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Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa

Ari Atoll (8 kms from Dhangethi)
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Ranked 31 out of 40 5 star hotels in maldives

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About Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa

Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa Maldives is a luxurious barefoot paradise located in the South Ari Atoll. This resort features 112 spacious villas over the water and suites that blend in beautifull (Read More)y with the natural surroundings. The resort has several alfresco restaurants, a charming swimming pool, a full-service spa and a vibrant kids club. They also provide thrilling activities including snorkelling, diving and exploring the shipwreck dive site just off the island.

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Duplex Beach Villa King|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 3 Adults
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    The spacious quadruple room offers air conditioning, a minibar, a terrace with sea views as well as a private bathroom featuring a walk-in shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

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    Sunrise Overwater Villa|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 3 Adults
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    The spacious quadruple room provides air conditioning, a minibar, a terrace with sea views as well as a private bathroom featuring a walk-in shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

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    Family Overwater Villa with Kids Bedroom|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 3 Adults
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    Featuring 1 bedroom, this spacious apartment offers 1 bathroom with a walk-in shower, a seating area and terrace where you can relax. The air-conditioned apartment provides a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a minibar, a dining area, a wardrobe as well as sea views. The unit has 1 bed.

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    Club Two Bedroom Beach Pool Villa|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 5 Adults
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    The private pool is the special feature of this apartment. Featuring 2 bedrooms, this spacious apartment offers 1 bathroom with a walk-in shower, a seating area and terrace where you can relax. The air-conditioned apartment provides a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a minibar, executive lounge access, a dining area as well as sea views. The unit has 2 beds.

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    Club Sunset Overwater Pool Villa|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 3 Adults
  • 2 Photos available
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    This quadruple room provides a private pool. The spacious quadruple room offers air conditioning, a minibar, a terrace with sea views as well as a private bathroom featuring a walk-in shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

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    Reethi Muraka Overwater Villa|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 3 Adults
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    The spacious quadruple room offers air conditioning, a minibar, a terrace with sea views as well as a private bathroom boasting a walk-in shower. The unit has 1 bed.

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    Sunset Overwater Villa|25% discount on Transfers | 15% discount on excursions | 20% discount on F&B and Spa | Valid for stays until 20 December 2024
  • Max 3 Adults
  • 1 Photo available
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    The spacious quadruple room offers air conditioning, a minibar, a terrace with sea views as well as a private bathroom boasting a walk-in shower. The unit has 1 bed.

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    Guest Ratings For This Property

    9.0
    Based on 520 Reviews
    100% verified reviews

    Comfort

    9.51

    Cleanliness

    9.44

    Value For Money

    8.37

    Facilities

    9.18

    Guest Reviews

    Palak
    young couple
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Great value for the price with some room for improvement.
    Almost everything. Food was great. Staff was awesome! House cleaning was amazing. Thanks Amanulla for keeping our room clean!
    Few things that could be change for better. - Shower gets hot and cold (room 66) - Stairs to get to water from room can use new rails that go all the way down, and algae can be cleaned. - Provide faster transport base option to see whale sharks. This was the slowest boat out of 25 and we missed first opportunity as we could not make it in 45 minutes after we knew the location of whale shark. Unsure how other resorts do it but it is important for people that don't have flexibility for second opportunity

    Published on 19 Dec 2023

    Perminder
    family with young children
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Wonderful experience from start to finish
    From the moment we were met at the airport to the moment we were dropped back was simply fabulous. The team smoothly guided us through to the seaplane, making the transfer painless. The hotel and the location are stunning, the facilities fantastic, the room both luxourious and comfortable, and the food divine. I loved watching the seaplanes arrive and depart from the back of our overwater villa. My daughter enjoyed her first experience of snorkelling and there were enough activities to keep us all entertained for the week that we stayed. Each member of the hotel greeted us with warmth and smiles, from the greeting at the airport, to their long waves goodbye as our boat departed. The little touches were way above hotels I've stayed at previously - from the welcome message, to the special birthday message made with coconut leaves, to the "see you soon" messages both on our dining table on our last night, and in the sand art in our villa for our last night.
    Hard to find anything really. The afternoon tea was the only area that we encountered that could use a revamp. This was part of the all inclusive package. If we had paid extra for this, then we really would have been disappointed. We tried the la carte restaurants and found their choice on the all inclusive package to be too limited. We actually enjoyed the Reef restaurant the most due to the variety of very tasty food on offer which made life easier with kids. Do note that not everything on the drinks and food menus are included in the All Inclusive package. Often the team will point this out when ordering.

