Tenos Attractions Tínos
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Area of island: 195 sq. km/75 sq. miChief place: TínosTínos is the southeastern continuation of the mountain massif which extends from Euboea by way of Ándros.
Panayía Evangelístria
From the harbor at Tínos a broad processional way leads up (15-minute walk) to the Orthodox pilgrimage church of the Panayía Evangelístria, an imposing structure built between 1823 and 1830 using stone from the sanctuary of Poseidon and the temple of Delian Apollo. The interior is richly furnished, its principal treasure being the wonderworking icon of the Panayía Megalokhóri. From the marble terrace there is a magnificent view.
Tinos Town, Greece
The island's capital, Tínos, a little town of whitewashed cube-shaped Cycladic houses, is a conspicuous sight above an open bay on the south coast. Originally a modest coastal village, it became the chief place on the island after the Turks destroyed the original capital on Mt Exómbourgo.It is worth visiting the town on "Our Lady's Feast Day" on August 15, when there are special festivities around the town.
Church of Our Lady
On a broad paved street in the town of Tenos stands the magnificent Church of Our Lady. Built in marble from Paros and Tenos itself, the church stands overlooking the town on the site where a miraculous icon of our lady was discovered.
Archeological Museum
Below the church of Panayía Evangelístria at Tínos is the Archeological Museum, which contains finds from the sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite, including architectural elements (in the courtyard) and, on the upper floor, large pottery vessels, among them a pithos with relief decoration depicting the birth of Aphrodite from the head of a winged Zeus (seventh century B.C.).
Tenos Art Gallery and Tinian Artists' Museum
The Tenos Art Gallery and Tinian Artists' Museum has a very interesting collection. It is located next to the Church of Our Lady.
Ásty
The present town of Asty occupies the site of the ancient capital of Asty (fifth century B.C.) on the island of Tínos.
Sanctuary of Poseidon
On the ilsland of Tínos, at Kiónia, 4km/2.5mi west in Stavrós Bay (ancient harbor works) are the remains of the Poseidonion, the sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the Hellenistic or later rebuilding of an earlier (fifth century) sanctuary, with a marble exedra at the east end and a sundial made by Andronikos.
Mt Exombourgo
13km/8mi north of Tínos town, on the southern and eastern slopes of Mt Exómbourgo, a steep-sided granite cone 553m/1,814ft high (ruined Venetian castle; panoramic views), are the surviving remains - three churches and a fountain-house - of the medieval capital of the island of Tínos. The town was devastated by the Turks.On the south side of the mountain there is a sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone.
Marble Quarries
In the northwest of the island of Tenos, to the south of Pánormos Bay (beach), are a number of marble quarries. The marble is widely used in the building of houses.
Panormos, Pyrgos & Isternia, Greece
In the village of Pánormos is the house once occupied by the sculptor Yiannolis Khalepas, now a museum. The neighboring village of Pyrgos has a school of sculpture.South of Pyrgos is Istérnia, which has a church with tile-clad domes.
Kekhrovouni - Our Lady of the Angels
At Kekhrovouni, the Church of Our Lady of the Angels, or Panayia ton Angelon, has the appearance of a Tinos village in medieval times.
Map - Tinos
