Kid-friendly places in Boston

Harborfront hotel with a heated indoor pool and an outdoor pool deck, next to the Greenway playground.

Neapolitan pizza and Italian dishes from a wood-fired brick oven.

Waterfront hotel with a big indoor pool and a Kidventure package with DIY cupcakes and aquarium tickets.

Pizzeria known for slices so big each one is a quarter of a pie, with the choices behind the glass changing daily.

Brick-oven pizzeria open since 1926, with big pies and a short menu built around pizza.

Roman-style pizza and house-made meatballs, with more room to sit than most of the neighborhood's pizza spots.

A two-floor family suite sleeping four, with a living area, a pull-out sofa and a children's tent on request.

Three floors of hands-on play on the water, from a giant climbing structure to a real Japanese house and a bubbles room.

Costumed reenactors and replica ships, where kids get to throw tea overboard.

Gorillas seen face to face through the glass in the Tropical Forest, plus giraffes, lions and a children's farm.

Lightning shows in the Theater of Electricity, a planetarium and hands-on exhibits across a building on the river.

A four-story Giant Ocean Tank circled by a ramp, with penguins below and sea lions outside.