Best Hotel Kids' Programs

Ocean Sands Resort & Spa, Pompano Beach, FL

Hotel Kids’ Program: Funky Fish Ocean Adventure Camp, a school designed to teach kids ages 4 to 12 about the ocean and its reefs, is reason enough to book a stay here. Instructors with a background in education or marine biology teach intros to snorkeling, skimboarding, and boogie boarding, and crafts like hemp-jewelry and tie-dye-shirt making. On Fridays, kids take a trip in a glass-bottom boat to a nearby reef for snorkeling. The program is$59 per day or $259 per week; rooms for four start at $95.

Setting: The Ocean Sands, an all-suite boutique hotel originally built as a residential complex, is luxe but not over the top, and it’s right on a stretch of quiet, white-sand beach.

For the Whole Family: An early-morning walk or jog on the hotel’s rooftop track while you take in the sunrise over Lighthouse Point.