Country borders do not stop birds. They fly easily over when they search for the best living conditions for themselves and their young. Some birds stop for a while on Antiparos, to eat and get enough energy for a further journey, either north or south.
Authentic experiences, the Cycladic beauty, rambling alleys, small clearings, a modern lifestyle and traditional elements coexist at the most beautiful settlement of Paros with a background of blue and white colours.
Parikia can easily deceive you. The noisy area of the port, the crowds and traffic jam, especially in the summer time, and the dazzling white marble paved square do not prepare you for the atmosphere and the picturesque character of the old town. You have to leave the port behind you and cross the square in order to discover the hidden treasures of Parikia.
Here’s a list with the most important events that take place on the island. Don’t just read about them, experience them and be reborn…
Picturesque Aegean fishing village that gains the visitor right away with its beauty. A clump of tamarisks make shade on the small but windless beach of the village. Shops, fish and other taverns at your disposal all day long.
Alyki, salt pond in Greek, welcomes its visitors, offering Cycladic hospitality and really serene vacations.
Worlds of silence and darkness, always mystical and evocative, the caves hold a special fascination and a strange mixture of fear, excitement and an exploratory wish along with a feeling of something both otherworldly and inexplicably familiar.
I was born in 1941, on the feast day of Sts Anargiri at Kamari and I was registered at the Lefkes community. My mother was from Maltes and my father from Lefkes. I am the seventh child of a family with nine children. Very difficult years. As a child I was always hungry. Food was scarce. Some milk, cheese, bread, some fruit, that was all. At the house we had goats, horses, a mule and chicken. When I was twelve, we had about hundred and sixty goats and cows.
The panigiri in Paros is the spirit of its people, is a significant event, following each religious holiday, memorial day or moments related to nature and its fruits, the wheat and the grape, the bread and the wine, the sea and the fishermen.
“To Paros” ... said the sign at Omonia station. I turned my head right and left, like a cartoon. I read more carefully. “To Piraeus”. Oh, ok. How you could get to Paros by train, I thought. At least not yet. Still, you can get to the island by ship or by plane.
