Kid-friendly places in Melbourne

Serviced apartments from studios to two bedrooms, with a heated indoor pool and a guest laundry.

Free museum of film, TV and video games, with plenty of games and screens to try.

Hotel across the road from Flagstaff Gardens, with its lawns and a playground.

Apartments up to two bedrooms, each with a kitchenette.

All-suite hotel, with full kitchens and a dining table in the bigger suites.

Big hotel on the city's grandest street, across from the town hall square.

Studio and one or two bedroom apartments, right in the city centre.

Boutique hotel on Flinders Lane, among the city's laneway cafes.

Big art museum with the collection free to see and a famous stained-glass ceiling in the Great Hall.

Big open-air market of fruit, veg and food stalls, with step-free paths throughout.

Long-running Greek restaurant where kids get a souvlaki of their own.

Big open square of restaurants and cafes that hosts free festivals through the year.

Pub with a fully enclosed playground you can see from the dining room.

Design hotel in the middle of the city's shopping and theatre streets.

Riverside aquarium with sharks, penguins and a walk-through tunnel.

Hotel at the top end of the city centre, a short walk from the gardens and the museum.

Bar with a kids' menu of cheeseburgers, fish and chips and rigatoni.