The Aegean Center for the Fine Arts founded and established in Paros over 40 years ago continues its tradition in offering small-group intensive study in the fine arts. Study abroad programs for university students fall & spring. The center is housed in a restored Neoclassical building in the heart of the Old Town of Parikia, which also operates as an art gallery in the summer.
+30 22840 23287 | Parikia, Old Town, Market Street
HISA is an accredited study abroad program that offers full semester and year courses in the arts and humanities at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Check out their website for the programs currently offered.
+30 6948 516797 | Parikia, Old Town, Market Street
Paros Park is a 800.000m² (200 acres) protected peninsula of natural and historical interest, offering various environmental & cultural activities such as: a long network walking trails, an open-air theatre and cinema, various beaches, historical sites (a 100-year old lighthouse, a medieval monastery), a museum, a beach bar/restaurant and a water ski school. Every summer, it runs an Arts Festival with various concerts and shows. The restaurant area is also available for social events hosting.
+30 22840 53573 | Naoussa,Ai Yiannis Detis (Monastiri)
Routes in Marpissa is a three-day, experiential, cultural festival organized by a group of volunteers and takes place every August in Marpissa, Paros. The festival has as its central idea to create routes and points of interest in the traditional settlement, around themes of architecture, folklore, music, art and environment. It is designed on the characteristics and scale of the village, showing with respect to the hospitable character of this place. It aims at an experiential approach of activities so everyone can have an active role in the events. The participation and interaction of residents, visitors and volunteers work together in a unique, creative result.
Marpissa / Marpissa, Old Town
A course designed for students who want to make rapid progress in Modern Greek and deepen their understanding of Greece and its culture. It offers an intensive language course at beginner, intermediate and advanced level. The course consists of 40 hours, divided across 10 days, and includes reading, speaking, grammar and writing. Greek conversation online courses too.
+30 215 5258 787 | +30 697 2526 788 | Pisso Livadi, Fishing port & Marina
Find Yria Studio's tableware & dinnerware, and other textile & ceramic household commodities, all bearing the style and quality of Studio Yria.
Parikia, Old Town, Market Street
Aristides lives and works on Paros as a professor and as a sculptor, searching the truth of human "prosopon", through the paths of philosophy and science, as well as the apocalyptic ways of the Art. His work is on white marble.
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A ceramics workshop in the outskirts of Lefkes where ceramist Eleni Spetsaki creates a variety of decorative objects and household items, in the local style seen through a modern perspective. At Keramiko workshop you can purchase your favourite objects or you can see the procedure of ceramic making plus enjoy the beautiful view. You can also visit their online shop with worldwide delivery. • Open every day 11:00-19:00
+30 22840 44044 | +30 6977 646827 | Lefkes, Countryside
In the old village of Chalki, Katharina & Alex create ceramic items for various use, with their distinct sea life and olive tree imagery. Visit them for a warm welcome and a tour to their shop and gallery across the street.
+30 22850 32829, 31771 | Naxos Island, Chalki
To the Garden is an ecological project designed and built upon applied principles of Permaculture and Sustainability. It offers a series of internships and workshops in a number of arts, crafts and practical skills and also provides idyllic retreat facilities for the Creative Artist, Writer or Scholar.
+30 22840 91524 | +30 6937 300243 | Aliki & Ageria, Kavaleto
An interesting folk collection of traditional Greek costumes from various areas of Greece.
+30 22840 52284 | Naoussa, Peripheral Road
Painting, drawing and printmaking classes in week-long programs, designed to study practical elements of painting & drawing such as color theory and composition while helping students to develop a personal approach and expression.
+30 22840 25331 | Parikia, Old Town
Hand-made miniatures of important Cycladic buildings and everyday life places of the old times. Mr.Benetos Skiadas also exhibits models of important historic ships from the ancient times to recent history. Open May - September.
+30 6944 817899 | road to Aliki
A small msueum with personal belongings, medical instruments of the past and documents of historical value of the beloved Paros physician Georgios Patelis. Having served as a doctor in the battlefield during the WWII, he was offering his medical services on Paros from 1941 for 35 years.
