![]() ![]() Giorgos & Anna (Logaras, heading to Marpissa, Τel. Try the salad with bulgur wheat, avocado, nuts, tomato and spearmint, or the grilled tuna fillet. (+30) 22840.225.92) Not far from the port, this family business serves classic dishes and more creative versions of Greek cuisine, prepared with premium quality ingredients. There are fewer crowds here than in Naousa or Parikia. The southwestern parts of the island from Pounta to Dryos are home to a number of beaches and small settlements. On the summit of Kefalos, a hill just outside Marpissa, stands the Monastery of Aghios Antonios, offering uninterrupted views of the island’s interior, of the sea and of the island of Naxos in the distance. A pink courtyard door has recently become a village landmark, too, mostly thanks to the number of selfies tourists have taken in front of it and posted online. On display are post-Byzantine icons sourced from chapels in the area. The Sculpture Museum of Marpissa “Nikos Perantinos” and the Folklore Museum, which operates with the assistance of the local Women’s Association, are both here, as is t he Ecclesiastical Museum, next to the Church of the Metamorphosis of our Savior Jesus Christ. Walking around Marpissa’s narrow streets will take you under stone archways and past dozens of churches. Locals choose to preserve the residential character of the village and have refused to allow large-scale developments, a fact that undoubtedly adds to the village’s charm. Only one taverna operates in the center of the village the hotels and a few shops are scattered around the settlement. The village resembles an open-air museum of architecture, with many beautifully restored houses, including former farmhouses that have been renovated but retain their traditional character. Marpissa, with its windmills and narrow, labyrinthine alleyways, is bewitching. ![]() Leave the car at the Monastiri Beach parking lot and take to the park’s footpaths, which lead past coves and rock formations all the way to the lighthouse at Korakas Cape. At the start of the park, you’ll find a boatyard and the Monastery of St. The area northwest of Naousa, however, just beyond Kolymbithres Beach, presents a completely different image: a remote peninsula that’s home to the Environmental and Cultural Park of Paros. Today, these restaurants are frequented by business magnates, Hollywood A-listers, and other VIPs visiting the island. By the 1980s, yacht tourism had brought with it a more cosmopolitan air, and even though the kafeneia (traditional coffee shops) still served octopus, olives, and gouna, locally-caught sundried mackerel, within a few years, the little port village was filled with restaurants serving lobster spaghetti and other high-end seafood, and the settlement’s alleyways were flooded with international visitors. Naousa is a fishing village in the north of the island with a large sheltered bay and the ruins of a small Venetian fort it’s long been a key destination for those traveling around the Aegean by boat. ![]()
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