The vineyard and the care it needs are fraught with myth. But there’s just one story: thousands of years ago man discovered Dionysus’ gift, the vine, and gradually learnt how to look after it, the ultimate aim being participation and bliss. This knowledge has been handed down from one generation to another, despite the progress and comforts technology has brought.
The Parian landscape is not always so fair coloured, rocky and dry, but has other faces as well, with different colours especially in spring. It’s the time when Paros becomes colourful from the poppies, daisies, amaranth, myrtle and spicy herbs.
Have you ever wondered what some places were like 30, 40 or even 50 years before we were there? Walking along the narrow streets of the traditional settlement of Parikia, more specifically inward from the market, at the settlement extending from Mando Mavrogenous Square to the Frankish castle of the town…
Unlike the rather exaggerated marble paved road seeming to be leading nowhere, the whole quarry area gives an impression of abandonment. A uniquely exquisite exception, the modern marble sculptures found in the specially formed plateau near the ancient quarries.
