Visited Santa Maria beach and found it to be a lovely soft sandy beach with beautiful clear water. It had no beach chairs/umbrellas where we sat which was close to the bar which we didn’t mind at all as the beach chair rental fees are a rip off on Paros. The bar offered soft lounge chairs to lounge on whilst having a drink. There were water sports facilities as well This is a much nicer beach to visit than Kolimbythres Beach which was dreadful.

Santa Maria is undoubtedly one of the most stunning beaches in Paros, located near Naousa. It features soft sand and clear blue water, perfect for a refreshing swim. The beach also has a volleyball net and ball available for free use. However, when my partner and I visited in the third week of June, we found that there were no sunbeds or umbrellas as shown in online photos. Upon inquiring at the beach bar, we learned that these amenities aren't set up until the end of June, meaning we were visiting during the off-season. Without a place to lounge in the sun, we decided to sit at the Santa Maria Beach Bar, which is posh and modern, offering bean bags for seating. However, we were required to spend €25 per person on food and drinks to sit there. While this wasn't too difficult with a burger costing €17 and a drink €14, the chicken burger was disappointingly bland and the drinks were very watery. The service was also so incredibly slow that we finished our food before our sauces arrived and it took half an hour to get the bill.

Lovely beach, mostly calm. The sunbeds are quite expensive, 60 euro the 1st row and 50 the ones behind, without offering anything! Snacks are limited, expensive and of low quality. The music is very nice and the vibe at the bar is vey lively!

We had a fabulous day here, a beautiful beach and shallow crystal clear water until you go in a fair way. The sunbeds are as mentioned €60 for front, €50 for the next 2 rows, €70 if you wanted a cabana. What a shock to see that hardly any of them were used all day. Ridiculous prices and bad management as the prices put people off. If they had charged €15 or even €20 the sunbeds would be full and they would have made 5 times more than they did today. We were prepared having read the reviews and were just happy our towels on the sand and bring our own food and drink. Beautiful if you want to pay extortionate prices or not.