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Paros is one of the most popular European tourist hotspots. Paros also became known for its fine white marble which gave rise to the term Parian which is used for China and fine marbles worldwide.

Paros Tourist Attraction:

Many thing can be found in Paros. Below are some tourism object in Paros.

1. The capital Parikia in a bay on the north-west side of the island, occupies the site of the ancient capital Paros.
2. Houses are built and decorated in the traditional Cycladic style with flat roofs, whitewash walls and blue-painted doors and window frames and shutters.
3. Town’s principal church in Parikia’s main square. The church was called the Ekatontapiliani (literally: “church of the hundred doors”). Its oldest features almost certainly predate the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire (391 AD).
4. The bay of Naoussa (Naussa) or Agoussa on the north side of the island forming a safe and spacious harbour. In ancient times it was closed by a chain or boom. Another good harbour is that of Drios on the south-east side, where the Turkish fleet used to anchor on its annual voyage through the Aegean during the period of Ottoman rule over Paros (1537 – 1832).
5. The three villages of Dragoulas, Mairmara and Tsipidos, situated on an open plain on the eastern side of the island, and rich in remains of antiquity, probably occupy the site of an ancient town.
6. Parian marble, which is white and translucent (semi-transparent), with a coarse grain and a very beautiful texture, was the chief source of wealth for the island.
7. Parikia town has an interesting archaeological museum. The best pieces, however, are in the Athens National Archeological Museum. The Paros museum contains a fragment of the Parian Chronicle, a remarkable chronology of ancient Greece. Inscribed in marble, its entries give time elapsed between key events from the most distant past (1500 BC) down to 264 BC.