Kostos

Agios Athanasios Parios is a church on Paros dedicated to one of the island's most distinguished historical figures — Athanasios Parios, an 18th-century Orthodox scholar, theologian, and teacher who…

Agia Marina is a small Orthodox chapel on Paros dedicated to Saint Marina, one of the most widely venerated martyrs in the Greek Orthodox tradition. Chapels bearing her name appear on nearly every…

Agios Panteleimon is a traditional Orthodox church on Paros dedicated to one of the most venerated healing saints in the Greek Orthodox calendar. Sitting at coordinates roughly 37.077°N, 25.218°E — a…

Located at coordinates placing it within the broader Parikia area — the island's capital and main port — the war monument on Paros is a public memorial dedicated to those from the island who lost…

Before washing machines arrived in Greek island homes, communal washing places — known in Greek as πλυσταριά (plystaria) — were the social and practical heart of village life. This surviving example…

O Kostos is the kind of place you find yourself returning to on a slow afternoon inland. Sitting in the small mountain village of Kostos — one of the quieter settlements in the heart of Paros — it…

Roussou Paraskeui is a casual fast food spot on Stella Nikolaou 5 in Parikia, the main port town of Paros. It specializes in gyros and the kind of straightforward Greek everyday food that locals…