A treehouse is the amenity a child chooses the hotel for, given the chance. Show a seven-year-old two properties on a laptop, one with an infinity pool and one with a treehouse, and there is no contest and no discussion. The pool is where you take them. The treehouse is where they want to be. The hotels in this collection have built real treehouses, which come in two forms and both count. The first is a treehouse to play in: properly engineered, securely anchored, with a safe ladder or staircase, guard rails, and a platform high enough to feel like an achievement rather than a step stool. The second is a treehouse to sleep in, a genuine elevated room with a bed, power, and usually a bathroom, which turns an ordinary Tuesday night into the story of the year. Alpine, Nordic, French, and safari properties lead here, alongside a growing number of Italian and Portuguese estates building elevated cabins. If you want the single amenity most likely to make a child talk about a hotel for the rest of their childhood, it is this one. Below are the top family hotels with a treehouse, sorted by overall score.