A green-and-rugged nature reserve where hunting is banned and rare birds thrive.
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About Tílos
Tílos is a small Dodecanese island that turned itself into a wildlife haven — hunting is banned and it’s a protected reserve where rare birds thrive. Dwarf-elephant fossils were found in a cave here, and it bec…
Highlights
Nature
Wildlife reserve
A protected island with no hunting — a stronghold for rare and migrating birds.
Town & villages
Megálo Chorió
The hillside capital below a castle; nearby Mikró Chorió is an atmospheric ghost village.
Don’t miss
Elephant cave
Charkadió cave, where the fossils of prehistoric dwarf elephants were found.
Things to do
Old trails
A fine network of paths links villages, monasteries and remote beaches.
Beaches
Quiet coves
Livádia and the walk-in Erístos and Plaká bays.
See it for real
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