    Published on 06 Dec 2023

    Lukas
    young couple
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Sunny paradise
    Centare resort was our beautiful hideaway for 15 nights. Right after we stepped out of the seaplane our honeymoons have started. The whole team made sure that our dreams came really true. Our first contact was with guest service manager Sveltana. She welcomed us with open heart, welcome drink und very professional at same time. She was always reachable per Whatsapp, if there were some questions or we needed some help. We felt very good served during our whole stay. Our room attendant Samsul did his job on such excellent level. He came many times per day for cleaning up, a little small talk and filling up the water bottles. He got sure that we have all we need. Every time when we came back after his cleaning, the villa looked like brand new! Additionally he has surprised us with many sand drawings (outside the villa) or inside with the towels (elephants, angels). He did his job with passion and perfectionism to the last detail! The staff from the Reef bar did amazing job too. We really enjoyed the excellent services from Habib and Jasim. They knew us very well and have never forgot, what are our favourite drinks. Plus they filled up our ice cube box automatically. When they had time, we did some small talks and they come automatically to the table and asked if we need something. The food itself was just AMAZING!!! The buffets offered a huge choice of food, vegetable, salads, fresh fruits and deserts. The quality of dishes were comparable with very good europeans restaurants. We were many times wondering how its possible to prepare it with such quality on a small island in the middle of Indian ocean! Our side-dish highlight were the fresh made butter garlic naan from Masut! If you like Indian kitchen you gonna love it! What we either appreciated were two a la carte restaurants on the island (italian and thai). Both had very professional staff and delicious dishes.
    Part 2 what we liked: Both places are definitely worth to visit more than once and to try many dishes from their menu card! Also we would like to thank to our guides from dive center for the great experience!!!We took trips to snorkel with turtles and mantas. The guides gave their best to find the see animals and that we all can see them live in the ocean. Not to mentioned, that they dive to the animals and take fantastic photos and videos with gopro camera. During the way back every guest got those videos in full quality as memory. The equipment and the ships were clean and looked in very good shape. We had some issues with our whole face masks and therefore we borrowed a separate mask and a snorkel from dive center. Everything was free of charge and in very good condition. During our stay we have met many times the main resort manager and he found time for polite conversations and gave us tips where we can find turtles in our bay. And he was right! We have found ca 70cm big turtle just 30-40metes from our villa. It was just an amazing experience to observe this peaceful and elegant creature eating and diving for like 30minutes alone. The resort crew organized for us the seaplane flights and helped us also at the airport itself. On our way back it was very busy morning and we were worried to miss our flight. The resort attendant accompanied us through the priority line even when we had economy tickets. They knew exactly when which airlines close gates and have departures. After such a great time it was very hard to us to say goodbye, We will come back for sure and recommend this resort to anybody looking for a amazing honeymoon destination!!!

    Published on 03 Dec 2023

    Arif
    family with young children
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Exceptional
    All Bangladeshi Staff is Good .

    Published on 27 Nov 2023

    Arif
    family with young children
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Exceptional
    Person hospitality
    Intercom not working

    Published on 27 Nov 2023

    Nikhil
    young couple
    7.0
    Good
    Good
    The location, the services, the room.
    The food wasn't great. The discounts that were available woth or booking weren't given to us.

    Published on 24 Nov 2023

    Jodie
    with friends
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Amazing from start to finish! No problems at all. Everything you needed was there and the staff are generally friendly
    The little touches by the room service guy! Everything immaculate! Amazing views and very spacious
    That I had to leave

    Published on 01 Oct 2023

    Valerie
    family with young children
    8.0
    Very good
    Vacation in Aquatic wonderland!
    Hospitality by each and very staff in all departments was excellent - Mgmt really got this right. Everyone was friendly, helpful, full of initiative, and take time to engage you & your needs. Special thanks to: Mitchell- who took care of my family at breakfast Jaman- who dropped by after work every other day to play with my 7yo daughter teaching her air hockey & futsul techniques. Huthu- teaching us all sorts of things abt the nurse sharks and stingrays during the daily evening feeding sessions of their house pets Shani - at kids club who engaged the kids in the afternoon with craft activities and mocktail making. Chef Justin & Yassim - at the Italian restaurant (which was our favourite and they can prepare off menu dishes) where food was so good and we could watch the fishes/sharks come by after dinner while Yassim shared with us stories of his Maldivian childhood. Guys at the dive centre (Yash, conq) - who brought us to see the spinner dolphins (amazing!) and whale shark (which we unfortunately couldnt track). House reef was one of the best in terms of accessibility and variety of aquatic life. Corals were still healthy in many parts not like many resorts where coral bleaching is more apparent. Our young kids & us saw reef sharks, plenty variety of fishes, squid, turtles and dolphins! Rooms were extremely clean- cleaned twice a day. Plenty of indoor and outdoor towels.
    The resort is showing signs of wear in certain areas and could do with some updating, particularly in common areas like gym, games room, kids club.

    Published on 14 Sep 2023

    Sarah
    young couple
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Wonderful experience and stay!
    Everything! Staff were amazing, rooms outstanding
    Nothing

    Published on 31 Aug 2023

    Elsa
    family with young children
    10.0
    Exceptional
    Exceptional
    honestly stay in here was so fun and makes me happy. i will come back to this hotel again. thank u team centara ^_^

    Published on 10 Aug 2023

    Location & Nearby Places

    Ari Atoll (193.9 Km from city center)

    Centara Grand Island, South Ari Atoll - Show on map

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