paros travel guide

Parikia and its immediatly vicinity The island’s capital of Parikia, built over the city of Ancient Paros, spreads on the east side of a wide bay, protected by a hook of land which curves round [...]

Around Marpisa and Kefalos hill The east coast of the island is dominated by two uniform conical peaks—Kefalos and Antikefalos—which rise from the shore with a regular gradient to their summits [...]

The church of the Panaghia Katapoliani The church of the Panaghia Katapoliani­– (or Hekatontapyliani­) is the oldest and the most historically important church in the Aegean Islands (open [...]

The South and Southwest of the Island The south of the island was widely populated in the 3rd and 2nd millennia bc, as the Early Cycladic cemeteries (at Galana Krimna, Avysos and Dryos) and the [...]

The Archaeological Museum of Paros To the north and east of the Katapoliani­ stretches a grove of dense pine-trees, contrasting refreshingly with the white buildings all around and recalling how [...]

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Churches and streets of Parikia, below the Kastro Just to the south of the front entrance of the Katapoliani­ is a large ruined building standing in an area of walled garden, referred to as the [...]

The Mavrogenis family of Paros The Mavrogenis were a Phanariote family—that is, they were ‘old’ Greeks from Constantinople who had lived in the area of Phanari (today’s Fener) on the Golden Horn. [...]

Kastro The northern side of the hill of Kastro was occupied in prehistory by a settlement of the 3rd and 2nd millennia bc. Later, from the 6th century bc onwards, the eminence was the site of the [...]

South of Parikia At the southern end of the promenade, the shore-side road rises towards a windmill and makes a detour round the small, cuboid chapel of Aghia Anna (key in house op posite [...]