Tinos

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Tinos

• A island where you can refresh your body, mind
  and soul

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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.

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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.

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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 stock-breeding products.

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An artistic island

• Tinos was the birthplace of the painters, Litras
  and Gizis, and the sculptors, Filipotis, Vitalis
  and Halepas.

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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.

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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.

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Why not visit us to taste authentic Greek
hospitality