Family Hotels with a Spa in Orléans

A spa or a pool gives a city break a second half. After a morning around Place du Martroi and the cathedral, children can swim while parents use the sauna, and the evening starts calmer. In Orléans, where most sights are within walking distance, that hour back at the hotel is easy to fit in.

Empreinte Hotel & Spa is the riverside choice. This four-star boutique hotel stands on the banks of the Loire, with a range of wellness facilities, a bar and family suites, and its junior suites and suites come with a balneotherapy bath and river views. It is rated 8.5 from more than 1,400 reviews. For families, the location is the point: the Loire embankments are right outside for a walk or a bike ride along the river, and the spa is there for the end of the day. Choose a suite if you want the balneotherapy bath in the room itself, since the standard rooms do not list one.

Novotel Orléans Centre Gare is the one with a pool. This four-star has an indoor swimming pool, a spa and wellness centre, a sauna, a fitness centre, a terrace and a coffee shop, plus family suites, air-conditioned rooms and a pet-friendly policy. It holds an 8.4 score from more than 1,800 reviews, and its listing places it less than 1 km from the city's Sports Hall. An indoor pool matters more to families than any treatment room, because children can use it whatever the weather, and it gives parents a sauna next door. For a stay with young children, it is the most practical spa hotel in this group.

Two smaller hotels put a wellness area in the centre. Hôtel de l'Abeille is a three-star in an early 20th-century building in a pedestrian street, with family suites, a spa and wellness centre, a garden and a top-floor solarium, and it accepts pets; it is rated 8.7. Urban Jungle Hôtel Orleans, a three-star with 33 rooms, is a ten-minute walk from the train station and 100 metres from the République tram stop, with family suites, a spa and wellness area, an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet and a lift to every floor. Both suit families who want to walk to the cathedral and Place du Martroi and leave the car parked for the whole stay.

Two hotels on this page need a caveat. Mercure Orléans Centre Bords de Loire has 111 soundproofed, air-conditioned rooms with views of the Loire, family suites, a fitness room, a restaurant and secure parking, and it accepts pets, but its listing does not mention a spa. Novotel Orléans Chemins de Sologne, set in a large park 15 minutes south of the centre, has an outdoor pool, a tennis court, a children's playground and bike rental, which make it a strong family hotel, yet it lists no spa either. Book them for their space, river views or outdoor pool rather than for wellness, and pick one of the four spa hotels above if a sauna or treatments matter.