Hotels with a fridge in the room in Walnut Creek

All-suite layout with a door between the grown-ups and the kids, free cooked-to-order breakfast, an evening reception, and an indoor pool that works in any weather.

Walnut Creek hotel whose guests get access to the attached Bay Club's pools, tennis and kids' club programming, the closest thing the county has to a resort.

The full-service downtown-adjacent Marriott with an outdoor pool and easy walks to Broadway Plaza, a solid base for a Walnut Creek weekend with kids.