+30 22840 60167, 22840 22860 | Parikia, Old Market
A 16th century Monastery dedicated to Agios Antonios ( St. Antonios). Built at the top of an inactive volcano which is now known as Kefalos hill. The view from the monastery is breathtaking and the footpath to the top is a must-do!
Marpissa
A new museum, in the old monk cells next to the monastery of Ai Yiannis Detis, in the premises of Paros Park. It hosts the permanent exhibition “The Island of Paros through the Russian cartography 1770-1774″ with map and info of that era, when the Ai Yiannis peninsula was the headquarters of the Russian navy.
+30 22840 24571 | Naoussa, Kolimbithres, Ai Yiannis Detis (Monastiri)
Music Conservatory including classes of classical music, modern music, traditional popular music, pre-school musical education, general musical education and more. Check the website for upcoming workshops, seminars and other activities. *Special summer classes*
+30 22840 23202 | Parikia, Kakapetra
Presenting more than a hundred and fifty dancers in nine groups, it offers a broad range of lessons mainly on folk Greek dance for all ages and throughout the year, in various villages. Also runs a theatre group and a music & movement group. Special group courses also on request.
+30 22840 52284 | Naoussa, Periferic, opposite Naoussa highschool
One of the oldest and best preserved Christian monuments in the world, built in the Byzantine times, bears many legends and boasts on its rare icons. Pieces from former ancient temple are seen inside the church and the courtyard where the church's Byzantine Museum is also located.
+30 22840 21243, 24807 | Parikia, Ekatontapyliani Square
“Friends of Paros” is a not-for-profit association, founded at the initiative of the inhabitants of Paros in 2002, as well as of other people who feel, in one way or another, connected to this picturesque island of Cyclades Archipelago.
+30 6956 181919 | N/A
Exhibits from Paros, Antiparos and the surrounding islets, from Neolithic, Early Cycladic, Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, including some very important findings .
+30 22840 21231 | Parikia, Ekatontapyliani Square
A sculpture museum dedicated to the work of Nikolaos Perantinos. There you can see over 190 scultures and art objects of classic art.
Marpissa
The Paros Municipal Library offers a well-structured collection of Greek books and magazine subscriptions for kids and adults. Also available: some books & magazine titles in various languages. Internet access for members. Guided online searches in other libraries. The library holds the largest collection on books on the Cyclades. Also: an original collection of various videos and recordings on Paros & the Cyclades.
+30 22840 28233 | Parikia, Old Town
Professional special events installations & production. Full sound, lighting, live bands & djs for concerts and any open-air and indoor event, like conventions, parties, weddings, receptions etc. 'Violins' has a big team of motivated professionals who enjoy event-making, as well as adequate equipment to cover big scale as well as small sized events.
+30 22840 52651 | Asteras
Exhibits Byzantine icons, carved church screens on wood, sacerdotal vestments and other Byzantine religious items. Open all year.
+30 22840 21243, 24807 | Parikia, Ekatontapiliani Square
Passionate potter, Stelios Ghikas, offers fine ceramics for decorative and daily use, hand-painted. Visit him at his workshop where he also operates a shop.
+30 22840 29007 | Kostos, by the Parikia-Lefkes road
"Archilochos" is called the Cultural Association, founded in 1976 in Paros, where it exists till now.
+30 22840 22840 | Parikia, Marina
The Folk Dance Group of Naoussa aims to preserve and transmit the local musical tradition. Offers year-long and short-term Greek dancing lessons for children and adults of all nationalities.
+30 22840 52971 | Naoussa
Yiannis Dendrinos is a self-taught painter from Paros. A builder for a living, he is an artist with straightforward candor and honesty, looking at his everyday environment with an often sarcastic eye.
+30 22840 24571 | N/A
Aiming in providing an overview of what life used to be like in the Aegean Islands, this private collection includes objects such as: tools, building elements, rocks, pottery, furniture, instructive drawings, photographic reports and a library. Open April to October.
+30 22840 41827, 42398 | Lefkes, inside "Lekes Village" Hotel
A museum in the memory of the beloved Paros teacher Panagiotis Kalieros, with personal objects and historical facts about him and his family.
