Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi

Idyllic location but very expensive for meals, drinks & activities.

Hotel is situated in a National park (beautiful location) with its own stretch of beach. Every indigenous member of staff was very welcoming & polite. Although the same can’t be said for the management team who weren’t indigenous - ignorant at best! The ’speed boat’ (more like a gasoline soaked raft) was a joke. You’d have to be a lottery winner to be able to afford to eat here as well - ridiculously priced for Thailand. This hotel is no good for any body who has to use a walking stick or wheelchair because you can only gain access to the hotel by either using the ’speed boat’ (free service which has to be booked because of limited space) where you have to disembark onto a floating jetty, which able bodied people struggle to walk on at times. Or by walking accross the ’monkey trail’ which is steep in parts. There is a couple of nice swimming pools here, but to keep children happy here would be very expensive as the hotel charges for every activity. I can highly recommend the on-site dive school ’Pra Nang divers’ - brilliant bunch of guys who sorted out everything (equipment, transport etc) to enable me to have a great couple dives at Phi Phi island. A lovely hotel but I wouldn’t stay here again because it’s so expensive for food, drinks & activities.

Go to ’Ao Nang’ either on the ’speed boat’ or better still accross the monkey trail. Here you have lots of different restaurants to choose from at a fraction of the price. Plenty of souvenir shops to browse in & make sure you stock up in the seven/eleven store on drinks, snacks etc. You’ll witness one of the best sunsets any where in the world from Ao Nang beach - stunning! You can also book numerous excursions in Ao Nang such as a visit to one of the many out lying islands, trekking or even a shooting range - wicked.

A romantic get away for a couple

Perfect place for couples. The jungle-styled hotel situated on quiet private beach. We had to take a free shuttle boat service (run regularly, please refer to hotel timetable).It was like we left the world behind and prepared to experience what the hotel has to offer and just relaxed. We stayed in a spa deluxe ocean-facing room with a outdoor jacuzzi which was excellent. However, we could not really see the ocean because of the thriving palm trees right in front of the balcony. So, you may not want to put extra money to upgrade the room to ocean-view ones. Apart from that, it was great.

Traveller's tip on getting the most out of your stay

Make a call to reserve the shuttle boat before your arrival to avoid hassles. In the evening with low tide, you can walk from the hotel to shopping street/supermarkets/restaurants in Ao-Nang area. It takes about 15 minutes.

Conveniently Exclusive

The location was excellent because it was private yet very easy to walk to the town. The facility was beautiful and the service was excellent. The hotel personnel were very friendly; the grounds well maintained.