Paros, Greece Travel Blogs

Happy Easter!
Apr 15, 2006 (7 photos)

... to bother with an entry here because it rained and I only stayed a night before heading onwards to Athens, but Paros does have a distinct architectural and stone-working style that dad will appreciate and a couple of unusual features worth mentioning in ...

Relaxing in the Cyclades
Jun 16, 2006 (31 photos)

... the sunset. Well,it was perfect until we ran out of petrol in the dark... After the girls left for Turkey I headed to Paros. I have found myself a very dodgy scooter (but I can't complain at 5 euro a day...), and have been riding from beach to beach ...

Island Hopping
Jul 12, 2006 (54 photos)

... the village of Oia, renowned for its sunsets. Any sunset postcard from Santorini or just about any sunset postcard you'll find in Greece, was taken in Oia. As a result it has become so upmarket, upmarket doesn't give it justice. For example, the Stoners ...

A visit to the doctor
Sep 14, 2002 (1 photos)

So we left Santorini and headed to Paros (cough). By this time George and Alex were thoroughly sick of each other so Alex moved into our room and got to share the joys of room sharing with someone with a cough. It was hot, so we would turn on the air ( ...

Ferries to the islands
May 7, 1998

... little churches on top of them, which needed to be explored. We ate some more good Greek food here before we moved onto Anti Paros, a little island jus a small ferry ride away. After a couple more days here, we realised it was time to move on so we bought ...

Greek Islands YEEHAW!!
Sep 4, 2005 (12 photos)

... quite a while though. But had lots to see on deck of the boat as it passed other small island clusters. Once in Paros it was very layed back with what looks like a small populated island. The typical white concrete buildings with blue window shutters ...

Horrible Huts and Refreshing Rooms
Jul 22, 2002 (7 photos)

... good dancers and then there were some that I wasnt sure if they needed help or a beer. I decided to leave the group and come to Paros early by myself. They will catch up tomorrow. I am so glad I listened to my gut because now I am in heaven on earth. I ...

Special Treatment for Women
Jul 26, 2002 (2 photos)

Last night we all (all the girls) went out for dinner and got treated like princesses. They gave as free wine all night and when the rose lady came, one of the waiters bought us a rose. It was so sweet. The owner gave us some of his special seafood paella ...

Feeding in the Greek Isles
Jul 24, 2002 (5 photos)

I am having a terrific time in Paros. The seafood here is undescribable. You are literlly eating seafood that was swimming around hours before its in your mouth. I tried to fish yesterday with no avail but the view was well worth it. I have been just ...

Do NOT Yogurt the Burn
Jul 25, 2002 (5 photos)

I am burnt. Opps. I did put sunscreen on but the sun was so strong yesterday. So we went for our seafood dinner and in the middle I started itching. So a few people suggested that I apply yogurt. What a novel idea! People outside of north america haven^t ...

It's all greek to me...
Sep 20, 2006 (3 photos)

Well, I have made it to Greece. As soon as i stepped off the train and saw the city my first thought was "back to civilisation", unfortunately that proved to be all too true. My hostel is in a very touristy part of the city, with high-class coffee bars ...

paros
Aug 14, 2008 (5 photos)

... fresh air we were sitting outside when she began to admire my necklaces. Getting to meet her had made my stay in Paros and my whole holiday in Greece for that matter. It seemed appropriate for me to give her one of my necklaces as a memento of me and our ...

Paros - Greece
Sep 1, 2005 (7 photos)

... . the food was great and i had the BEST waffles at the beer academy in Parakia (main city in Paros). I have a fair bit of colour now which im sure ill lose as the weather fades:-( but greece is a beautiful country and has exceeded all my expectaions!

Relaxing in Paros
Jul 2, 2009 (5 photos)

... a restaurant called Aliki in the small fishing village of Alyki. The significance for me was my good friend Aliki (also from Greece) had provided me with much information about Greece and Athens in particular. In addition her lovely mother Anna put me up ...

Extreme sports day
May 29, 2006

... , 7 weeks, 3 ravaged livers and 14 and a half litres of olive oil. Conquering Spain, Moroccoo, Italy and the islands of Greece, and bypassing the French altogether, we`ve seen the sights, lived the dream, come across all manner of bizarre characters and ...

