Seven hundred meters north-east of Elafonisos, there is a tiny island that the seabirds always visit. Its name is "Pavlopetri" after which the whole surrounding area was named. The islet of Pavlopetri, a second smallest island at a distance of about 400 m and the coast of Pounta form an isosceles triangle where the remains of a sunken settlement are preserved. The beginning of its existence reaches as far as 5,000 years in the past...

An important and protected wetland of the region, the Stroggyli Lagoon is a refuge for rare species of migratory birds and is part of the NATURA network and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR)