Hotel berhampiran Dimitrakopoulos Building, Paros

I spent 3 wonderful nights at this lovely hotel. Located just one city block from the ferry and the bus station made it so convenient. The rooms and common areas are immaculate. Memory foam mattresses and large fluffy towels and well functioning AC make for the perfect nights sleep. In the morning a made to order breakfast is provided. The food served is of quality. In addition every staff person I encountered was friendly and welcoming. Truly a beautiful and well managed hotel.

Lovely room, very small and stupid rules!! Can’t take food or drinks to the living room Can’t take bags to living room!! Jeez.. we are not kids!! Bathroom in rooms are very small and not big enough for 2 people. Receptionist are very slow and don’t help you with anything.. not even touch your bag. Useless and unhelpful. Really slow process of checking in - first through a website, then it gets sent to receptionist then they load it. I don’t really know why!! A little out of the way too. They said I have a quiet room however I could hear my neighbours

We enjoyed our stay at this lovely hotel. Breakfast is very good, location is close to the port, if u don’t feel like renting a car, this hotel takes $ 20 euros to come from the port and you can just relax here. I mean a taxi. Hotel staffs are very helpful, we also enjoyed the beach just 5 min walk from the front of the hotel. Our room needs some improvement but you can book better room I’m sure, I booked mine in such last minute, got a room has garden view not sea view, but it is at the main bldg we do not need to drag our big luggage onto slope or stairs, so I have no complaint about that. We had dinner at the hotel, lamb shank is excellent and not expensive, we paid more $ at Naoussa, and the food is actually better here, calamari is very good too. Only one issue I have is bug inside the room, I had to call the reception lady to come inside my room to help me kill a bug in the bathroom. Well, I live in Florida with tropical garden settings, I am not surprise to see bugs, but inside a hotel room is not quite good. Overall I would give 4 star, that bug took away the one star.

Firstly, the staff are 5/5. They are all great. I cannot praise them enough.  Hotel:  The rooms are newly decorated and immaculate.  The hotel area overlooks the bay and has a pool area.  We stayed there one day but we're more beach loungers so walked down the back of the hotel to the Paralia Beach area (the AMOSS cafe has loungers for 20 euro versus 30 either side of it and the guy attending is excellent).  The walk to the beach and/or into Parikia is about 15/25 mins. Taxi back from town is 15 euro, from rank by Port.  Breakfast was 34 euro a couple.  I will give credit and say the fare was fresh and the array of cakes great. I would have preferred proper coffee for the price. It is on the upper end of price for breakfast; however, I won't detract from its niceness with a grumble. Fantastic. Small Issue: One gripe I do have is the rooster on or next door to the premises (but next door I think). It starts making noise at 03:30, and every 15 minutes until 06/06:30.  I'm a light sleeper and it woke me every morning about 3:30 and I had broken sleep thereafter.  That said, overall, a great hotel with great staff. The rooster issue would need to be addressed for me to return though.  Paros: I spent each summer in Greece from 2001 to 2011 (all through my 20s). I was last in Paros in 2010 and it is more or less the same; however, now has a busier vibe as do all the islands. I note the Instagram effect everywhere I go. Also, I think many places have lost their tavernas / Greek identity and it's not as authentic as it used to be. That applies to all the Cyclades islands. Further, I recall the islands used to be a lot cheaper (i.e. better value) than Ireland, i.e. where I am from. It used to be the case that what costs you 5 euro in Ireland, cost you 3 - 3.50 euro in Greece. Now, that's all gone and they are equal. In fact, the islands can be MORE expensive now which is bizarre as Irish bar/cafe etc wages are double that of Greece. That's capitalism I guess.  

We cannot recommend Hotel Iris enough. Anastasia made our stay in Paros the absolute best it could be. On arrival, Anastasia wrote us out an extensive list on her favourite places to visit. She also helped us to hire an ATV which made getting around easy. The smile she greeted us with instantly made the hotel feel warm and homely. The hotel rooms were extremely clean and the beds were super comfortable. The buffet breakfast was delightful, lots of options and all very fresh! The location of the hotel is great, walking distance to the main square of Naoussa. We have already recommended this to others and will continue to do so. Thanks so much Hotel Iris, we hope we’re back soon!