Q: Can you introduce yourself? Where are you from? What are your links with Paros? After several years spent in France, I am particularly happy to return to Greece, my birthplace where I lived all my childhood. My dream of being Chef de Cuisine, was clearly defined in my head, from the age of 15 […]
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Ημερολόγιο | Calendar | Calendrier
Notez les Dates des Activité à venir des AdP | Σημειώστε τις ημερομηνίες των επερχόμενvn Δραστηριοτήτων των ΦτΠ | Save the Dates of the Upcoming Activities of the FofP
Paros and Sustainable Development
The following text is an initiative of the “Friends of Paros» members and is being published to stimulate debate on the occasion of the forthcoming conferences on the sustainable development of Paros. There was a lot of publicity recently about the growing number of visitors arriving in Paros by air, as well as by boat. […]
Changing course towards sustainable tourism
So far, the majority of tourism stakeholders in Paros are accustomed to measuring tourism performance in terms of visitor numbers, ignoring other indicators. And yet tourism, due to its massification, is globally in a phase of unprecedented change and the motto is clear: “either we change or we sink”!
Alternative Tourism in Marathi
Français | Ελληνικά Two highly promising young architects graduates of the Vienna Technical University, Cristina Vlascici and Vadim Ghiorghiu, share with us their highly interesting thesis «Vision for Alternative Tourism in Paros, Antiparos and Despotiko» proposing the creation of the “marble route” and the promotion of Marathi ancient quarries. In the recent decade, the Cycladic […]
Potatoes with tomato and eggs
Peel the potatoes and onions and cut them into slices. In a deep frying pan, heat the oil at low temperature, pour the onions and garlic and turn over several times. After approximately ten minutes, we add the potatoes. Turn them sometimes in order to get the flavors of the onions, oil and garlic, then […]
From Münster in Lefkes
What affected you to share your time between Munster and Lefkes?The music obviously had a lot to do with it, since we recorded the album with Spiros Balios and Alexis Antoniou from Violins Productions in Kampos, Naoussa, over the past three years. The second reason is my best friend from my hometown, Kai Kremser. He […]
Presentation of the monasteries
In the fourth and last chapter, we continue, dear reader, with the presentation of the monasteries of our beloved island. After the monastic sites near Parikia, we continue with those of Naoussa and Lefkes. Marmara and Aggeria will follow. We recall that the first chapter concerned the symbols and traditions of Orthodoxy, second chapter the […]
Interview with the Mayor
Questions: Georges Vlandas – Merina Mattheopoulou Dear Mayor, at the Friends of Paros General Assembly held last August, our members complained about the island’s state of cleanliness. You agree that there is a problem and we would like to know how you intend to address this issue in the future? The Municipal Authority’s priority is […]
Le Monument des Français
Ce monument érigé en mémoire d’un navire français ayant coulé au large de l’île au moment de la lutte pour l’indépendance de la Grèce, a été restauré grâce à l’aide des Amis de Paros, entre autres. Notre association a fait apposer des panneaux explicatifs trilingues au pied du monument. Nous sommes en train d’ installer […]
Ημερολόγιο | Calendar | Calendrier
Notez les Dates des Activité des Amis de Paros cet été | Σημειώστε τις ημερομηνίες των Δραστηριοτήτων των Φίλων της Πάρου αυτό το καλοκαίρι: | Save the Dates of the Activities of the Friends of Paros this summer:
Editorial – Issue 17
Act together, stay united! It has been seventeen years since the cercle of Friends of Paros has been created. At the beginning there were 11 people who loved the island and its inhabitants : 2 women and 9 men, 6 were born on the island, 2 others lived there permanently, 6 were living abroad. Our […]
Meeting with the novelist Elias Papademitrakopoulos
One warm morning in July, we met distinguished novelist Elias X. Papademitrakopoulos at his favourite hangout in Ysterni, Paros. The occasion was this year’s Grand Literary Prize (Megalo Vravio Grammaton) which was awarded to him unanimously for his lifelong contribution to literature. He wanted to deliver to us in person some relevant published material and […]
LARGE SCALE trench systems along Paros and Antiparos coast lines
Ion Siotis, May 2018 The presence of an extensive system of trenches (in French “entailles”) dug along the coast line of Paros and Antiparos has been noted since the middle of the 19th century. The fact that, in most cases, the trenches are submerged to a present depth approaching 2 meters gives valuable information on […]
Επίσκεψη στο Δεσποτικό – Visit at Despotiko
04/07/2018 Μεγάλη συμμετοχή είχε η επίσκεψη που διοργανώθηκε από τους ΦτΠ, του αρχαιολογικού χώρου του Δεσποτικού, με ξεναγούς τον αρχαιολόγο Γιάννο Κουράγιο και την επίσης αρχαιολόγο Ίλια Νταϊφά. Great participation had the visit of the archaeological site of Despotiko, organized by the FoP, guided by the archaeologists Yannos Kourayos and Ilia Daifa.
Monastic life
As promised to share with you the artistic work of the Parian ceramist Stelios Ghikas, accompanied by the inspired text of the priest Evangelos Valantasis, we continue this time with the presentation of the monastic life. In this part, dear reader, we will present the monastic sites of Paros. For hundreds of years, monks, both […]
Collectif d’Arvert (en)
Thursday, August 2, 6pm, “Aghios Athanassios” showroom I just spent a wonderful week with my painter friends from “Collectif d’Arvert”. Only five out of the eight managed to free themselves to come and paint in Greece. Blanca Alvarez, David Chauvin, Veronique Legros Sosa, Bénédicte Stef-Frisbey and Jean Vigué. Their work took place from 9am to […]
Σύλλογοι Αντιπάρου / Associations d’Antiparos / Antiparos Associations
Cette année les Amis de Paros vont honorer les associations qui oeuvrent à Antiparos pour le bien commun de cette île et de ses visiteurs. Ces activités rendent la vie plus agréable. Elles participent aussi au développement économique de l’île. Elles constituent aussi un milieu favorable à l’émergence des talents, un moyen permanent de se […]
Antiparos International Photo Festival
The smallest international photography festival in the world 2013 was a milestone: Since then, Antiparos hosts the smallest international photography festival in the world. This year, it will take place from 7 to 16 July. The festival is the spiritual child of three people: Mary Hatzakis, director of the local gallery “Anti”, the engineer Yannis […]
Antiparos On Board
The Cultural Association “Antiparos En Plo” (“Antiparos On Board”) was founded in 2011 by a group of active citizens with a common vision for the development of the island. Its mission is to contribute by all means (cultural, educational, environmental and sports) to the improvement of the quality of life of residents and visitors of […]