Porto Carras Grand Resort hosts congresses, conventions, board meetings, product launches, incentive trips, gala dinners, award ceremonies and weddings, from a dozen people up to 2,400 delegates. The resort covers a private peninsula on the west coast of Sithonia, in Halkidiki, next to the town of Neos Marmaras.
Seminars and company events
The Olympic Hall conference center offers more than 2,000 m² of meeting space, and the resort can provide up to ten breakout rooms. The Meliton Hotel has four fully equipped meeting rooms of its own. Wi-Fi is free in every room and public area. Standard equipment includes high-definition projection, screens, a speaker panel and lectern with staging, microphones, flipcharts, notepads and pens. Printing, portable or fixed stages, TV screens, laptops and special lighting can be added on request, and further audiovisual equipment comes through outside partners for an extra charge. An events coordinator stays with the group before, during and after the event, around the clock, and there is no minimum group size. In 2003 the resort hosted the presentation of the draft European Constitution to the leaders of the European Union.
Weddings and receptions
The resort organizes formal dinners, award nights, company parties, private receptions, weddings and christenings. Menus are built around Mediterranean cooking and the wines of the estate, and private tastings can be held in the Domaine vineyards.
Rooms and capacities
The Olympic Hall covers 1,923 m² under a 5.5 m ceiling and seats 2,300 in theater style, 1,450 in classroom style or 1,730 for dinner. It divides into three halls. Olympic Hall 1 (628 m²) takes 680 in theater style, 350 in classroom style and 550 for dinner. Olympic Hall 2 (822 m²) takes 890, 600 and 680. Olympic Hall 3 (473 m²) takes 540, 360 and 430.
Meliton Hall A and Meliton Hall B each cover 231 m² with a 5.3 m ceiling and take 270 in theater style, 165 in classroom style or 210 for dinner. Four smaller rooms with 3.5 m ceilings complete the offer: Terpsihori (141 m², 120 theater), Erato (123 m², 110 theater), Thalia (115 m², 90 theater) and Chloe (101 m², 80 theater).
Accommodation
Groups stay at the Meliton Hotel, the hotel of this five-star resort, with rooms and suites looking toward the sea and the vineyards. The estate also has a casino, wellness facilities, beaches, pools, sports courts and horse riding.
Catering
The resort runs more than a dozen restaurants and bars, among them Athos, the main restaurant, Crystals for fine dining, Anéo for all-day dining, Cikado by the sea, the Italian bistro Piazza Marina and the Greek meze house Tsipouraki. The estate winery is one of the largest in Greece.
History and setting
Shipowner John Carras found the bay during a trip in the Aegean in 1963. Building began in 1968 with Villa Galini, and the Village Inn, Meliton and Sithonia hotels opened between 1974 and 1980. More than 45,000 olive trees and one of the largest vineyards in Greece were planted on the land. Belterra Investments bought the resort in 2020 and has since renovated it. The estate covers 1,700 hectares of vineyards and forest with 9 km of coastline, a marina and a championship golf course.
Getting there
The address is Neos Marmaras, Sithonia, 63081. The resort is reached from Thessaloniki by road, by sea into its own marina or by helicopter. Free guarded parking is available on site.
