The 9 Best Hotels for Families in Dubrovnik
1. Royal Palm Hotel
Hotel Phone: +385 20 440 100
Fantastic resort right on the coast, 4 km away from the city center, offering really large, comfortable suites (sleep family of 6) with sofabeds, refrigerators, microwaves, dining tables, and stunning sea views from huge balconies. The Royal Palm is part of a complex of 5 hotels and shares facilities with these resorts – there are many restaurants and pools. to check out. Hotel has 3-onsite restaurants, multiple pools (including salt water pools) a cocktail bar & lounge, spa, and free parking. Can get to the old town in 10-15 minutes from the local bus stop in front of the hotel. A picturesque promenade leads to many off-property (& cheaper) restaurants and cafes. Water sports activities include aqua aerobics, paddle boards, and sea kayaking.
2. Hotel Lero
Hotel Phone: +385 20 341 333
Modern hotel, located a 20-25 minute walk (1.7 km) from the Old Town, offering good-sized family apartments (family of 4) with coffee & tea facilities and mini-bars. Facilities include parking, 2 restaurants, a piano bar, spa with sauna & steam room and swimming pool with sunbeds. A local bus stops right outside the hotel enabling easy transport into town.
3. Hotel Zagreb
Hotel Phone: +385 20 438 930
Set in a historic private residence in a quiet neighborhood in the Lapad area, this hotel has plenty of old-world charm and offers elegant, value-for-money, quadruple rooms (up to 4 people), some having great views of the surrounding landscaped gardens. Offers a buffet breakfast, parking, a restaurant bar & terrace. It’s a 15 minute bus ride to the old town and there’s a sandy beach a 5 minute walk away. Lots of bars, shops, and restaurants nearby.
4. Dubrovnik Luxury Residence – L’Orangerie
Hotel Phone: +385 20 693 779
This property offers gorgeous, fresh, extremely spacious 3-bedroom apartments (family of 7), with top quality Italian furniture, smart TVs, living rooms, fully equipped kitchens (big fridges, dishwashers, microwaves, induction hobs, washing machines) with 2 furnished balconies and sea or garden views. Set in a lovely complex with a fountain and trimmed gardens, that’s 10 minutes away from the Old town by bus and a 5-minute walk to the beach. Offers complimentary secure car parking in the basement and has a cinema, supermarket, bakery, bars & cafes nearby.
5. Villa Dard
Hotel Phone: +385 98 716 172
Excellent, family-run villa, offering lovely, spotless 2-bedroom suites with balconies and sea views (up to 5 people) with parquet floors, refrigerators, and private entrances. Offers free private parking (needs reservations). Located a 10-15 minute walk away from the old town. There are plenty of steep steps to climb (uphill) on the way back, so a bus or other transport is recommended when returning.
6. Hotel Dubrovnik
Hotel Phone: +385 20 435 030
No frills, value-for-price hotel, that’s a 10 minute bus ride away from the old city, offering adequate 2-bedroom apartments (up to 6 people) with sofabeds, spa baths, mini-bars, dining areas kitchens and terraces. Offers private parking (fee), a bar and restaurant. The bay and more restaurants & bars are a short walk away.
7. Royal Neptun
Hotel Phone: +385 20 440 100
Peaceful hotel offering tidy, 2-bedroom, skyline sea view suites with balconies (up to 6 people) with mini-bars, tea & coffee making facilities and seating & living spaces. Has a cocktail bar, 3 restaurants, swimming pools, spa & sauna and a lovely outdoor breakfast terrace. There’s no real beach here (craggy rocks). It’s a 10-15 minute bus ride into town. This hotel is part of a hotel complex that includes Hotel Neptun, Hotel Ariston, Royal Palm Hotel, Royal Princess Hotel and the Royal Blue Hotel.
8. Royal Ariston
Hotel Phone: +385 20 440 100
Part of the Importanne hotels & resort complex, this well-designed hotel, a few hundred meters from the Lapad bay, offers clean luxury rooms and superior sea view rooms (family of 3) with large balconies, mini-bars, seating areas and coffee & tea making facilities. Opt for sea view rooms for the spectacular views of the Adriatic sea. Idyllic atmosphere with plenty of lounges and bars on the hotel’s patios and terraces. Has 3 outdoor pools, an indoor pool & spa, cocktail bar & lounge and complimentary parking. The old city is a 10-15 minute bus ride away.
9. Sun Gardens
Hotel Phone: +385 20 361 500
Beautiful family-friendly seaside resort and spa, 11km (20 minute) drive from Dubrovnik, offering spacious, luxurious 2-bedroom (family of 5) and 3-bedroom (group of 7) self-catering residences, with stunning sea views/garden views, private furnished terraces, kitchenettes (no oven) and sleeper sofas. Resort is set in landscaped grounds sporting 3 pools, 8 bars, 9 restaurants, kids’ play ground, kids’ club, spa with pool, 18-metre lagoon & waterfall, sports center (football, tennis, squash, badminton, wall-climbing, sand volleyball and basketball) and a pebble beach. Hotel operates a hotel shuttle-bus (and water taxis in summer) to Dubrovnik. Recommend having your own transport (infrequent, local bus service and expensive hotel/taxi services that add up). All on-site restaurants are super expensive; can save a bundle on grocery shopping/dining out in nearby Dubrovnik with own transport.
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