Paros

Paros is a major island of the group. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations for visitors to the Greek islands. Paros is considered as one of the most beautiful islands of the Cyclades.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Naousa and Parikia.

is a fishing village and community in the .

, also romanized as Paroikia, is the capital…

is a traditional mountain village in the centre of Paros.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Ampelas.

or Ambelas is a small fishing village in Paros.

Paros

  • Type: Locality with 5,290 residents
  • Description: Greek island, part of the Cyclades
  • Also known as: “Đảo Paros”, “Île de Páros”, “Isola di Paro”, “Paroikía”, “Paros- Πάρος”, “Unidad periferica de Paros”, “Unidad periférica de Paros”, “Пар”, “باروس، كيكلاديس”, “パロス”, and “パロ島”
  • Category: island
  • Location: , , , , , ,
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Latitude of center
37.0833° or 37° 5′ north
Longitude of center
25.15° or 25° 9′ east
Population
5,290
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR PAS
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Paros” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Paros”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πάρος”
  • Arabic: “باروس”
  • Armenian: “Պարոս (կղզի)”
  • Armenian: “Պարոս”
  • Basque: “Paros”
  • Belarusian: “Парас”
  • Bulgarian: “Парос”
  • Catalan: “Paros”
  • Cebuano: “Nísos Páros”
  • Central Kurdish: “پاروس”
  • Chinese: “帕罗斯岛”
  • Chinese: “帕羅斯島”
  • Croatian: “Par”
  • Croatian: “Paros”
  • Czech: “Paros”
  • Danish: “Paros”
  • Dutch: “Paros”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باروس”
  • Esperanto: “Paros”
  • Estonian: “Páros”
  • Faroese: “Paros”
  • Finnish: “Páros”
  • French: “Paros”
  • French: “Páros”
  • Galician: “Paros”
  • Georgian: “პაროსი”
  • German: “Paros”
  • Greek: “Πάρος”
  • Hebrew: “פארוס”
  • Hungarian: “Párosz”
  • Indonesian: “Paros”
  • Italian: “Paro”
  • Japanese: “パロス島”
  • Korean: “파로스섬”
  • Latin: “Paros”
  • Latvian: “Para (sala)”
  • Latvian: “Para”
  • Macedonian: “Парос”
  • Malagasy: “Nosy Paros”
  • Malay: “Paros”
  • Maltese: “Paros”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Paros”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paros”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Páros”
  • Norwegian: “Paros”
  • Persian: “پاروس”
  • Polish: “Paros”
  • Portuguese: “Paros”
  • Romanian: “Paros”
  • Russian: “Парос”
  • Scots: “Paros”
  • Serbian: “Paros”
  • Serbian: “Парос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paros”
  • Sindhi: “پاروس”
  • Slovak: “Paros”
  • Slovenian: “Paros”
  • Spanish: “Paros”
  • Swedish: “Paros”
  • Tamil: “பாரோஸ்”
  • Thai: “แพรอส”
  • Turkish: “Berre”
  • Turkish: “Para”
  • Ukrainian: “Парос”
  • Urdu: “پاروس”
  • Vietnamese: “Paros”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Paros”
  • Welsh: “Paros”
  • Western Armenian: “Փարոս (կղզի)”
  • Western Armenian: “Փարոս”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴洛斯島”

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