Grand Central Market

A two-minute ride on the world's shortest railway, two orange 1901 funicular cars climbing Bunker Hill between Hill Street and Grand Avenue.

Kids check in to a welcome backpack with binoculars, an activity book and snacks, plus milk and cookies delivered on the first night. The heated outdoor pool is on the fourth floor.

Free contemporary art museum with a scavenger hunt for kids (finish it and claim a prize), a quiet room for sensory breaks, and a kids' audio tour narrated by LeVar Burton.

A splash pad with inch-deep water and a playground with a soft, wavy rubber surface and climbing structures, right by City Hall. There's a Starbucks inside the park for the grown-ups.

Kids love the glass elevators riding the outside of the six-story atrium, and there's an outdoor pool deck for downtime between downtown sights.

A family-run mochi and manju shop in Little Tokyo since 1903. Kids get to pick their own rainbow rows of sweets straight from the case.