With our experience in real estate between Paris and London, and our growing love for Greece, the desire to develop a new agency in Paros came very naturally. This is how PARIS LONDON PAROS International Real Estate based in Lefkes, was born in 2018.
Errikos Kohls Immobilien Consulting“ is a Paros-based real estate agency operating on the most enticing and widely-known islands in the Aegean region. Our office offers idyllic summer homes for purchase or rent with outstanding architectural design, quality features and prime location aiming at introducing prospective purchasers or tenants to a world of comfort, aesthetics and natural beauty.
With a 25-plus-year trajectory in the sector of communication, design and specialized construction, setting up GECO was just the next logical step for us. Our main goal is the delivery of exclusively designed and well-engineered projects that offer dream residences and experiences.
The office was set up in 1965 by my father Theodoros I. Bizas at a time when tourist development on the island was still in its infancy. I started working by his side in 1985, and in 1990 I took over at the helm of the company. A helm that had taken a lot of experience, reliability and consistency to steer.
Our Paros-based estate agency was established in 1999. We are active in the design and construction of high-end residential properties, drawing on the century-long architectural tradition of the Greek islands, coupled with modern-day needs. We have recently entered the real estate sector through REMAX PRIME, taking a holistic approach to our work.
A graphic designer, a potter, and president of the Cultural Association of Archilochos on Paros. I interrogated Stelios Ghikas on his three commitments one morning of May, when I went uphill from Kostos to his observatory, following a sign that read: Yria Ceramics. I found myself in front of a minimal and elegant complex: the Shop, a pottery show and sales room, the enclosed Herbarium and the pottery studio. My attention was drawn to the red slide entitled “Indecision” and crafted by Dimitra Chanioti, which I had only seen in photographs, as well as Ingbert Brunk’s marble sculptures.
Summer of 2020. Unprecedented conditions for a Cycladic summer. The pandemic, the few visitors to the island, the excursions and guided tours that did not take place, changed the usual summer look of the island. So, I found myself being on holiday rather than running to museums, archaeological sites and historic settlements with groups of tourists, who are so happy with such activities. Aegean holidays, first time so long, full of sunny beaches and blue sea.
Respect for life with no exceptions, efficiency and organization, a quiet presence on the island, and a love for nature. On the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Alkyoni Wildlife Care & Protection Association’s establishment in Paros, we asked its president, Marios Fournaris, to answer our questions.
Fifty years prior to the outbreak of the Greek revolution, Paros wrote a very important page in the history of its relations with the Russian superpower. In 2021, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, but we also celebrate the Year of Greek-Russian History, which brings forth the historical encounters between the two peoples over the course of time.
In 2008, a painting exhibition entitled “Dutch Artists on Paros” was held at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, in Parikia. Out of the five artists who participated in the exhibition, the most Parian one was definitely Wim Drion, not just because his work is inspired by the Parian landscape –both natural and man-made, not only because the Aegean light seeps right through it, but also because Wim Drion, along with his wife Eva are, I feel, much more deeply integrated into the Parian society and cultural life than the rest of the foreign artists living here.
