Folklore
Folklore Museum of Marpissa
Located on a picturesque alley, next to Haroula’s tavern, is one of the nicest small museums of Paros.
Cycladic Folklore
Benetos Skiadas Museum
In Aliki, in a beautiful garden there is a unique museum for anyone who wants to know the Cyclades and their history. A museum where you will find all the traditional arts applied and you will get a taste of the vanishing authentic Paros.
The shipwreck of «Superbe»
The monument of the French sailors
The last great naval combat waged with wooden sailboats, the naval battle of Navarino (1827), finalized the independence of Greece. The allies, the British, the French and the Russians, defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, reinforced by Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt’s fleet.
On to Cap Korakas
Rocks chiseled by wind and water
It is a sunny and windless February morning. On Paros, an agricultural island by birth, Spring is making herself already felt. Our eyes are filled with the greenness of the new crops on the fields and the blueness of the archipelago that surrounds the land. A palette of cold colors, say the experts and the beaches are empty. Still, the brown earth and the stones that spring from her guts make up for the loss of warmth.
Naias Nautical Club
A collective miracle on Paros!
A group of young people brings on the coming of spring to the island. A spring of creativity, cultural expression, coexistence, ingenuity, communication, and harmonious transition from the old to the new.
Anna Kortianou-Kagani
Paros is the island of ancient and modern culture
Anna Kortianou-Kagani has intertwined her name with the culture of Paros and is the person one is bound to run into in practically every event related to it. Whether it be an exhibition, a live performance, a concert, a lecture or a hiking venture, Anna Kagani is always present. Active, approachable and practically-minded, she has all the attributes needed for a plan to go forward and not remain just an aspiration.
Medusa Art Gallery 1979-2017
A journey of 40 years
As I’m writing this text, with Lefkes lying at my feet and the windmills around the village crowning my head, I’m wondering how to fit 40 years into an article.
The Mines of Antiparos
Crossing the countryside of Antiparos on foot
Thyme honey of the Cyclades
A gift of Nature
Food of the gods and humans, a source of excellent nutrients, a product of the wondrous bee society that makes up a complete therapeutic treatment for the body. Thyme honey is undoubtedly the gold of the Cyclades! An interview of Angelos Pitsikalis and Argyris Loukis.
Born with six legs
350 million years of history
In addition, the insects have 4 wings. But there are exceptions. 3/4 of all animals on earth are insects, and they were here long before us. For 350 million years, they have had the opportunity to develop and adapt to changing environments.