The capital, the port and center of Tinos. At the first image, as we approach the port, Panagia Evangelistria stands on the hilltop, with its impressive architecture and the tall bell tower. Polymerio is the jewel of the port, a neoclassical building housing the Cultural Foundation of Tinos. At first glance the coastal part of Chora does not...
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Pyrgos is probably the most famous village after Panagia Evangelistria, in Tinos. A place in which trade flourished, but mainly the arts, since here were born and created some of the most important sculptors and painters of Greece, such as Giannoulis Halepas, Dimitris Filippotis and Nikiforos Lytras. The walk through the alleys of the village...
You will meet Ysternia or Isternia 23 km from Tinos Town, just a few minutes after Kardiani, in the western part of the island. A village, balcony to the Aegean. Built amphitheatrically on the mountainside of Polemou Kampos, offers spectacular views to Syros, the sea and the Isternia bay, the small seaside settlement, which is the port of the...
The famous Panormos is the seaport of Pyrgos. Built in the arms of a natural bay, Panormos flourished at the time, when the marble and grain trade thrived in the region. Today visitors choose it for its picturesque character, the beach and the numerous restaurants and cafes by the sea. 27 km. from Chora, Panormos being a natural harbor, is...
Built at 450 meters altitude Dyo Choria magnetize you. They used to be two separate villages with the river separating them, but today are a single with green all around. In Dyo Choria there are 5 xinara, springs, who have taken their names from the Nymphs. At the village entrance is a spring with a large plane tree offering its shade. Ascend...
If you have visited several Cycladic islands and you think you have already seen the combination of sun, sea and traditional architecture, prepare to reconsider!
Heading to the "Outside Parties" (west of Chora), at about 15 kilometers, you will be at one of the most beautiful villages, not only of Tinos, but probably of all of the Cyclades,...
Volax, a village built on a myth or a strange natural phenomenon. Approaching this area, one can not help but wonder how so large round rocks scattered to such an extent. As if the Titans played fanatically stone throwing (myth) or a geological phenomenon in the region that was extremely intense. Granite eroded by moisture and air (natural...
The seaport of Isternia, a coastal village famous for both the beach and the fish restaurants by the sea. A great marble path connecting, the bay with Isternia which is still preserved today and is worth to walk. Otherwise there is asphalt that reaches the settlement. The bay Isternion has choices of accommodation for those looking for...
Ktikados is a traditional village overlooking Kionia and the sea. You will leave your vehicle at the entrance and explore the village on foot. Narrow streets, neighborhoods and small flower gardens bathed by the sun. From here starts a nice trail that descends through the Tinian landscape until Kionia. Many visit Ktikado for coffee, but also...
Falatados is the second largest village of Tinos after Pyrgos. From a distance as you approach the village stands out the Church of Agia Triada with its blue dome. At the village entrance there is the Sketch House, a museum with free entrance showing the cartoons of the Mitropoulos brothers. Walking through the streets of the village, you will...
One of the most beautiful villages of the island, amphitheatrically built overlooking the hillside, the sea and the neighboring villages of Berdemiaros and Arnados. Heading up from Chora, after 7 km. we meet the village with the Church of Agii Apostoli, with the red tiles, standing out. Numerous small alleys with stairs, cross Triantaros, with...
Amphitheater Arnados boasts about 2 things! For the fact that is at the highest point overlooking Dio Choria, Triantaros, but also Mykonos, Dilos and Rhenia and for the numerous arches. Residents say they have the most numerous arches in Tinos! A snow-white settlement hooked on the slope of Kechrovouni. After exploring its narrow streets, the...
Tripotamos: a village among 3 rivers such as indicated by its name, and somewhere in a distance, the sea. The first village that we meet heading to the mainland, at the foot of Xobourgo. Narrow streets, stairs leading to different neighborhoods, arches, flowers, create a very pleasant atmosphere. This atmosphere seems to have been the reason...
Berdemiaros, a small village perched on the hillside next to the Triantaros. They look like one village now, with the expansion of villages. The settlement is chosen by many Europeans for their country houses maintaining the traditional architecture. The view to the neighboring Triantaros is one of its best features! Tinian landscape and sea!