Paros is pretty quiet, and although it's refreshingly free of cruise boat touring parties it wouldn't be first on my list of the Cycladic islands to return to.
Parikia is the main port with the requisite fishing boats.
I quite liked this one - not sure if the sign means they do laundry as well as fishing, or just that their fish are very clean?
The town itself is flat but quite nice, with some lovely shops, artists studios and surprisingly good restaurants.
My favourite was a vegetarian restaurant I discovered on my last night run by two queens who'd done it up a la Rio meets Vegas meets K Rd. They insisted on giving me a guided tour of bathroom - which I must admit was pretty amazing. The food wasn't bad either! Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me - they were the most exciting discovery I made during my entire visit.
The weather was pretty lousy so went to Aliki, the next port down the coast, for a dive with an Italian marine biologist who trains dive instructors in her spare time. Pretty amazing to see bits of 2,500 year old amphora lying around the sea bed. For obvious reasons again I didn't have my camera on me, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
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