Kid-friendly places in Madrid

A riverside Madrid park with 17 age-banded play zones, wood-and-rope climbing, bridges and summer water jets.

Madrid's big central park, with playgrounds, tree-lined paths and a lake with rental boats.

Family rooms are two rooms behind one shared entrance, each with a bathroom, and the rooftop pool looks out over the city.

Restaurant with a kids' zone where they can play while you eat.

Grand hotel with connecting rooms, family suites, game consoles for kids and kids' menus in its restaurants.

Suite hotel whose executive family suite has its own living room and kitchen.

A lakeside restaurant in Casa de Campo, Madrid, on the pedestrian lake zone, serving croquetas.

Farmhouse restaurant with a garden and swings, and a toddler-size bathroom.

Spanish restaurant with its own kids' area.

Big restaurant of several connected rooms and a large terrace.

Hotel near the Prado with cribs, an indoor pool open year-round and a spa.

A Madrid tapas place serving tomato salad, calamari and other dishes to share from an all-day kitchen.

Connecting family room for up to five: two doubles with a bathroom each.

Aparthotel with a full kitchen in every apartment.

Hotel by the Retiro with a 30-square-meter Familiar Room for four with bunk beds, and cribs available.

Neighborhood restaurant near the airport with a set kids' menu.

Family rooms in a central hotel, with space for one extra bed.

Central hotel that adds a crib or an extra bed at no charge, with a buffet breakfast.

A Madrid art museum with kid audio, a short route, lifts, loan strollers and a feeding and changing room; ages under 18 enter free.

A Madrid modern art museum with colorful works, lifts and loan strollers; ages under 18 enter free.

A dragon 14 by 20 meters to climb, with play around its feet and more inside its body.

Redesigned play areas with climbing and slides in the square between the palace and Gran Via.

Play areas on the south side of the palace gardens, among paths and statues.

Family room that joins a junior suite to a deluxe room with a private door.

A small Madrid tapas bar serving classic dishes from a kitchen that stays open all day.

A climbing forest of logs, hemp rope and rubber along the river.

A slide play area, with a zip line and a log jungle in the same stretch of park.

A neighborhood indoor ball park in Vallecas, with a ball pit and soft play built for the younger kids.

Central Madrid hotel with a four-person room that has a double or two singles plus a bunk bed, and cribs on request.

Thai small plates near Atocha in Madrid, a change from the usual tapas.

A Madrid brunch spot with windows that overlook a public play area.

A free outdoor puppet theater in Retiro Park with weekend shows of pirates, monsters and puppets.

An ancient Egyptian temple above Madrid in a city park, with carved details to find.

A Madrid chocolate shop in a narrow passage, serving churros with thick hot chocolate.

A play park in an ice-rink mall with a ball pit, a mini bowling lane and trampolines, with the metro right at the door.

A neighborhood indoor play space with a ball pit, also set up for kids' birthday gatherings.

A ball pit play park for kids, with birthday parties on offer.

Nature park built around animals and the places they live.

Brunch and coffee on Plaza de las Comendadoras in Madrid, beside a public playground.

An indoor play park for kids with space to run, climb and play.

A kids' leisure park with indoor space for climbing, running and parties.

A Madrid museum in an old iron station, with locomotives and carriages to get up close to.

A ball pit and play area for kids, set up for everyday play and children's parties.

A ball pit play park in a neighborhood shopping gallery, with room for kids to run and climb.

National archaeology museum with Egyptian mummies, Iberian warriors and a full-size replica of the Altamira cave paintings underground in the garden.

Madrid's natural sciences museum, with dinosaurs, fossils and big natural-history collections.

Madrid's great art museum, with animals, costumes and odd scenes to find in the paintings; ages under 18 enter free.

Free naval museum with hundreds of detailed ship models, from galleons to the age of the explorers.

Optical-illusion museum full of tricks that amaze kids and adults alike.

A ball-pit park with free play sessions where kids can jump in on their own or with a grown-up, and easy free parking nearby.

A ball pit and play park for kids' recreation, with room for birthday parties.

Madrid's Royal Palace, with grand state rooms and royal details to discover.

Real Madrid's home stadium, with trophy displays and a tour for young football fans.

Zoo and aquarium together in one park.