Tinos Greece: Island of White Houses

Anyone coming to Tinos (Greece) is amazed at tranquil beauty of stretching beaches, golden sand, crystal clear sea and the wild landscape. Especially Tinos is renowned as an island of private white houses. Tinos, one of the largest islands of the Cyclades islands, is located between two islands Andros and Mykonos. This island is known for its religion with many huge churches where there is a great attraction of pilgrimage from all over the world.

It is said that Tinos is the most important Orthodox place of worship and at the same time is an important Catholic centre. This mixture of religions coming from the Venetian influence is rare in Greece, which gives the island a particular and unique character. The potential beauty of Tinos is the place where there are 65 white small picturesque villages, more than 800 churches and monasteries, pigeon houses along with many windmills and fine sand, which create the wonderful Tinos Island.

In Tinos, there are a lot of the most well-preserved and beautiful villages of all the Greek Islands. Their specific characteristic is the unique and traditional architecture of Venetians who once lived with the Greeks in Tinos. Another influence derived from the natural surroundings. The island is full of pigeon houses with a unique marble carving decoration and the white walls like thousands of little windows, looking very gorgeous.

 

Tinos Town

Panagia Evagelistria, a famous church in Tinos, Greek

Panagia Evagelistria looks sparkling at night

Tinos Port

This is the house model in Tinos. There are seventeen residences on three different levels comprising the housing estate Kamares, on one of the most beautiful and graphical seaside of Tinos with crystal clear deep blue water

The wall of the houses is decorated with various forms such as triangles, suns, rhomboids, and cypress trees

The scene of the pigeon house

The stone houses are built on the slopes of many mountains which are surrounded by green vegetation. They are built close one to another and surrounded by narrow alleys and arcades.

The foreground of the stone house

The inside of the stone house

The house with arcade

The houses are built close one to another and surrounded by narrow alleys

This beautiful white house situated in Tinos, Greece is a project of Zege architects

The scene of sea in Tinos, one of the largest in Greece Islands

Tinos Greece: Island of White Houses

 

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