Paros Greek Island Greece Summer 2008
~ It's already warming up in Paros Greece, preparations are under way for the 2008 summer tourist season of island hopping tourists
PAROS ~ the Greek Island in the Cyclades Greece
Paros Island is a small little gem of a Greek Island. Quiet and very peaceful with a couple of very sweet little harbours. I arrived by boat into Parikia, a very clean and tidy village with a few lovely back streets full of shops. Some of the shops selling Greek Souvenirs and some selling designer clothes. A very laid back attitude where you are not coerced into buying, where the Greeks are happy just to meet you! I found the internet cafes extremely helpful and in no rush for you to leave. Making a delicious cup of coffee at inexpensive prices. I decided to go exploring the minute I arrived and went straight for the small village of Naoussa and am so pleased I did. I located a rent room on the top of the small hill, it was rented from a lovely Greek lady who owned a supermarket in town. Her son escorted me up, carrying my little suitcase, to show me the room. At a very inexpensive 20 euros per night, the apartment was the most amazing apartment I have ever stayed in, in Greece! I was so pleased with it and the Greek lady's hospitality that I stayed for 3 weeks! Each day I toured the island on my little rented scooter and on my return I found Greek sweets, Greek cakes and Greek cheeses with typical Greek dried biscuits in my room waiting my return! The lovely Greek lady used to call me her angel! Wow impressive Island. I found the same sort of kindness and welcome wherever I toured the island. Paros Island is a Greek island I highly recommend.
Please bear in mind that if you hire a car and take it off road, that the underneath may not be insured if you damage it on rocks or a rough road! A bike is a good idea to hire and if you decide to hire a bike on Paros, please insist on a helmet and go very carefully as off road is obviously dangerous and the roads can get slippy in the heat.
Paros Island Greece