+30 22843 60128, 60167 (Municipal Cultural Dept.) | Parikia, Market Street
An original museum depicting the life of old Marpissa. Its exhibits (mainly objects of every-day use of the past) have been donated with love by the people of the village. The museum is actually an old house furnished and decorated as it used to be more than 70 years ago. Next-door, there is as well an "antique" barber's shop.
+30 22840 41217 | Marpissa, Old Town
Original handmade jewellery with distinct style, using semi-precious stones, gold, silver, leather, cotton threads and more. Also, handmade textile accessories. Custom-made ceremony accessories (for weddings, baptisms etc.) • Open all year.
+30 22840 21188 | Parikia, Old Town
An art foundation that deals with organizing exhibitions, promoting artists on Paros and further afield, cooperating with other art groups, running art workshops and more.
+30 22840 23474 | Parikia, Old Town, Kastro
Dimitra Chanioti is an artist from Paros island. Her fields of creativity are painting, photography, video and sculpture. She is also a trained art teacher for children. Visit her website for samples of her work.
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Wim Drion is a Dutch painter and former professor of art at the Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. He lives on Paros from April to November and organizes drawing and painting workshops.
+31 20 6200164 | +30 6939 667664 | Parikia, Old Town, Kastro
Website (Greek only) includes history of the islands' diocese & archbishops, events, church radio station and a detailed directory of Paros & Naxos' churches and monasteries. Also contact persons for information on Greek Orthodox baptisms & weddings.
+30 22850 22233 | Naxos Ilsand, Hora
The Art Gallery "anti" operates from spring to fall, hosting painting, sculpture, photography & ceramics exhibitions by artists from Greece & abroad. Every July, the gallery organizes the "Antiparos Photo Festival."
+30 22843 61544 | +30 6974 400035 | Antiparos, Kastro
A collection of aquarelles portraying Paros scenes by artist Maira Stefou - available for sale.
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He is a painter from Holland, living half of the year on Paros. He gives painting workshops in the summer. Often exhibits in the Netherlands, Greece and Germany.
+30 6932 505439 | Aliki
Jewellery & Accessories Store using traditional craftsmanship and eco-friendly materials and methods. Rooted in artistry, and symbolised by a sunburst, Artisun embodies the Hellenic spirit and way of life in jewellery, accessories and home. Building upon a lifestyle carefully crafted through the centuries, using traditional craftsmanship and eco-friendly materials and methods, Artisun takes the best from our past to create a more human future.
+30 22840 55254 | Naoussa, Potami (river bed)
"The Voice of Paros" is a weekly, local newspaper in Greek. You can find this free press at its own stands, at various central spots around the island. Published on Fridays.
Parikia-Naousa Road, Agii Apostoli
Local radio station.
Parikia
Mario Chillemi Tattoo Studio was established in 1986 and specializes in different types & quality tattoos and also piercings using various techniques. Mario is a qualified Tattooist with diplomas in tattooing & piercing and is also certified by the state Health Centre of Greece. Long experience, personalized service and advice. The tattoo studio operates almost all year round.
+30 6907 345432 | Parikia, Old Town, Kastro
Pondoporos is a modern art gallery which exhibits mainly Greek artists.
22840 52242 | Naoussa, Old Town, Agios Dimitrios Beach
Athletic and Cultural association, based in Naoussa. It currently runs football and volley ball teams and a football academy for kids. It also organizes various cultural events throughout the year, including theatre, concerts, traditional feasts etc. • Nireas has its own football field and a cultural hall with a theatre stage.
+30 22840 53530 (office), 53143 (footbal field), 52627 (cultural hall) | Naoussa, Potami (river bed)
Accredited summer language courses combined with fun & educational activities on Paros. Myrsini Educational Center offers 1-4 week long language learning programmes for adults, with a 15-hour tuition per week plus 15 hours of activities. Courses on offer include Greek for foreigners, general English (all levels), IELTS, English for special purposes and more.
+30 22840 22850 | +30 6974 396483 | Parikia, Livadia, Sinikismos
"Ef" runs experiential workshops in Paros, for educators, parents, therapists and everyone who wishes to live a happy healthy life. Seminars include: reflexology, thearical improvisation, music and movement, story-telling, crafts and more.
