Johannesburg Hotels With Swimming Pools for Families

Why families love The Parkwood

This one is not for the children. The Parkwood takes adults only, so it belongs on a different list: the night parents book on either side of a family trip, or a grandparent stay while the rest of the family is elsewhere in Parkwood or Rosebank. For families travelling together, the garden hotels in Houghton and Sandton do the same job with children accepted.

Why families love Sanctuary Mandela

Families staying here get a garden and a saltwater pool small enough to watch from the terrace with a coffee, which is exactly what a first afternoon after a night flight needs. The kitchen leans local, so children get a proper introduction to South African cooking. There is no club or playground, and the property is quiet by design, so it suits calm evenings rather than energetic ten year olds.

Why families love AtholPlace Hotel & Villa

Families staying here get heated water, which matters between June and August when every other garden pool in Johannesburg is too cold to use. The all day menu covers the awkward four o clock hunger slot, and the villa suits two families travelling together. With only a handful of suites, the atmosphere is quiet, so boisterous under fives are more comfortable in the villa than the main house.

Why families love Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa

Families staying here get villas rather than adjoining rooms, which is the configuration that works when two generations travel together or a teenager wants a door of their own. Three restaurants mean nobody is negotiating a single menu for four nights. The grounds are formal and quiet, so a four year old who runs everywhere will need the pool and the garden rather than the public rooms.

Why families love Zevenster Boutique Hotel by The Giglio

Families staying here are usually flying early or arriving late, and fourteen kilometres to the airport is the shortest run of any hotel in this selection. The pool works year round and the balconies look onto the garden, so a parent can unpack while children swim. Bedfordview is a residential suburb east of the centre, so plan on driving for museums, malls and the northern suburbs.

Why families love The Peech Hotel

Families staying here get the version of Johannesburg that owner run properties do best: staff who know which child eats what by the second morning, and a garden small enough to hear a room from the pool. The bistro means no evening drive through Melrose traffic. It is a boutique hotel rather than a play property, so children who need equipment will be happier elsewhere.

Why families love Amberhall Guesthouse

Families staying here get a garden with a stream running through it, which occupies a four year old for longer than any hotel lobby, and enough enclosure that a dog and a child can be outside at the same time. Free parking and Lanseria sixteen kilometres away suit families driving or flying domestic. Meals beyond breakfast mean a trip out, with Montecasino eight kilometres away.

Why families love Marriott Executive Apartments Johannesburg, Melrose Arch

Families staying here can feed a four year old pasta at half past five and still eat properly at nine, which is the whole argument for an apartment in Johannesburg. The pool is open year round, and the Melrose Arch pavements outside are among the few in the city that suit a pushchair. Sandton City and the Gautrain are six kilometres away, so plan on driving.

Why families love Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa

Families staying here get grounds big enough that children can be sent out to explore while parents take the spa in turns, and breakfast on demand solves the jetlag problem of a five o clock wake up. Suites are genuinely spacious. It is a quiet, adult leaning property, so a toddler who shrieks at the pool will feel conspicuous, and the setting is a residential suburb rather than a walkable street.

Why families love The Houghton Hotel, Spa, Wellness & Golf

Families staying here with teenagers get the strongest facilities list in the city: an infinity pool that keeps them occupied all afternoon, plus a steam room and yoga they will actually try. The Apartheid Museum is thirteen kilometres away for the day plan. With small children, the ridge setting means stairs and levels, and the spa areas are set up for adults rather than paddling toddlers.

Why families love 54 on Bath, Johannesburg Rosebank

Families staying here trade garden space for a station 300 metres from the door, which is the right trade on a short Johannesburg stop. The pool and terrace absorb the hours after a dawn landing, the African Craft Market is a two hundred metre walk, and dinner happens downstairs. Rooms are generous rather than partitioned, so a baby who needs darkness at seven will share your evening.

Why families love Thaba Eco Hotel

Families staying here get the only property in this selection where children can be outdoors without a road anywhere near them, and the snack hamper in the room covers the gap between a late check in and dinner. Bush walks and mountain biking work from about eight upward. The trade off is distance: seventeen kilometres from the central station and a long drive north to Sandton in rush hour.

Why families love Hoeveld House

Families staying here get a court and a pool in a residential Sandton garden for guesthouse money, which is unusual this close to Illovo. Children who play tennis will use it every morning before the heat arrives, and the bath matters after a dusty day trip. There is no restaurant, so evening meals mean a short drive to Illovo Square or Thrupps, both a little over a kilometre away.

Why families love The Leonardo

Families staying here get the rare Johannesburg combination of a supervised club, a heated season pool and a shopping centre 1.1 km away, which means a day without a car. Balconies with city views occupy children who have run out of patience, and in room breakfast solves the six o clock hunger problem. The building is large, so expect lift waits when conferences are in.