Calm water for kids · Our shortlist
Walk in. Swim easy. Stay all day.
Kids spend most of a beach holiday in the sea, so the beach itself matters most. We only list hotels whose beach is known to be calm, shallow or protected.
Five fit: three on Caribbean islands and two on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, each with suites or villas big enough for the family.
Long Bay Beach is shallow and sandy, and the Three Bedroom Ocean Front suite sits right on it with room for the whole family. Kids have a complimentary Kids Club and water activities when they come out of the sea.
Maundays Bay is one of Anguilla’s most sheltered beaches, a mile-long crescent with typically calm, clear water directly in front of the Moorish-white villas. It is some of Anguilla’s calmest, clearest swimming.
The hotel has its own peninsula between the calm Grand Cul-de-Sac lagoon and a quiet beach. Families take a two- or three-bedroom Signature Suite, which carries an extra resort credit when booked through us.
Maroma sits on one of the Riviera Maya’s calmest stretches of sand, between jungle and reef. Its 72 rooms are low-rise, hand-built palapa architecture on the Punta Maroma beachfront, forty minutes from Cancún airport.
A 29-acre nature preserve at the southern tip of Cancún’s hotel zone, facing the reef, fifteen minutes from the airport. Families ask for the Villas, Master Suite or Penthouse, and a private transfer on arrival comes with the booking.
Little swimmers or confident ones, a lagoon or an open bay: the right beach depends on the children. Send us your dates and who’s coming, and we’ll pick the hotel and the room.
Check my datesHere is what each hotel runs for children. The Shore Club Turks and Caicos: Kids Club; Cap Juluca, A Belmond Hotel: Explorer's Club & Nursery, ages 4 to 12; Rosewood Le Guanahani: Rosewood Explorers, ages 4 to 11; Maroma, A Belmond Hotel: La Casita Encantada; NIZUC Resort & Spa: Winik’s Kids Club, ages 4 to 12. We confirm hours and booking for your dates.
The Shore Club on Long Bay Beach in Turks and Caicos (shallow and sandy), Cap Juluca on sheltered Maundays Bay in Anguilla, and Rosewood Le Guanahani beside the calm Grand Cul-de-Sac lagoon in St. Barths. On Mexico’s Caribbean coast: Maroma and NIZUC.
The Shore Club, with One, Two and Three Bedroom Ocean Front suites and six-bedroom private villas. Rosewood Le Guanahani has two- and three-bedroom Signature Suites, and NIZUC has Villas, a Master Suite and a Penthouse.
The Shore Club has a complimentary Kids Club and water activities. Ask us about children’s programmes at the others for your dates and the ages of your kids.
Yes. You pay the hotel’s own rate. Booked through us, these hotels add extras such as daily breakfast for two per bedroom, a resort or dining credit and an upgrade when available, confirmed in writing. NIZUC adds a private transfer on arrival and a hydrothermal session at its spa.
You pay the hotel directly. We confirm availability and the rate, attach the extras in writing and hold the suite or villa. There is no fee from us.
