Villages on Paros

Other Villages on Paros

Lefkes

This village in the center of the island is the most traditional one, and was the medieval island capital, with its heydey from the 17the century onward, when it was the main town during the Ottoman period. A hill village with red-tile roofs on some of the houses it has some nice streets, some with marble paving stones, a nice church square, and a traditional bakery; the church of Aghia Triadha has carved marble towers. One can walk to Lefkes from the old agricultural town of Prodromos along the famous Byzantine Road, paved with marble for most of its length of 4 km/2.5 miles. This popular hike is only one of several on old Paros roads; there are trail maps for sale at the Foreign |Press Agency in Parikia.

Kostos

To the north of Lefkes, on the same main road that crosses the island from Parikia, Kostos is another fairly simple village.