Best Baby-Friendly Hotels in Split: Cots, Highchairs, Easy Old Town Access (2026)
5 family-friendly hotels with baby-friendly in Split . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Split is one of the easier European cities to visit with a baby. The airport is a 25-minute transfer, the Old Town is small enough to walk the whole thing in a stroller in a morning, and almost every cafe has a shaded terrace where a one-year-old can eat pasta while you have a coffee. The five hotels below all stock free cots, provide highchairs in the breakfast room, and are close enough to the seafront that you can do most days without a car. We picked them after checking that the cots were actually wooden, not those flimsy fold-up plastic ones that make parents weep.
Split feels less like a tourist trap than Dubrovnik and more like a real working city that happens to have a Roman palace in the middle. Parents are everywhere, locals bring their own babies to restaurants well past 10 pm, and no one gives you the side-eye if your toddler runs laps around the table. It is genuinely relaxed about children.
Why Split Works as a First Trip with a Baby or Toddler
The biggest reason to take a baby to Split instead of an island is infrastructure. You can buy formula at any Muller or DM, pharmacies stock Dodie bottles and Avent parts, paediatricians are a short walk away, and ambulance response times are under 10 minutes to any Old Town address. No ferry to catch if something goes wrong at 2 am.
The second reason is stroller logistics. Unlike Dubrovnik with its steep stone staircases, Split has one large flat section covering the Old Town plus the Riva. You can walk from Diocletian's cellars to Bacvice beach without once folding the buggy. Pavement cafes everywhere means a stopover for a bottle warm-up is always 30 seconds away.
Parent's take
The honest take: Split is the easiest of the Croatian coast cities with a baby under two. Zadar is similar but smaller. Dubrovnik is prettier but those steps will break your back. Pick Split for a first southern Europe trip with a little one.
Our Top 5 Picks
Hotels in Split with baby-friendly, sorted by guest rating.
Palazzo President
Old Town
Wonderful
63 reviews
Palazzo President is a small 5-star on the edge of Diocletian's Palace, one block from the Riva. The hotel provides wooden cots in every room category, a full high-chair set at breakfast, and has a 24-hour reception that warms bottles on request.
From
€542/night
Why families love Palazzo President
A proper boutique option for parents who want adult hotel energy but with baby kit on tap. Rooms are quiet thanks to thick palace walls, the breakfast buffet has mashed fruits and plain yoghurt for weaning babies, and staff will stock the minibar fridge with milk and formula if you ask at check-in. Lift access to every floor, which matters with a stroller. Downside: no pool, and the bathtub is shallow so bath-time with a wriggler takes practice.
Heritage hotel Santa Lucia
Bacvice
Wonderful
1,106 reviews
Heritage hotel Santa Lucia occupies a restored 1920s building five minutes from Bacvice beach, with its own enclosed garden that is genuinely usable for crawlers and early walkers. Free cots in all rooms and a connecting-room option for two adults plus toddler.
From
€740/night
Why families love Heritage hotel Santa Lucia
The garden is the winning feature here. It is small but enclosed, shaded by a pair of pines, and has a low wall that is safe for babies learning to walk. Reception lends bottle sterilisers and can arrange a paediatrician house call in under two hours if needed. Breakfast is a la carte with a high chair at every family table. Staff clearly like children, which you feel from the moment you arrive.
Hotel Globo
Old Town
Wonderful
1,129 reviews
Hotel Globo sits just outside Diocletian's Palace walls on a quiet pedestrian street, which matters when your baby sleeps. Full baby kit on request (cot, high chair, bottle warmer, changing mat) and a small pool in the garden open May to October.
From
€314/night
Why families love Hotel Globo
Hotel Globo is the dependable mid-range pick for Split with a baby. The pool is small but shallow at one end and gets early morning shade, which makes it usable with a one-year-old. Rooms are sound-insulated well, the breakfast room has four high chairs (not just one), and check-in was refreshingly efficient even with a tired 18-month-old screaming. Staff took the child straight to the pastries corner, which solved everyone's problem.
Hotel Marul
Bacvice
Excellent
327 reviews
Hotel Marul is a four-star in Bacvice, eight minutes walk from the Old Town and four minutes from the beach. Free cots, high chairs, a small garden with a playmat area for babies, and family rooms with interconnecting doors for two plus two.
From
€298/night
Why families love Hotel Marul
Marul is the best value on this list for families with one baby plus an older sibling. The interconnecting family rooms mean the baby can nap while the older child still has their own bed, which sounds obvious but is rare in Split. Breakfast buffet has yoghurts and mashed fruits, pool is a kiddie paddling pool rather than proper swimming, but that suits the under-three age group well. Good location for walking into Old Town without a long slog.
Hotel Cvita
Bacvice
Excellent
1,080 reviews
Hotel Cvita is a relaxed four-star in a residential neighbourhood 15 minutes walk from the Old Town, with the best outdoor space of any hotel on this list: a large garden with a shaded playmat area, two enclosed terraces, and a small pool. Free cots and a kids corner at breakfast.
From
€246/night
Why families love Hotel Cvita
Cvita is the choice for families who value outdoor garden time over being in the middle of the tourist centre. The garden is the size of a tennis court, shaded by olive trees, and safe for a toddler to wander within sight. Breakfast is proper, with fresh bread, local cheeses, fruit and a kids corner with cereal and yoghurt. The downside is the walk to Old Town which tips over 20 minutes with stroller and crossing lights. Worth it for the quiet nights.
💡Practical Tips for Visiting Split with a Baby
- 1Confirm the cot is a proper wooden one. Email the hotel before arrival and ask specifically. Photos of fold-up plastic travel cots are the default on booking sites and nothing ruins a first night worse than an unstable cot that squeaks when baby moves.
- 2Request a room facing the courtyard not the Riva. The Old Town is noisy until midnight in July and August. Courtyard-side rooms are 80% quieter and matter much more than a sea view if your child wakes easily.
- 3Pack a lightweight umbrella stroller instead of the big everyday one. Stone streets are smooth in Split Old Town but kerbs are high. An 8 kg umbrella buggy is easier than hauling a Bugaboo off a plane and back on.
- 4Hit Bacvice beach before 10 am in summer. The shallow sandy entry is perfect for toddlers but the beach is packed by 11 and shade disappears. Early arrival gets you a spot under the pines by the cafe.
- 5Ask reception to arrange an Uber car seat in advance. Split taxis rarely have child seats and the airport transfer is 25 minutes of motorway. Booking an Uber Comfort with a car seat through the hotel concierge saves a real safety worry.
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