Colorful Paros with Orbit Travel

Be amazed in the colorful island of Paros with Orbit travel. A cozy yet cosmopolitan island, Paros is famous for its magnificent beaches, energetic island night life and the fun loving island habitants. Discover the beauty of Paros with the ideal holiday package created especially for you by Orbit Travel.

Paros Island Greece

Paros's good beaches and vivid nightlife have made it a very popular destination amongst visitors from all over the world, who come here simply to have a good time, windsurfing, sunbathing, and partying.

Still others, not necessarily opposed to having a good time, are drawn back over and over again to Paros because of its other attractions. If you come by ship, your first impression after docking at the main port and capital Parikia will be of the windmill on the quay, travel agents and cafes lining the harborfront. Take a few steps inland, and you'll find it. Parikia has an energetic marketplace and the Ekatondapiliani, the 100-doored church designed in the 6th century by the famous architect Isodore of Miletus. Winding streets, the paving stones meticulously marked off with whitewash, lead off from the main square. One street meanders up and up, passing marble fountains and modest houses with elaborate door frames, to the remains of a medieval castle, largely built with chunks pillaged from various local ancient temples.

Somehow, Parikia manages to be both cozy and cosmopolitan. The town has a lively cultural life: The Archilochos Cultural Society stages a winter film festival and hosts a summer music festival (www.archilochos.gr). This is also the home of the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, which has exhibitions and lectures, and offers several 2-month-long sessions in painting and literature each year. Not surprisingly, there are lots of shops selling local artwork.

Out on the island, there's a scattering of appealing villages and two must-see spots: the hillside village of Lefkes deep in the interior and the picture-postcard seaside hamlet of Naoussa. Paros also has enough good beaches to keep almost any visitor happy.

Paros is large enough that even if you're just here for a day, renting a car makes sense. Then, you can make an around-the-island tour, a visit to Lefkes, a stop for a good lunch in Naoussa, a swim at your beach of choice, and a night back in Parikia, where you can shop and stroll the evening away.