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Tinos
A island where you can refresh
your body, mind and soul…
by Elia Sfakianaki
The place, the climate and the
people…
• The largest island of the Cyclades, next
to Naxos and Andros.
• The climate is cool but strong winds
blow around the year. According to
mythology, Tinos was the residence of
Aeolos, the god of the Winds.
• The people are hospitable, cheerful and
polite.
Tradition and Architecture
• The local houses are
plain and practical,
built according to
the traditional
Cycladean
architecture,
whitewashed with
blue doors and
windows and lovely
chimneys.
Dove-cotes
• The main characteristic
of the island are its
1,000 pigeon-houses,
made of stone near
fertile land and
mountain slopes.
• Their lower part serves
as a place to keep
agricultural and stockbreeding products.
An artistic island
• Tinos was the
birthplace of the
painters, Litras and
Gizis, and the
sculptors, Filipotis,
Vitalis and Halepas.
Church of Evangelistria
• The most important
•
religious monument
of Tinos and
probably the whole
Greece.
Built in 1823 by the
Smyrniot architect
Efstratiou to house
the miraculous icon
of the Virgin.
The Icon
• It was found by Holy
•
Pelagia and is the work
of Luke the Evangelist.
On its feast day on the
15th of August the icon
of the Virgin is covered
with votive offerings
and there are many
pilgrims.
Why not visit us to taste
authentic Greek hospitality…