Hotel lobby and public area are quiet nice - wonderful open tropical feeling. The room I selected was on a higher floor and had a great view of the sunset. Breakfast offerings were substantial and quite tasty! The area around the hotel has a good variety of restaurants. I personally prefer the Patong Beach area instead of Karon. more

We stayed here for a week in january09.The hotel was great for us as we wanted to be near the beach but also have the option to chill by the pool,which was large and spotlessly clean if not just a little too "quiet" for our liking.The staff are always friendly,nothing is too much trouble.The rooms were spacious and cleaned every... more

My wife & I & our 3 young sons returned from Phuket last Friday (November 4 2009). We stayed at the Centara Resort in Karon & out of all our family holidays to Phuket this was by the far the most enjoyable. We stayed in a Premium Deluxe suite in the Tropicale section of the hotel which consisted of of... more

Don't worry about negative reviews, we were ready to enjoy our holiday no matter what happened and we were not disappointed. It took four days to wind down completely then we forgot what day it was! Our sign of good respite. We travelled to Thailand for the first time last month and were thrilled by the amazing experiences on offer... more

Just returned from Thailand, stayed at the Centara in Phuket, having been to Thailand 5 times now i have to say this is the least of my favourite trips. Firstly the hotel, having travelled for some 20 hours and being extremely tired i then had to wait 3 hours for my room to be ready this is the first time... more

We stayed in a delux lagoon room which was on the 2nd floor.The 2 queen beds were ok and we had sufficent room to move.If you were spending more time in the room sugest you upgrade.It was quiet at the time of our stay so was very enjoyable.Often we had the pool to ourselves and the most was about 20... more

Stayed at Centara Karon last week in October and had a great time. It was our first time to Phuket and chose Karon Beach as we had family and thought maybe a little quiter. The Resort has 3 sections - high rise, low rise (3 levels) family and another low rise (4 levels). High rise can have beach views. All... more

We found this trip advisor so helpfull and looked out for everything that we read about. We have just come back from a 2 week holiday at the Centara stayed in a superior room on the 4th floor with a view overlooking the hillside, dining area lagoon and tropical areas and a slight seaview if you sat at the end... more

we stayed on the 8th floor in the main building, a large room with a good sized balcony our large bed faced the biggest window we had ever seen with panormic views of the ocean. the room was very clean and the decor was fab. we could not fault anything in this 4 star hotel staff, service, cleanliness and food... more