Family Hotels with Tennis Courts in Marbella
4 family-friendly hotels with tennis in Marbella . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Marbella has more on-site tennis courts than anywhere else on the Costa del Sol, and four of its 5-star family resorts run junior tennis clinics through the summer. If you want a holiday where the kids can hit balls in the morning and run to the beach in the afternoon, this is the right city. The four hotels below all have courts on the property or steps away, plus a kids' club for the non-tennis hours and a pool for the in-between. Prices in July sit around 380-650 EUR per night for a family room, with most courts free for guests outside peak coaching slots.
Marbella has two faces and tennis families need to pick one. The Golden Mile, between the Old Town and Puerto Banús, is dense with palm-lined boulevards, designer shops and the historic resorts where most of the tennis is concentrated. Las Chapas and Elviria, 15 minutes east, are quieter, greener, and full of villa neighbourhoods where families bring kids back year after year. Both have direct beach access. The Old Town itself is small, walkable and full of plazas with ice-cream — worth an evening even if you stay east.
🎾Why Marbella Works for Tennis Families
The Manolo Santana Tennis Club at Puente Romano is the most famous on the coast, with eight clay and four hard courts, and runs daily kids' clinics from age 5 through summer. Even if you don't stay at Puente Romano, the public clinics are open to anyone and the booking is straightforward through the hotel reception.
Don Carlos Marbella has six courts inside its 20,000 m² beachfront grounds, and the kids' tennis is built into the Mini Carlos club timetable, so parents can drop off and head to the beach. The courts sit on a slight rise above the gardens, which means there's almost always a sea breeze even in July afternoons.
Kimpton Los Monteros reopened in 2023 with a fully resurfaced court that's shared between guest play and academy lessons, and the location at Las Chapas means courts get morning shade from the eucalyptus stand on the boundary. The reservation system is digital — you book the night before from the room app.
Marbella Club's two clay courts are part of the original 1954 estate, and tennis lessons are arranged through the front desk rather than a separate academy. Quieter and more bespoke than the bigger programmes, with a one-coach-one-court feel.
Parent's take
Two days of tennis is plenty for kids under 10 — by day three they want pool and beach. Pick a hotel where the courts are part of the property rather than a 10-minute walk away, and where the kids' club can take them after the lesson. The Marbella resorts get this right because they were built around the same logic.
Our Top 4 Picks
Hotels in Marbella with tennis, sorted by guest rating.
Wonderful
500 reviews
Marbella Club is the original 1954 estate that put the Costa del Sol on the family-luxury map. Pony stables, two heated pools, a kids' club called Hijos del Sol, and a 100-metre walk to a private beach. The grounds feel more like a botanical garden than a resort.
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€6852/night
Why families love Marbella Club Hotel · Golf Resort & Spa
This is the place if you want the children's holiday photos to look like a 1970s film. Bungalows scattered through the gardens, hummingbirds at breakfast, and a small kids' club that takes kids 4 to 12 for half-day sessions. The pony stables are a real working facility — both our kids did a 30 minute pony lesson three mornings in a row.\n\nThe pools are smaller than at the bigger Marbella resorts (this is a 1950s layout, not a modern megahotel), so weekday mornings are calm but weekends fill up. Service is genuinely warm with kids — the staff remember their names by day two. Spa is excellent for parents. Pricier than Don Carlos, smaller scale, but a different vibe — softer, quieter, much more grown-up at night.
Don Carlos Marbella
Marbella
Wonderful
500 reviews
Don Carlos sits on 20,000 square metres of beachfront gardens at Elviria, with a private beach club, three outdoor pools, and tennis courts. The Mini Carlos kids' club runs daily with separate areas for 4-7 and 8-12 year olds, and the resort feels like a small village rather than a hotel.
