Marble-carving villages, hundreds of dovecotes and a serious food scene.
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About Tínos
Tínos is a major Greek Orthodox pilgrimage island, home to the Church of Panagía Evangelístria and its icon believed to work miracles. Away from the pilgrims, it’s a rugged island of some 40 marble-working vill…
Highlights
Don’t miss
Panagía Evangelístria
Greece’s most important Marian shrine; pilgrims climb to it on their knees each August.
Town & villages
Marble villages
Pýrgos is the centre of Tínos’ marble-carving craft, with a museum and a school.
Don’t miss
The dovecotes
Hundreds of elaborate Venetian-era pigeon houses dot the valleys like stone lacework.
Food & drink
Food island
Tínos has become a foodie favourite — local cheeses, capers, artichokes and good tavernas.
Nature
Voláx & the boulders
A village set among giant rounded granite boulders, surrounded by walking trails.
Interesting spots
Pýrgos
The marble-carvers’ village and museum.
Kardianí
A village tumbling down a green hillside with sea views.
See it for real
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