Mick_and_Moose
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This small hotel occupies an older property which has been maintained, decorated and furnished to the highest standard. It is situated in a quiet position on the main thoroughfare (pedestrianised at this point) about 500m from the centre of Santa Marina and the ferry landing. Breakfast, which comprised food of the highest standard, much of it home produced, was served in a delightful garden where lemon, mandarin, fig, mango and pomegranate trees grew. A deiicatessen, which doubled as a restaurant - Casa Lo Schiavo - adjoined the hotel. We were there in hot weather, when eating out of doors came naturally, but the interior of Cinque Balconi looked a cosy place to spend colder evenings too. All in all you have the recipe for a perfect place to stay, especially when you get such a warm welcome from Massimo and his staff.