Great North Woods offers hotels, motels that welcome families & children

Don’t blame your children for thinking that the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, in the heart of the White Mountains, is like something out of a storybook. The breathtaking mountain setting, spacious rooms and suites, indoor and outdoor pools, game room, movie theater, campfires with s’mores: It all adds up to a perfect family vacation your kids will want to repeat. There’s an on-site spa for moms and dads, family and camp activities and contests, from cardboard-boat races in the pool to bingo. Wintertime means skiing, snow-tubing, snowmobiling, dog-sledding and skating. Ask about the Journey to the North Pole package, with Christmas cookies on arrival and a magical train trip to see Santa and his workshop. (And Santa’s Village is just 20 minutes away!)