Parocks Luxury Hotel & Spa

Style

Alfresco Aegean abode

Setting

Top of the rocks

On a crag of Paros’s north-eastern coast, Parocks is an outlier of the island’s hotel scene, which is largely centred around the bougie town of Naoussa, once a fishing village, now a magnet for (super) yachties. Instead, it’s on a snorkelling-ready shore in Ambelas, but a swift drive away from the action. Everything — from the lounger-lined beach and breezy open-air restaurant to the sea-facing suites — makes the most of the outcrop advantage, with views out to Naxos and the nearby mountains.

Facilities

Rooms

40, including nine suites.

Checkout

11am. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Rates usually include breakfast.

Also

There are two specially adapted rooms for guests with mobility issues at Parocks, plus a ramp to reach the restaurant and Braille menus. Please note that unfortunately there's no wheelchair access to the hotel's beach.

Hotel Closed

The hotel opens annually for the Greek summer season, between April and October.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout, gym, beach and paid laundry service. In rooms: Nespresso coffee machine and tea-making kit, TV with screen-mirroring, air-conditioning, minibar, beach bags and towels and Diptyque bath products. Suites also have Marshall Bluetooth speakers.

Our Favourite Rooms

Every room type has some sort of body of water, so pick accordingly depending on whether you want a swift soak or some full lengths – not all have a sea view, so that should be a consideration, too. There are interconnecting options for families. Top tip: corner rooms, such as 313, have the biggest terraces, and room 110 has our pick of the views.

Poolside

Swim in the Aegean (just over the road) or in the curvaceous, infinity-edged pool, flanked by sunloungers, close enough to the bar for easy refreshment, and open from 11am until 7pm. For dips à deux away from prying eyes, retire to your private plunge pool or Jacuzzi.

Spa

You might prefer to spend all day out in the bright sunshine, but there’s a subterranean spa trying to do a Hades and tempt you to the underworld — for an Ariadne Athens treatment, a swim and a spell in the sauna.

Packing Tips

Paros is a leading destination for both kitesurfing and windsurfing, so if you’re hoping to try your hand, pack the appropriate accoutrements.

Also

Pilates and yoga instructors, personal trainers and nutritionists can all be booked in for consults on request.

Children

All ages are welcome, but Parocks is more geared towards full-size Smiths. Infants stay for free; the charge for under-11s is €30 a night (over-12s are considered adults). Babysitting (€40 an hour) can be arranged with three days’ notice.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Most of the seats at the open-air restaurant have a view out across the Aegean to Naxos, but there’s a snug, secluded pair of tables at the edge for couples seeking privacy.

Dress Code

Grecian gods and goddesses. At the start and end of the season, evening temperatures can be a little chilly, though blankets will be on hand if you’ve forgotten your light layer.

Hotel Restaurant

At the open-air Sea Salt restaurant, you’ll be able to enjoy modern Mediterranean food, with some Asian influences along the way: asparagus with miso and ponzu, zingy ceviches, classic sea-bass fricassée and pastitsada pasta, During the day, you can order fried shrimp bao buns and burrata straight to your sunlounger. The well-curated buffet spread is complemented by à la carte add-ons.

Hotel Bar

The bar is between the restaurant and the pool, ready to dispense cooling cocktails and barrel-aged Negroni sundowners.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served from 8am to 11.30am, lunch from 1pm to 4.30pm and dinner from 9pm to 11pm. The pool bar is open between 8am and midnight.

Room Service

Available around the clock.

Planes

An international airport is in the works, but for now you’ll have to touch down in Athens and connect to a swift domestic service to Paros. The airport is near the village of Aliki in the south of the island, 35 minutes by car from the hotel. One-way transfers can be arranged, from €80.

Automobiles

You’ll need a set of wheels to get around the island if you don’t want to rely on taxis – there are various car-hire offices at both the airport and port. The hotel has free parking.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

The usual Greek-island agenda applies here — by which we mean finding a sunlounger and lying on it — but Paros is also a premier destination for kitesurfing and windsurfing should you be feeling a little more active. Directly over the road from Parocks is a small beach, reached via a ladder — more coves like these can be found all over the island, some of which (including the one opposite the hotel) are especially good for snorkelling. If you like your beaches a bit more buzzy, there’s a club called Sea Rocks a handy half-kilometre away. As the heat starts to cool off a little, head into Parikia or Naoussa for a gelato-enhanced sundown stroll, or towards Lefkes for a hike to the island’s highest village.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .