AboutDenny Expertise Greece on a budget, The Islands, Mainland, Athens and its burbs. For the basics on getting around...maybe I can help...I go there yearly and you can`t be as cheap as me .
Experience Worked & lived in Athens area for 5 years. (78-83 Was AFRS Radio Announcer (Denny West)at the time. Last visit: Mar/Sep 2005.
Question It seems that we'll have a brief layover (12:40 - 16:10) on Paros between two ferries. Will there be time for us to do anything on Paros in that time? ... like a taxi tour, or should we just hang at the port? Is there a place that we can store our luggage rather than drag it around with us?
Here's how this layover came about: We arrive on Santorini by flying direct from Frankfurt on 3 Sep. We want to go to Mykonos on 5 Sep; however, the online ferry schedules indicate that the only direct-ferry that day is a really slow NEL-boat w-six stops. So, we plan to take a faster GA-Ferry to Paros and wait for the slow boat to catch up with us.
We plan to book the Deck class on the GA Ferry to Paros and the business-class on the NEL to Mykonos.
Answer Yiasou Roger, Thank you for the question,
Actually, staying around the port might not be such a bad idea ...
BUT you could all store your bags at the PAROS TRAVEL AGENCY located directly beneath the windmill. 2Eu per bag.
or at the bus station for 3Eu a bag.
Then you could all head over to the HAPPY GREEN COW for some food & drink and a kind of psychadelic trip back to the 60's. It is located on a narrow street one block off the port. ASK.
TAMARISKA Garden Restaurant is another nearby place with atmosphere to hang out in and eat & drink.
there is a Arch. Museum that you can get to by taxi, just a short distance away. a few euro to get in.
And there are 1/2 dozen interesting churches to browse .
Other then that and a nearby beach ... that is about it for your time slot.
I thought that a HYDROFOIL ran everyday from Santorini to Mykonos at 2:30 in the afternoon. 3-hours!
Check it out when you arrive...You may find a few ferry options that were not mentioned. Specially in early September.
