This is the first time we have ever posted a review on Trip Advisor, naughty when you consider how extensively we use it – will try harder in future! My partner and I visited Centara twice in the last year, the first time we have EVER returned to the same resort – yes we enjoyed it that much! We initially... More

The Maldives have a lot of reputation to live up to, and whether it does really depends on what type of holiday you like. Centara is a great choice for a family with kids. recommend the beachfront villas over the water villas especially in terms of value for money. Best tip is to go for the Island Club upgrade. Far... More

We were at Centara for our honeymoon in the first 2 weeks of December 2011. We stayed in the Luxury Sunset Water Villas, Island Club, rm 63. It was our first time to the Maldives and after researching various islands for a while, decided on Centara because of the house reef's reputation, proximity to good Whale Shark spotting territory and... More

I have recently stayed at the Centara and I was very disappointed; in my opinion, this resort is highly over-rated. No value for Money. The Good; staff genuinely friendly; Kids Club The Bad; the food selection is limited (Main Dishes); Management staff; bugs in my Villa Will I ever return? Not Way More

We were lucky people to stay 7 nights in this All Inclusive resort. It is in a beautiful location at 30 minutes by plane from Malé aiport. Unfortunately we had to wait for 3 hours at the terminal from Maldivian Airtaxi ( who was responsible for the delay). Centara arranged a meal and drink for us while waiting, which was... More

We spent one week there in January and I was surprised to have to pay for internet and a lot of not very special cocktails. Also there was no beach service wheras previous islands offer fruit sticks and cool boxes with water. The beach villa was great and novel being on two floors but there was no fresh coffee, the... More

This was our 3rd year to the Maldives staying at different resorts each time. I rate this reosrt with last years, too hard to choose a favourite. Lovely beach villas and until now always stayed in a water villa. Shame the sand banks outside a few doors up and been taken away with the tide and left some very horrible... More

This was our second time at Centara’s Island. We arrived just too late for the last flight with Maldives Ait Taxi (MAT – see comment at the end of my review) to make it to Centara the same evening. Instead of waiting for the late night flight to another island and boat transfer we decided to use their service to... More

Sea Plane Transfer Be prepared to wait a while at the transfer terminal. We arrived at the sea plane transfer office at 0915 and were told we would be on 1015 flight – for one reason or another, this kept being pushed back and we got on a sea plane at 1230. Another thing to be aware of is that... More