Boutique Hotels in Paxos Island

The local people are so welcoming you feel at home straight away! This island has such a hold over people that I guarantee during your stay you will meet more fellow holidaymakers that have been returning for years than first time visitors.

Paxos only 7 miles by 3 can easily be explored by foot, bike, car or boat. A perfect place to wind down nothing is done quickly here! Just a walk to the beach can seem to take forever by the time you sit and drink a frappe (iced coffee) in one of the seafront cafes, watch a local fisherman bring his catch in to sell or queue in the local bakery for your fresh bread baked in a wood oven, listening to the locals arguing (they are actually only talking but speak so loud and fast it seems they are) half the day has gone! This is the beauty of Paxos.

The port of Gaios receives ferries,  hydrofoils, the sea taxi and the hydro plane from Corfu. Gaios is the  capital of Paxos and the largest resort on the island.  It is still  relatively small and quaint with Venetian architecture, a maze of side  streets and a pedestrianised square on the seafront.  Restaurants and  snack bars are scattered throughout the town and surrounding olive groves of Gaios offering a high standard of local  Greek cuisine, traditionally made pizza, pasta and souvlaki are readily  available. Local amenities include a post office, banks, chemist,  doctors surgery, gift shops, gymnasium, jewelry and handmade craft shops  as well as the essential supermarkets, bakeries and butcher. Gaios  hosts the only night club on the island and its  range of waterfront  bars is extensive from a quiet traditional café bar to livelier bars  playing a variety of music.  There are a number of taxis based here and a bus service which  is not very regular but when running enables you to get to the resorts  of Loggos and Lakka.

Sea taxis and caiques are available from the harbour front of Gaios to take you to the island of Anti-Paxos or Mongonissi.   Both offer sandy beaches with shallow waters and tavernas overlooking  the sea. The crystal clear waters of Anti-Paxos are idyllic and compare  with the waters of the Caribbean – a must for swimming and a fantastic  day out.  Peak season can get very crowded, although people watching  during this time can be entertaining!
Loggos is the smallest resort, a picture perfect postcard fishing village with  beautiful beaches on the coastline either side of the harbour. Marmaris  beach is shaded in parts by overhanging olive trees, then Kipos and  Kipiadi with crystal clear waters further round and currently only  accessible by foot or boat. Monodendri is a wide stretch of beach  between Loggos and Lakka and has windsurfing and canoes with a beach  taverna and is accessible by car followed by a steep walk down to the beach.  I fully recommend  hiring your own boat enabling you to visit a different cove or beach  every day of your holiday. Hire boats are not to be taken to the west  coast or Anti-Paxos as the sea can change very quickly and become rough.  There are organised boat trips to the west coast and its caves and  these are run from Gaios, Loggos and Lakka. This village has  probably the highest standard of cuisine on the island with a sprinkling  of seafront tavernas, here you can sample local delicacies from stuffed tomatoes to  fresh lobster! Exquisite bars offering you strawberry daiquiris,  homemade tiramisu or just a great ouzo with surroundings you will never  forget. In the evening Loggos is lit with fairy lights reflecting on the  water around the harbour, and a blanket of stars above. Local amenities  are limited but include a bakery, three supermarkets a tourist office  for money exchange, small gift shop selling postcards, stamps and  cigarettes, a jewellery shop and the most beautiful craft shop owned by Sarah.