The 360° Pictorial Guide of the Cyclades

We hadn't yet created any major panoramic projects in Tinos, apart from a virtual tour of the Panaghia Evangelistria in 2019 and a few panoramas of the exciting Museum of Marble Art in Pyrgos, on a sad, cloudy day in spring 2016.

A short visit in the spring of 2025 was an opportunity to shoot new panoramas in some very picturesque locations...

So now we're delighted to present you with panoramic tracks through some of the island's beautiful inland villages, sure to inspire you to discover Tinos for yourself.

Port and capital of Tinos, Chora is the city of the Basilica Panaghia Evangelistria, one of the most important places of pilgrimage of Greece. The city is not a Cycladic village but, with its lively seafront, it has a lot of urban charm. It's an ideal place to stay if you wish to visit the island.

The other "marble village", less known than Pyrgos but equally picturesque. Many Greek sculptors were born there and marble is omnipresent. The village is built on a steep slope, above the road leading to Pyrgos along the west coast. The road doesn't cross it and seen from below you can't guess how charming it is. Take the time to go up, you won't regret the effort!

The Museum of Marble Crafts, in Pyrgos, is devoted to everything related to this wonderful metamorphic rock, from its extraction to its sculpture, for art or craft. All the marbles are reviewed, from the white marble of the ancient statues to the black marble, along the yellow, the green, the pink, the red, the blue... Didactic and exciting!

The famous "Marble Village", north of Tinos, a maze of picturesque alleys where many workshops and an interesting museum dedicated to the marble crafts have been set up. It's a "mandatory" stopover of any stay in Tinos so it's very touristy, but the village hasn't lost its charm and you will not regret the visit!

Typical of Tinos, ancient pigeon lofts are scattered all over the island, but Tarabados is the place to go to see the most beautiful of them. Whitewashed and magnificently decorated, they date back to the 18th and 19th centuries, pigeon farming having probably been introduced to the island by the Venetians in the 13th-14th centuries.

This village, a little way off the road between Chora and Pyrgos, isn't very big but it's well worth stopping off for a stroll. It's a real labyrinth, with many picturesque vaulted passageways and a beautiful church. There's no danger of getting lost: a footpath runs through it, clearly marked on the ground.

One of the strangest places of all the Cyclades! Some houses with doors covered with poems, set in a surreal landscape dotted with almost spherical rocks of all sizes. Some artisans, taverns, a beautiful church, a small amphitheater. Even if it's more a hamlet than a village, Volax is one of the greatest tourist attractions of Tinos!