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farming village. Walk a further women are allowed into the
15 minutes past olive groves sanctuary. Páros island's
to reach Mármara village with patron saint, Ágios Arsénios,
its marble-paved streets. The a 19th-century confessor and
pretty hamlet of Márpissa lies miracle-worker, is buried here.
about 2 km (1 mile) south.
On Kéfalos hill, 2 km (1 mile)
east of Márpissa, stands the 4
16th-century Moní Agíou
EXPERIENCE The Cyclades and has a 17th-century fresco ⌂ 15 km (9 miles) SE of
Píso Livádi
Andoníou. The mona stery is
built from Classical remains
Parikiá @ Towards
of the Second Coming, rarely
Márpissa
visible as the place is kept
firmly locked. Beyond lies
Situated below Léfkes on
Cape Kéfalos, with a ruined
Páros's east coast, the former
14th-century fortress that
fishing village of Píso Livádi,
Whitewashed
cottages in Léfkes,
stronghold to fall to the
of Logarás, has grown into a
Ottomans in 1537.
the capital of Páros was the last Parian-Venetian with its sheltered sandy beach
lively small resort. It was once
the port for the island's hill
villages and marble quarries;
2 3 there are no longer seagoing
services from here. The small
Léfkes Petaloúdes harbour has a wide range
of bars and tavernas, with
⌂ 10 km (6 miles) SE of ⌂ 6 km (4 miles) SW
Parikiá @ n 22840 41617 of Parikía @ occasional local activities
# Jun–20 Sep daily and entertainments.
The mountain road to Léfkes, Mólos, 6 km (4 miles) north,
the island’s highest village, Petaloúdes, or the Valley of the has a long sandy beach with
passes the abandoned marble Butterflies, is easily reached dunes, tavernas and a wind-
quarries at Maráthi, last from Parikiá. This lush green surfing centre. Just to the
worked for Napoleon’s tomb. oasis is home to swarms of south lies Poúnda (not to be
They are now inaccessible. Jersey tiger moths from May to confused with the village of
Léfkes, which is named August, which flutter from the Poúnda on the west coast),
after long-vanished local foliage when disturbed. one of the best and most
poplar trees, was the capital About 2 km (1 mile) north of fashionable beaches in the
under Ottoman rule. It is a Petaloúdes, the 18th-century Cyclades with a relaxed and
charming, unspoiled village convent of Moní Christoú tou trendy beach bar. The island’s
with medieval houses covered Dásous, Christ of the Woods, is most famous east coast
in pink and red bou gainvillea, worth the walk, although only beach, 3 km (2 miles) south,
a labyrinth of paved alleys,
cafés in the lovely lower platía
and restaurants with terraces
overlooking the green valley
below. Visitors must explore
on foot; parking is at the
village entrance. Shops stock
local weaving and ceramic
handi-crafts and there is a
tiny Folk Museum (key is
available from the town hall).
From the white windmills
over look ing Léfkes, a
Byzantine marble pathway
leads 3 km (2 miles) southeast
to Pródromos, an old fortified
Fishermen repairing
their nets at a sunny
fishing port on Páros
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