: Robande (CC BY 3.0)