Island of ruin
On the last day of our holiday, we had plenty of time before our flight, so we joined the tour to Delos. Delos is the sacred island where Apollo and Artemis were…
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Depopulation
The terraced fields are spread inland of Tinos. The guide said “Because the land is hilly, people use every small space for farming”, but in fact, those fields looked wasted. Also in…
Pigeon house
What do you think this strange building is? It is a pigeon house. Tinos is famous for these houses. I was imagining that they had a romantic custom to keep carrier pigeons,…
Village of marbles
The last place we went with the tour in Tinos was a village called Pyrgos in the north of the island. Around here they produce marble and this particular village is famous…
Sing
There was an outdoor theatre on the outskirts of a village we visited with the tour in Tinos. It looked like an ancient stadium, but this one was new and used particularly…
Very good lunch
The tour in Tinos took us to lunch soon after the first visit to the church, probably thinking “an army marches on its stomach”.Where we went was a restaurant in a village…
Icon which does miracles
From Mykonos, we joined a tour to Tinos. The main attraction here is Church of Panagia Evangelistria whose icon of the Annunciation does miracles. The icon itself which was discovered on the…
Clear water
We went to Paranga beach which was recommended by our hotel. It seemed a popular one and it was fairly crowded with mainly young people. Some were topless, which we did not…
Sandals of Sparta
This is a photo of the sandals I bought in Mykonos. Apparently the Spartan people were wearing them in the 8th century BC. I bought these from a man who designed them…
