{"id":308,"date":"2020-05-11T06:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T06:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?p=308"},"modified":"2020-05-29T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:11:24","slug":"turbine-hotel-spa-where-people-are-sad-to-leave-but-eager-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/turbine-hotel-spa-where-people-are-sad-to-leave-but-eager-to-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Turbine Hotel &#038; Spa: Where people are sad to leave, but eager to return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Turbine Hotel &amp; Spa offers luxury accommodation on Thesen Islands. One of the best boutique hotels in Knysna, it boasts unique decor &amp; industrial charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owners read about the old power station being for sale on Thesen Harbour Town and jumped at the chance to buy it; however, a condition attached to the sale was that&nbsp; \u2013 as a heritage building \u2013 it could only be converted into a boutique hotel. \u201cIt took three years to restore and convert to ultimately achieve a one-of-a-kind boutique hotel,\u201d says Chris Schutte, general manager of the Turbine Hotel &amp; Spa. \u201cThis year, on 12 August 2020, the hotel celebrates 10 years of operation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis year the hotel celebrates 10 years of operation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li 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how the industry will recover from this]. We can only hope to recover once the world traveller is confident to travel again (and is allowed to!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5375-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"326\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5375.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/turbine-hotel-spa-where-people-are-sad-to-leave-but-eager-to-return\/dsc5375\/\" class=\"wp-image-326\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"327\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/turbine-hotel-spa-where-people-are-sad-to-leave-but-eager-to-return\/dsc5383\/\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-650x434.jpg 650w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383-440x294.jpg 440w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5383.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5387-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"328\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5387.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/turbine-hotel-spa-where-people-are-sad-to-leave-but-eager-to-return\/dsc5387\/\" class=\"wp-image-328\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"329\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/turbine-hotel-spa-where-people-are-sad-to-leave-but-eager-to-return\/dsc5426\/\" class=\"wp-image-329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-650x434.jpg 650w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426-440x294.jpg 440w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC5426.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Schutte says that a positive aspect of the lockdown is that staff members can rest and recuperate, meaning after the pandemic has subsided, visitors can look forward to staff being \u201chealthy and energised, and ready to give a warm welcome to \u2018unlocked\u2019 guests in need of the joys of our hotel\u201d.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His advice to business owners during this time is: \u201cStay sane, stay positive. Don\u2019t believe everything you read, and enjoy the quality time with family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC4145-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"316\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC4145.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?attachment_id=316\" class=\"wp-image-316\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC4153-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"317\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC4153.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?attachment_id=317\" class=\"wp-image-317\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC4194-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"318\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC4194.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?attachment_id=318\" class=\"wp-image-318\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photos<\/strong> Supplied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Turbine Hotel &#038; Spa boasts unique decor &#038; industrial charm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27,29,28,24,26,25,9],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-boutique-hotel","tag-garden-route","tag-getaway","tag-hotel","tag-knysna","tag-spa","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}