Melissani is a welcoming little hotel two blocks up from the Sami waterfront. Small and rather basic rooms have sea-view balconies plus retro quirks such as orange 1970s phones, old-fashioned showers and fading Greek tourism posters from the 1980s. There’s also a spacious roof terrace.
Melissani Hotel
Kefallonia
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