Curitiba Hotel with a Games Room

Day to day, the trade-off at Hotel Maua is distance for amenity: Bairro Maua sits along Rodovia BR-116, 13 km-plus from Couto Pereira Stadium and the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, so this suits a family with a rental car who plans to drive into the centre for sightseeing and treats the hotel itself as the base for downtime. The garden and outdoor seating area extend the games room outside on clear days, and the family-friendly restaurant's continental breakfast plus traditional lunch and dinner covers meals without needing to drive out each time.

For younger kids, the fitness centre alongside the games room is an adult space, so the games room itself carries the entertainment weight for a rainy or simply tired afternoon; the listing doesn't specify age-appropriate equipment, so bring a favourite portable toy as backup for toddlers too young for whatever the room offers. School-age kids get the most direct benefit here, since a games room is exactly the kind of unstructured indoor activity that fills a gap between a museum morning and an early dinner without more driving, and the garden next door gives a second option once table games lose their appeal for the afternoon.

On value, Hotel Maua's 3-star rate sits below most of the wellness or pool-focused hotels on this list, so a family choosing it for the games room specifically is trading proximity to the centre for a lower nightly rate and a quieter, more residential setting. It suits families staying several nights who don't mind a 15 to 20 minute drive each way to the main sights, less so a short city-centre stopover where walking distance matters more than an in-hotel activity. Weigh that trade-off against the money saved before booking, since the drive adds real time to every single outing during the stay.