Paros in general, if one takes a look at its countryside consists of thousands of terraces with dry stone walls, xerolithies, in most of which vines were cultivated. Hundreds of stone outdoor structures called patitiria, were scattered around the island, since mostly the grape pressing took place on site in the vineyard and then the must was transferred with donkeys and mules in sheepskin bags to the barrels that were in warehouses called magatzedes.
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…
Fifty years ago, this title would have sounded like a joke. Then, the plastics, light heartedly and cheerfully entered our life for multiple use naturally –a plastic flask for the excursions and a plastic folding glass in every schoolbag!
People, Herodotus has told us, travel for three reasons: political-military, commercial or religious reasons. Till the end of the Middle Ages, journeys by Europeans were undertaken mainly for military and commercial purposes or as pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulcher or other Holy Shrines.
The Cyclades are a Greek archipelago in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Some of the islands are uninhabited. Others are wonderful holiday paradises. In ancient times, several of them were important religious and holy places.
Paros and Antiparos have gladly played host to sports as the high number of sporting events available at the islands can testify.
Around this time every year, the hands of Time creak. Like cogs, they snag on the withered flowers that slow down their circular upward course. The soul breathlessly roams across the steepest paths and the vastest horizons, in an endless dialogue with the great charmer Sun that slowly, leisurely, almost in stillness, carries the day down to the sea. Sifneikos, Livadia, Akonitos, Monasteries, Trahilas, Despotiko.
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.
Six traditional artisans stop their work for a while to look at the camera of the photographer Fanny Alexandropoulou and answer our questions. Their words are few but their hands tell their story through their artistry and the materials they work on - marble, wood, iron, clay and thread. Old arts, as old as mankind. They passionately love their work and, like all genuine creators, they will all leave a strong imprint on the island.
For most of us miles are nothing more than the miles offered as a bonus on a Sea Smiles card. For some others the miles are real because they are miles they have travelled at full sail and with no intention of stopping. Among them was (and will always be) Kostas Gouzelis who in December 2016 merged into light, forsaking his body and leaving all of us devastated. He, the “small king captain” whose life was sealed by his love for the sea and the wooden vessels.
