Author: marionvermazen

Alexandros Apartments in Naoussa, on the north end of Paros, where we stayed the last two nights was great. What really made it special was Litsa, the owner. She gave us recommendations of things to do and recommended the fantastic Karina Restaurant. Litsa is why our stay on Paros will be so fondly remembered.

After leaving Naoussa we drove up to the very top of Paros where there are a church and lots of antenna towers. It was very windy and the view was amazing. We could see other island to the east and west (Nexos and Antiparos).

From the top of the island we drove down to the east. We stopped in the village of Marmara where we had coffee and treats at a local bakery.

Our next stop was the beautiful Tserdakia Beach.

Our hotel overlooks the west side of Paros. We had a beautiful sunset from our balcony.

We went into the town of Paros for dinner. We had very good fish again and had a baked apple with yogurt for desert.

We walked along the coast a bit before driving back to the hotel. As we walked the moon was setting.

Today this area of the Aegean Sea had twenty mile an hour winds. I’m glad we weren’t taking a ferry! We decided to take a hike in Paras Park. We went out to the lighthouse. It was a great hike. At times it was sheltered from the wind and at times it was blowing a gale!

We had such a great dinner at Karina Restaurant last night that we decided to go back again tonight. We told Karina that our fish last night was so good we wondered what she would recommend tonight. She told us what was fresh and we chose the mussels and the fried cod. They were devine!

And look at the bill €45 for mussels, fish, a bottle of sparkling water, a half liter of rose wine, a small lemon curd desert and an aperitif! And in Europe you don’t tip!

This kind of food, service and ambiance is why we travel. Karina told us that tomorrow night they will close for the winter.

Our ferry this morning was scheduled to leave at 9:30. So we had to get up and get going. We returned our rental car and got to the ferry with no problem. The ferry ride to the island of Paros only took up about an hour.

Once we arrived in Paros and got our rent a car it was too early to check in to our hotel so we drove out to the north end of the island and found a deserted beach where we could park and read for a bit.

We are staying at a lovely place with an ocean view. The owner of our hotel recommended a place nearby for dinner, Karina. it was fabulous we had excellent fresh fish. The ambience was wonderful. We sat on the veranda and enjoyed the food, the music and the cool night sir.

This morning we took it easy and relaxed on the patio of our room. I spent most of my time editing our video of our trip from Naples to Bari, Italy and then across the Adriatic to Dubrovnik, Croatia. You can see it here.

Around noon we headed out to explore the southwest part of Naxos. we stopped at several beautiful beaches. At one there were several people kitesurfing.

Further down the coast we hiked down to a deserted beach and Duke went swimming.

We drove back to our hotel taking the inland route. The scenery was very different from what we saw yesterday. It seemed more desert like. About six we hiked from our hotel to the point next to the harbor. It has a giant gate on it. The gate is all that is left of a temple that was being built here in the sixth century BC.

From there we walked down to the restaurant area of the harbor and had salads and delicious gyro plates for an early dinner