The Reverend goes his own way...
May 30, 2006

... . But more than this, we'd both developed our own loose individual agendas, our own possibilities for what might eventuate after Greece. I had Turkey suddenly lingering on my mind, and The Rev suddenly had very vested interests in heading back to Italia, ...

POSITIVELY PEACEFUL PAROS
May 13, 2007

... a young gal today from Quebec - she has been here a week.  So, my sons, my darlings, you could get a job in Greece quite easily but I think you have to take some sort of tourism course.  She only speaks French and English.  She is learning a ...

I like to ride my bicycle
Sep 24, 2009 (6 photos)

We had decided today that we were going to hire some bicycles and go and explore a little bit more of the island so after breakfast we went and got 2 bikes for just 5 euros each and set off on a little adventure we had heard that acros from us there was a ...

Nov 11, 2009
Nov 11, 2009 (1 photos)

Paros Life
Sep 9, 2005

Settling into Paros life. Today I've tried to load on some photos of what we have been up to, but they only seem to go to the first entry. Anyway have a look and see what this place is like. Thanks to all of you who have replied to let me know that ...

Gaye Paros
May 28, 2006

... in charge of the place could sleep in peace. But who needs a pool when the beach is but a stones throw away? Paros was instantly very likeable, comfortable, modest, charming and accomodating, with very little spruiking and excellent Gyros down from a ...

Blue water, white buildings, gyros and feta!
Jul 20, 2006 (16 photos)

... a ferry, to any island, will cost you at most $30...we did everything listed above and found that you could spend a year simply exploring Greece! So, Dimi -- I'm not sure why you left this place.... but I hope she has a great....ummmm.... personality :)

Always pack a light jacket idiot!
Sep 22, 2007 (11 photos)

... on any of these islands!  But I've missed out on everything!! Before I left Naxos I had contact 1 of the 3 people listed in Paros on Couchsurfing.com.  So I called Ellen, the girl I emailed and made plans to stay with her.  She's 23 from ...

It's all Greek to me!
May 2, 2006

... , not quite warm, but still really pretty and sunny, and damn it, we are going to the beach regardless! Upon arrival at Paros, we were met by Jimmy- as in "Jimmy's Studios and Apartments"- who happily installed us in our cheap, amazing little apartment ( ...

Paros, Greece
Aug 26, 2007 (34 photos)

... the Butterfly Village one afternoon and on our last day we rented a moto to explore the island. It was our first moto in Greece (and Joel's first time operating one in 15 years), so we strapped on our helmets and hoped we wouldn't get blown off the road.& ...

paros
Aug 22, 2008 (19 photos)

... every possible second with her. To be honest, the job wasn't vital for that as I had already been thinking that I would stay in Greece from the moment Heather said she wanted to be with me. Taking the job just meant it wouldn't cost me money to be there, ...

Island hopping to Turkey
Jul 27, 2006

... ıf I have one more Gyro for dınner, Im gonna lose ıt. So we began a long trıp towards turkey..Fırst stop was the ısland of Paros, where we kılled a few hours walkıng the wrong way around the ısland and then havıng a Greek feast. Next we took an overnıght ferry to ...

Paros, Greece
Nov 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... a vase and fancy folded towels with fresh flowers tucked into them. She also gave us the room with two balconies, it was so nice. Paros town was a little more lively than Ios and a lot of the shops and cafes were open. Our first day we wondered around and ...

i..am...so..bored
Sep 28, 2006 (5 photos)

Oh God....i'm so bored...i have spent the last 8 hours on a ferry without anything to read and the batteries in everything have run out. I tried napping in my sleeping bag on the deck for the first bit of the journey(it started at 7:30), but the saltspray ...

Paros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 22, 2009 (6 photos)

... some refugees from Pakistan on the ferry who had got to Istanbul then went on to get to Izmir paid 800 lira for a ferry to Greece and when they got into Greek waters they were taken to the refugee camp in Samos where they had to stay for 60 days telling ...