+30 22840 24495 | +30 6944 655200 | Parikia / Naoussa
Aegean style ceramics; operating since 1951. Custom orders welcome!
+30 22840 43255 | Lefkes, Main Road
Local radio station.
+30 22840 28150 | Parikia, Peripheral Road, Gikas Crossroad
The Municipal Music School offering lessons on various musical instruments, music theory, choir, Orff system for pre-school kids. Classes for all ages.
+30 22840 22038 | Parikia, Agia Anna
Local radio station.
+30 22840 23597 | Parikia
Art agents present the work of C.P.Seibt, who lives on Paros throughout the year: paintings, objects, installations, art-projects.
+30 22840 23368 | Parikia, Elitas
An intensive study abroad program on music, featuring courses in composition, improvisation, music analysis and 20th century musicology that aims to introduce students to a plethora of technical skills & technical strategies for making music, either as composers or improvisers.
+30 6934 946750 | no location
A Greek painter living in Paros who also gives volunteer lessons to primary school children.
+30 22840 23630 | N/A
Video, photography, graphic design, web design, printing services, custom-made T-Shirts and anything you might need for advertising your business and covering your event (incl. wedding, baptism videos etc.). Run by a young, enthusiastic team. • Also deal with professional film productions.
+30 22840 22031 | +30 6974 601331, 6945 860279 | Parikia, Agia Irini
Online newspaper (in Greek) with news mainly from Paros, also from other Cycladic islands.
+30 6945 436561 | N/A
"Paros & Antiparos News" is weekly local newspaper, in Greek.
+30 22840 28150 | Parikia, Peripheral Road, Gikas Crossroad
French painter who lived and worked in Paros for about 20 years. Having returned to France, he continues his deep work in painting "which is beyond language. Or rather the quest for language."
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A traditional building at the Venetian Castle area of Parikia, that has been renovated into a multi-functional space, that hosts contemporary art exhibitions and cultural events. Apothiki runs an Artists in Residence program and provides a working, living and exhibiting space.
+30 693 6810127 / +32 475 715942 | Parikia, Old Town, Kastro
Certified Italian teacher with many years of experience in teaching to Greek and English speakers. Offers private or group lessons, to kids and adults. summer lessons also, all language certificates (A1 - C2).
6974 365805 | N/A
The Nautical Club of Paros organizes national & international sailing tournaments, and offers sailing and swimming lessons for all ages, training and recreational. In its premises at Livadia beach, there's a beach volleyball court and a beautiful cafe-restaurant open all day long for drinks and tasty, home-made Greek dishes. The Nautical Club operates all year round. Closed during Christmas Holidays.
+30 22840 21800 | Parikia, Livadia Beach
Cycladic decoration with unique, handmade items many of which by local artisans. Furniture that fits the airy, traditional style of the Aegean aesthetics. Wide selection of gifts and quality kitchen/dinnerware. For 15 years now and in2 shops in Naoussa, Tantanis "takes care of your house" with quality objects (most made in Greece) for island homes with a special character!
+30 22840 51261, 53390 | Naoussa, Peripheral Road
A US writer settled on Paros with his photographer wife since 1970. He is the official translator of the poetic works by famous Greek poet Odyseas Elytis.
Parikia, Parasporos
Paros Festival is a three-day cultural event that takes place in mid-July in Parikia, the capital town of the island. Its main goal is to promote the diverse culture of the place and its people. Music, architecture, literature, arts and crafts and any sort of religious or other traditions -the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the island provide a rich context within which people can engage with the past and the present of the place.
Parikia, Old Town / Parikia / Parikia
Goldsmith workshop: sales, jewellery making and repairs. Gold exchange and purchase.
+30 22840 27439 | +30 6937 069220 | Parikia, Mando Mavrogenous Square
Located in the Venetian castle area, overlooking the port, Kastro is a beautiful cafe-bar-bistrot set in many levels and with terraces offering a magical atmosphere, serving coffee, drinks and also small dishes and sweets. Open from end of May to beginning of October, daily from 19:00 until late at night.
+30 6949 061907 | Parikia, Old Town, Kastro