{"id":253511,"date":"2018-06-23T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=253511"},"modified":"2018-06-22T15:58:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T13:58:26","slug":"you-can-sleep-in-knysnas-castle-on-the-beach-for-r110000-a-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/253511\/you-can-sleep-in-knysnas-castle-on-the-beach-for-r110000-a-night\/","title":{"rendered":"You can sleep in Knysna’s castle on the beach for R110,000 a night"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever wanted to spend a weekend in your own private castle, this unique listing on Airbnb for a stay at the Pezula Castle in Knysna might be just for you.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Pezula Castle\u2019 went on auction in January this year<\/a><\/strong> after being listed for sale for R56 million.<\/p>\n

The entire property is in fact made up of three \u201ccastles\u201d, covering a total of 1,000 square metres – the Main Castle accounts for 656 square metres, with three en-suite bedrooms, with the Honeymoon Castle (190 square metres) and Little Castle (165 square metres) completing the build.<\/p>\n

All three are currently listed as rentable on Airbnb, from R6,200 a night for one of the smaller castles – to R110,000 a night for the main one (which is all-inclusive).<\/p>\n

The castles are all found on a pristine, secluded beach which lies in a hidden bay bordered by the Sinclair Nature Reserve on one side and the Pezula Private Estate on the other.<\/p>\n

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Pezula Private Castle<\/a> – R110,000 per night (minimum of 2 nights)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The R110,000 per night price tag may seem steep, but it is an all-inclusive offer which includes meals and beverages and a private butler.<\/p>\n

The castle accommodates 10 guests in 5 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms.<\/p>\n

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Lindsay Castle<\/a> – R6,325 per night (minimum varies)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The castle accommodated 12 guests in 6 bedrooms, with 5 full bathrooms. The entire castle operates on solar power, so don’t expect anything high-tech. Special rates are available for parties under 8 people.<\/p>\n

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Craighross Castle<\/a> – R6,200 per night\u00a0(minimum varies)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The castle accommodates 13 guests in 6 bedrooms, with 5 full bathrooms. It also has some options to host small, intimate weddings. Special rates are offered for parties under 8 people.<\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0A look at Knysna\u2019s castle on the beach up for auction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever wanted to spend a weekend in your own private castle, this unique listing on Airbnb for a stay at the Pezula Castle in Knysna might be just for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":103193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[10201,26],"class_list":["post-253511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-airbnb","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253511"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253663,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253511\/revisions\/253663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}