Information
This hotel with fully furnished apartments is a model of an eco-tourist unit for the area and a base for a wide range of activities. The service is not limited to the offer of accommodation. The visitor, the tourist, the sightseer, the athlete and the eco-tourist not only have the chance to enjoy their residence but also have a wide range of services and activities to choose from and to find themselves in a beautiful place where the basic concern of the householders is the high-quality service.
The hotel is managed by the Ecotouristiki-Pisciculture Porto Lagos A.E. It is a third-class accommodation with fully furnished apartments and it was established in 1998. it is an active enterprise in the field of tourism providing accommodation to the visitors.
It is a complex of one and two room apartments, recently built, traditional and comfortable, offering rooms with en-suite bathrooms, a cooker, a lounge with TV and an open-air barbecue. The architecture of the complex is in accordance with the area and it has been designed to set harmonically with a non-built landscape close to the sea, which is protected by the RAMSAR treaty.
Location
Nowadays vacation, which is an essential part of people's lives, together with the increase in people's income has led to the increase of demands for high quality service in the field of tourism. Therefore, the services provided to tourists should undergo a quality growth in order to satisfy new demands. In particular it should cover the environmental sensitivity for the majority of tourists who come from developed countries and for whom the environment determines the choice of the holiday destination.
Porto Lagos is situated in the southeast part of the prefecture of Xanthi, between Lake Vistonida and Thracian Sea. Porto Vistonis is 100 meters from the beach and 200 meters from the port of Porto Lagos.
The aquatic biotope of Lake Vistonida is regarded as an attraction for the ecologists of the world as more than 200 species of wild birds spend the wintertime in the area. Also ancient remains are of special importance. It is said that deep in the water of Lake Vistonida the capital city of King Diomides was found, while there are many remains from the Byzantine people of Poros, who lived in the area.
Enterprising Activities
In the field of the enterprising activities the following are included:
- Exploitation of the tourist facilities for the growth of agro-tourism and ecotourism in the region of Porto Lagos of the Municipality of Avdira.
- Research-rescue and distribution of the historical and cultural identity of Porto Lagos in any possible way.
- Representation of Greek and foreign companies with similar or resembling target.
- The running of refreshment facilities in the build-up area of Porto Lagos in proper "tourist facilities".
As far as the operational facilities are concerned, Porto Vistonis can present high booking rates while it is the only enterprise\se in the area, which provides services of this kind. During the three recent years of business more than 7000 visitors have been registered and the number of the visitors and sightseers increase every year.