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€1463/night
Why families love Don Carlos Marbella
We stayed five nights with a 5 and 9 year old. The kids' club ran from 10 to 17 with a real animation team — face painting, beach games, mini-disco at 18:30. Both kids asked to go back the next morning, which is the only review that matters. Pools are spread across the gardens so you can find a quiet one even in August. Buffet breakfast had a kid station with pancakes and fresh fruit. Beach is sandy with a gentle slope, lifeguards on duty.\n\nNot perfect: the resort is 12 minutes by taxi from the Old Town and there is no shuttle. We rented a car for one day and it was useful for Mijas. Rooms are large but the decor is dated 90s — fine for kids who don't notice, less impressive if you wanted boutique. Worth it for the kids' club quality alone.
Excellent
500 reviews
Kimpton Los Monteros reopened in 2023 after a full renovation, with two pools, a beach club across the road, and a kids' club called Little Camp. Modern boutique feel, walking distance to a quiet stretch of Las Chapas beach east of central Marbella.
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€1916/night
Why families love Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella by IHG
The Kimpton brand is the most design-forward of the Marbella family hotels — concrete, neutrals, and proper bathrooms with bathtubs. Little Camp runs 10-13 and 16-19 with crafts, beach excursions, and a tiny mini-disco. Capacity is small (around 15 kids per session), which means it's calm but you should book your slot at check-in.\n\nThe two pools split nicely — one quiet adult-leaning, one with kid noise — and the underground walkway to the beach club avoids crossing the coast road with kids. Beach club is excellent: no entry fee for hotel guests, sunbeds reserved by 10am. Slightly less to do for tweens than Puente Romano, but a great choice if you want a smaller, more contemporary base on the eastern side of Marbella with easy access to Cabopino marina.
Puente Romano Marbella
Marbella
Excellent
500 reviews
Puente Romano has 18 hectares of gardens between the Sierra Blanca and the sea, ten restaurants, three pools, the Cool Kids Club, and the Manolo Santana Tennis Club next door. It is essentially a private village built around tennis and family life on the Golden Mile.
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€5048/night
Why families love Puente Romano Marbella
Kids 7 and 11 had the best holiday of their lives. The Cool Kids Club runs 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00 with a daily theme — pirates Monday, Olympics Tuesday — and they actually loved it. The tennis academy ran 90 minute morning camps for the older one (35 EUR per session in 2026, group of four). Resort is huge so we used the buggy more than expected; allow 8 minutes to walk from the far rooms to the main beach pool.\n\nFood: ten restaurants is genuinely useful with picky kids. The poolside grill does plain pasta, the Italian does proper margherita, and the kids' menu at every place is real food, not chicken nuggets. Pricey but you eat well. The spa is huge and adults-only, which is exactly what tired parents need.
💡Booking Tips for a Tennis Holiday with Kids
- 1Book junior clinics 2-3 weeks ahead in July and August. The Manolo Santana programme at Puente Romano fills first, but Don Carlos and Kimpton hold guest places and confirm by email a few days before arrival. Off-peak (May, June, September), you can usually book on arrival.
- 2Bring rackets only if your kids are using their own size. The clubs have full junior loaner rackets in sizes 19, 21, 23, 25, 26 inches at no charge for guests, plus balls and overgrips. Adults will want their own racket — loaner adult rackets are basic.
- 3Morning slots are gold. Marbella heat from late June through August makes afternoon play hard for under-12s — even on the shaded courts, kids tire quickly. Book 9:00 or 10:30 clinics and keep afternoons for beach and pool. Coaches all confirm this.
- 4Half-board beats all-inclusive at these four hotels. Tennis families eat breakfast late, lunch poolside, and want a proper restaurant dinner — none of these resorts work as buffet-only properties. Half-board with breakfast and dinner gives the right rhythm.
- 5For a one-week tennis-and-beach holiday, plan two clinic mornings and the rest unstructured. Three or more in a row and kids burn out. The hotels with both kids' clubs and tennis (all four below) make the rest-day easy because the kids' programme has its own activities.
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