Ski hotels with Childcare

Hotels big and small are surprisingly similar in their childcare, usually based around a playgroup to provide supervision after lessons or if they're too young to ski. Why do we like them?

They're flexible: With half and full day slots to suit your schedule.

They're full of new friends: Hanging out with new friends is half the fun of holidaying when you're young.

They're on hand: You don't have to make a detour to a resort crèche each morning.

They're simple: Hotels already have your details, so often there's no extra passport or medical checks.

Then there's the fact that these all-singing, all-dancing kids clubs some of the most exciting activities in the mountains…

If your child's old enough for ski school, lots of properties ensure they get there, and back again, without you having to put in an appearance. Book with Club Med and properties have their very own ski instructors, often included in the price. Others often work in tandem with local schools for a seamless transition from club to lessons.

These couldn't be better for skiing families: They'll put on kids' boots, sort them into groups, take them off to lessons (no having to carry skis), feed them on the mountain and then bring them back at the end of the day (often with hot chocolate ready and waiting).

"We take care of everything"

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Hotel childcare is thrilling but comforting, just what a child away from home needs.

On times we've booked, no two days have been the same and no youngster in ski hotel childcare goes to bed with energy to spare.

Ask our specialists for each hotel's specifics, but a typical day might look something like:

(Babycare, 3 to 6 years)
10:00 AM: A walk through the snow to start the day
11:30 AM: Getting messy with finger paints
12:30 PM: Lunch (2 courses, one hot)
02:00 PM Toys and games
03:30 PM Snacks and drinks
04:00 PM Story time –winding down before dinner

(Tots to pre-teen 7 to 12 years)
10:00 AM Bumboarding in the snow
11:30 AM Snowmen making
12:30 PM Lunchtime (2 courses, one hot)
02:00 PM Bring out their inner Picassos with arts and crafts
03:30 PM Snacks and drinks
04:30 PM Reading corner
Mixing activities they could only do in the Alps (snowman competitions, resort mascot visits and gondola rides) with familiar fun (reading, craft-making)

Sorting meals, childcare and ski school for you and yours can be an almighty headache… Which school's best for kids? Which instructors speak good English?

Besides the good sense of having all your meals under one roof, many packages include childcare and kids clubs. Childcare programmes often go on after supper, with story time and movie nights to keep them busy before bedtime. All ages can carry on having the time of their lives, while Mum and Dad make the most open bars and free snacks.

Because many of the top ski schools like ESF can also provide childcare, your hotel options are wider in France the simply sticking to properties with in-house daycare, and there are more independent nannies in here too. But if you want everything catered for in one package, we have dozens of popular ski hotels with childcare on offer. When you’re looking for the very best luxury family ski hotels, the widest selection can be found in the French Alps too.

We adore the spectacularly swanky Kulm in St Moritz with its’ unparalleled service and attentive children’s programme. The Kulm is the epitome of an old-school luxury ski hotel and, if you can afford it, you really should stay there. On a more intermediate budget, the Club Med in St Moritz is the most booked family ski hotel with childcare and kids clubs is in all Switzerland. Set just outside the town centre, this is probably the best value place to stay in one of the world’s most famously high-end ski destinations, with prices already including the lift pass, lessons and all-inclusive board basis.

The most popular choice for families skiing in Austria is undoubtedly child-friendly Obergurgl and this classy but still affordable old mountain village is also home to Austrias highest concentration of hotels with childcare or kids clubs. Perennial favourites like the Hotel Austria, the stylish Bergwelt and terrific-value Lohmann are rebooked by happy skiing families year after year. The top pick for luxury ski hotels with childcare in Austria this year is the elegant, if slightly over-named, Trofana Royal Superior Gourmet & Relaxresort in Ischgl.

We don’t know if Vito Corleone skied, but we do know he said, “the only wealth in this world is children” and with that sentiment, the Italians can’t help creating the most family friendly ski hotels. Popular hotels with childcare or kids clubs include Hotel Tyol in Selva and the Grand Paradiso in Passo Tonale. Parents wanting a fixed budget upfront have turned to all inclusive family ski hotels, and the most booked of them in Italy is Club Med Pragelato in the vast Via Lattea or ‘Milky Way’ which links several major resorts to create one of the biggest linked ski areas in Europe.