Antiparos keeps its settlements few and small, with one main town and a scattering of quiet places spread across the island. The Chora, the town, is the whitewashed heart, built around the Venetian Kastro and set by the port where the ferries arrive, and it holds the hotels, shops, tavernas and bars. Away from it … Read more
An Antiparos itinerary is easy to shape because the island is small, so a short stay still covers its highlights without a rushed pace. A single day works if you cross by the short ferry from Paros, giving time for the whitewashed town, the great cave in the south and one beach. Two to three … Read more
The history of Antiparos reaches far back into prehistory, to a time about four thousand years before the common era, when early settlers first arrived in this small Cycladic island. The nearby islet of Saliagos, set in the channel between Antiparos and Paros, holds the oldest known settlement in the whole Cyclades. From those Neolithic … Read more
Antiparos rewards anyone who wants to spend time on and under the water. The clear, calm seas around the island and the reliable summer winds give it a genuine range of watersports. The channel between Paros and Antiparos catches a steady breeze and ranks among the best windsurfing and kitesurfing spots in the area. A … Read more
Camping Antiparos is one of the oldest campsites in the Cyclades, running since the late nineteen-seventies on a low, sandy stretch of coast. It lies directly by the sea, about a ten-minute walk north of the town and the port. Its own Camping beach has shallow, clean water and sits among cedar and tamarisk shade, … Read more
Glyfa beach sits on the southern coast of Antiparos, a long stretch of coarse golden sand facing east across the channel toward the neighbouring island of Paros. It lies about three and a half kilometres from the main town, in a rural setting reached by a paved, easy road. The sea here is shallow, calm … Read more
Apantima beach is a small, picturesque cove on the east coast of Antiparos. It sits just after the turn-off that leads to the island’s cave, on the way south from the town. It is a compact horseshoe bay with pale sand, some pebbles and a partly rocky seabed, framed by low rocky outcrops. The cove … Read more
Panagia beach is a calm, sandy bay on the island of Antiparos. It lies about one kilometre south of the town, just beyond the two Psaraliki bays. For this reason it is sometimes called Psaraliki 3. A short, pleasant walk from the centre reaches it. The bay is large and tranquil, with fine golden sand … Read more
Faneromeni beach sits at the far southern tip of Antiparos, about a twenty-minute drive from the town. It is a small, secluded cove of soft, fine, light-coloured sand, backed by wild, unspoilt nature and washed by clear, transparent turquoise water. Reaching it takes effort, along a long unpaved road that runs south from Soros, and … Read more
Agios Spyridonas beach sits just northeast of the port on the island of Antiparos, about two hundred metres from the Chora. Locals also call it the Baby Beach, a name that comes straight from its long, shallow water. The sand here ranks as the finest and softest on the whole island, and the sea stays … Read more