Best Bavaria Hotels with Tennis Courts for Family Holidays
5 family-friendly hotels with tennis in Bavaria . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Bavaria does the active family holiday well: long alpine mornings, lake afternoons, and a hotel back garden that has a tennis court for the kids who want to keep moving. The five hotels here all have on-site tennis as part of the room rate or for a small extra. They cover the four corners of Bavaria — the Alpine south near Garmisch, the Bavarian Forest east, the Frankenwald north, and the Munich commuter belt — so you can pick the activity tilt of the rest of the trip and pin the tennis to it.
Bavaria is enormous — it's bigger than Switzerland and the Netherlands combined — and that means a tennis-and-family holiday here is really three or four different holidays depending on where you base. The Alpine south does mountain views and Zugspitze. The Bavarian Forest does pine trees and quiet villages. The Frankenwald does wilder country and lower prices. The Munich commuter belt does day trips into the city and the lakes. Pick the regional flavour first, then the hotel.
Find more hotels in Bavaria
🎾Why a tennis hotel works for a Bavaria family trip
Hotel am Badersee in Grainau is the strongest pick for the Alpine angle. The court sits on the lake with the Zugspitze in the background, which makes for the most photogenic family doubles match in Bavaria. Mountain hikes start from the door, and the Eibsee cable car to the top of the Zugspitze is a fifteen-minute drive. Best mid-luxury choice if you want the postcard Alps.
Wellnesshotel Oswald in Kaikenried covers the Bavarian Forest. Tennis court plus full equipment included, plus the spa and indoor pool that make the place a winter and summer pick. The Bavarian Forest National Park is twenty minutes by car, with kid-grade hiking and a wildlife park where you actually see lynx and bears. WAGNERS Hotel im Frankenwald in Steinwiesen does the same but cheaper and rougher around the edges, with two courts and rentable rackets in three sizes.
Hotel Sauerlacher Post and Hotel Restaurant Zum Goldenen Anker round out the list with the budget-friendly options. Sauerlacher Post sits south of Munich, twenty minutes from the city centre, with a tennis court and the kind of family rates that make a four-night stay genuinely affordable. Zum Goldenen Anker is in Windorf in Lower Bavaria with an indoor pool and tennis court — useful when the weather turns and the kids need an indoor option.
Parent's take
The honest take: tennis at most of these is a nice-to-have rather than the reason you book. Treat the court as the rainy-afternoon backup or the pre-dinner energy burn. Hotel am Badersee is the only one where the tennis is genuinely scenic enough to plan a holiday around. The others are good family hotels that happen to have a court, which is the more useful framing.
Our Top 5 Picks
Hotels in Bavaria with tennis, sorted by guest rating.
Wellnesshotel Oswald
Kaikenried
Wonderful
44 reviews
A 4-star Bavarian Forest hotel in Kaikenried with on-site tennis (court plus equipment included), table tennis, and the strongest spa-and-pool combination of the five for wet-weather backup. Twenty minutes from the Bavarian Forest National Park entrance.
From
€512/night
Why families love Wellnesshotel Oswald
The full-package family pick — tennis when the sun's out, indoor pool when it isn't, spa for parents in the evening, table tennis for the kids who want to keep playing after dinner. Equipment is included in the room rate which is rare in German hotels. Bavarian Forest National Park is the day-trip extra: bears, lynx and family-grade trails twenty minutes away.
Hotel am Badersee
Grainau
Excellent
1,234 reviews
A 4-star lakeside hotel in Grainau with the most photogenic tennis court in Bavaria — backdrop of the Zugspitze across the Badersee, with mountain hikes from the door and the Eibsee cable car twelve minutes by car. Family rooms hold four, the indoor pool is the rain plan, and the kitchen takes kids' menu requests seriously.
From
€207/night
Why families love Hotel am Badersee
The pick when you want the postcard Alps as part of the holiday. The court is right on the lake edge and feels more like a tennis club than a hotel back garden. Family rooms are properly sized, the breakfast buffet works for everyone, and you can finish a morning hike in time for an afternoon match. Pricier than the others but the location is worth it.
Excellent
847 reviews
A 3-star Lower Bavarian inn in Windorf with both an indoor pool and an outdoor tennis court — the rare combination that makes the place a wet-and-dry weather all-rounder. Family rooms hold four, the restaurant is locally famous for Bavarian classics, and Passau is twenty minutes away.
From
€168/night
Why families love Hotel Restaurant Zum Goldenen Anker
The under-the-radar pick. Windorf isn't on tourist itineraries but the indoor pool plus tennis court combination is unusual at this price, and the restaurant is the kind locals book a month ahead for Sunday lunch. Use Passau (twenty minutes away) as the day-trip city — Three Rivers, baroque old town, river cruises along the Danube. Quietest of the five for parents who want low-key.
Hotel Sauerlacher Post
Sauerlach
Very Good
4,876 reviews
A 3-star traditional Bavarian inn twenty minutes south of Munich with a tennis court included for guests, family rooms, and a kitchen that does proper Bavarian dinners — schnitzel that fills the plate, käsespätzle the kids actually eat. The Munich-day-trip base for families on a budget.
From
€100/night
Why families love Hotel Sauerlacher Post
The Munich-base pick. Twenty minutes by car or thirty by S-Bahn into Marienplatz, but tennis and quiet evenings back at the hotel. The buffet breakfast handles fussy kids and the dinner kitchen serves Bavarian comfort food rather than international hotel chain bland. Family rooms are large enough for four. Best price-to-location ratio of the five.
WAGNERS Hotel im Frankenwald
Steinwiesen
Good
793 reviews
A 3-star aparthotel in the Frankenwald with two tennis courts and the most rentable equipment of any property on this list — racquets in three sizes, balls and bibs included. Apartments hold up to five and have basic kitchens. The cheapest tennis-included family stay in Bavaria.
From
€105/night
Why families love WAGNERS Hotel im Frankenwald
The budget pick. Rooms are basic and the breakfast won't win awards, but two tennis courts means kids of different ages can play simultaneously, and racquets in three sizes mean a four-year-old can actually get on court. Apartment kitchens take pressure off the dining-out budget. Frankenwald hiking is genuinely good for under-tens.
💡Practical tips before you book
- 1Bring your own racquet for kids if they have one. German hotels usually rent adult sizes and a couple of junior ones, but kid sizes 19, 21 and 23 inch are rare to find. A cheap kids' racquet from home travels easily in a checked bag.
- 2Court fees are usually included for hotel guests for casual play but lessons cost extra — typically 35-50 euros per hour with the local club's pro. Book at reception with twenty-four hours notice rather than walking up.
- 3Bavaria's summer weather is unpredictable above 1000 metres. Pack a light rain layer for tennis days even in July. Hotel am Badersee and Wellnesshotel Oswald both have indoor pools as the rain plan, which is the right second choice with kids.
- 4The Alpine drive from Munich to Grainau is one and a half hours but doubles to three on August Fridays and Sundays. Travel midweek if you can. The Bavarian Forest hotels are quieter on the road network but further from any major airport.
- 5Late spring (May, early June) and September are the sweet-spot months. Tennis-friendly weather, hiking trails dry, and rates roughly thirty percent below July-August peak.
What else to do in Bavaria with kids
Other activities your family might enjoy in Bavaria.
Other Bavaria areas for active family stays
Explore hotels with tennis across Europe.