Baden-Baden Hotels with a Games Room for Families

A games room is the indoor part of a family stay, and in Baden-Baden it works well because most of the town's attractions are for adults. Here is how the four hotels offer it.

Brenners Park Hotel & Spa is the most complete of the four. The 5-star hotel lists a games room together with a kids' club, a playground, a swimming pool, family suites and bike rental, plus exclusive spa facilities and several restaurants. It rates 9.4 on 276 reviews and stands a 10-minute walk from the Kurhaus Spa Centre. It is pet-friendly as well. For a family that wants indoor and outdoor play in one hotel, with a pool close by, it is the strongest option in this list. Ask about the games room hours at check-in so that the first rainy afternoon is already planned.

Roomers Baden-Baden and Hotel Der Kleine Prinz are the middle choices. Roomers, a 5-star Autograph Collection hotel close to the Festspielhaus, lists a games room, a kids' club, an outdoor pool, a rooftop bar with a terrace, a spa, a gym and tennis, and rates 8.7 on 1,028 reviews. Der Kleine Prinz, a 4-star in a restored 19th-century villa a 5-minute walk from the Kurpark Spa Gardens and the Kurhaus Casino, lists a games room, a kids' club, a spa, tennis, family suites and bike rental, and rates 8.9 on 1,173 reviews. Both hotels give children more than one place to spend an indoor afternoon.

Hotel Rathausglöckel is the smaller, historic choice. The 4-star hotel occupies a restored 16th-century building 50 metres from the thermal baths, with family suites, a games room, bike rental, a rich breakfast buffet and a restaurant serving traditional Baden home-style cuisine. It rates 8.4 on 937 reviews. Its listing does not mention a kids' club or a pool, so it suits a family with older children who want a central position and a simple indoor corner for games, not a large children's programme. Its position also makes it easy to take children to the baths area without a car.

Think about how you will use the games room. For a rainy afternoon with young children, Brenners Park or Roomers offers a kids' club as well. For a short walk to the baths and the old town, Rathausglöckel and Der Kleine Prinz are placed well. Three of the four are listed as pet-friendly, with Rathausglöckel the exception. Ask each hotel about the opening hours of the games room, the age range it suits and whether an adult must stay with the children. Write to the hotel with your dates and the ages of your children, and keep the answers with your booking confirmation.