The plane to Athens
Several regular, low-cost and charter companies serve Athens from Paris (Roissy and Orly), Brussels, Lille, Nantes and all major European cities.
The flight time is approximately 3 hours.
Once in Athens there are 4 solutions to reach Paros:
take the plane Athens-Paros with Olympic Airways (subsidiary of Aegean Airlines) (40mn flight, 6 flights a day in summer). It is possible to book France-Paros or Brussels-Paros tickets with change in Athens on the Aegean airlines website . In this case, there is no baggage to collect in Athens, the transit time in Athens ranges from 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
take the plane Athens-Paros with Sky express .
take the Piraeus ferry (1.5 hour bus ride from the airport) to Paros. The journey lasts 3:30. The 2 most reliable companies are Blue Star Ferries and Hellenic Seaways . You can spend the night at the port of Piraeus if necessary: Piraeus Dream hotel (comfortable, inexpensive and 5 minutes' walk from the port).
take the ferry from the port of Rafina. The journey takes 30 minutes. The crossing takes 3 hours. Crossings only take place in summer with the companies Seajets and Golden Star Ferries .
You can book ferry tickets via the website Direct Ferries
The plane to Mykonos or Santorini
There are many summer flights from Paris, Nantes, Brussels ... (3h30 flight)
Many ferries then connect Mykonos to Paros in 45 minutes and Santorini to Paros (from 1:30 to 2:30) (several daily crossings).
4 companies:
The plane to Crete
There are many flights from the Province or Paris and Brussels to Herakion.
2 companies then serve Paros in 3h30 (1 daily crossing):