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Ships berth at the new port on the western edge of Tinos town. The town centre is about 500 m away, the Church of Panagia Evangelistria about 750 m on foot, Kionia about 2.4 km and Pyrgos about 22 km by road.
0.8 km · ~10 min by car
The island's great pilgrimage church at the top of town.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Ships berth at the new port on the edge of Tinos town, so the church, the archaeological museum and the town lanes are an easy walk, and Kionia is a short taxi ride or a half-hour walk along the coast. Taxis wait at the quay and the island bus station is about 100 m away; buses run to Pyrgos and other villages, but no official fares are published. No official taxi fares are published either, so agree the price before you ride. No cruise shuttle is published.
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Tinos has no cruise terminal building. Ships use the outer new port on the edge of Tinos town, which also serves the island ferries, with free Wi-Fi, toilets, shelters and taxis at the quay. The bus station is about 100 m away and the town centre about 500 m.
Meal prices are approximate per-person ranges at restaurants in Tinos town.
Cafes and tavernas face the quay and the old port, a few minutes from where ships berth.
Bistros and tavernas in the narrow streets and small squares off Megalocharis and Evangelistria streets.
Fish tavernas along the coast road west of town towards Kionia beach.
Tinos is a Cycladic island in the central Aegean, known across Greece as the island of the Virgin Mary. Ships berth at the new port on the edge of Tinos town, where Megalocharis Avenue climbs straight to the marble Church of Panagia Evangelistria, the country's most important Marian shrine and a magnet for pilgrims. Nearby are the archaeological museum, with its giant relief storage jars, and the coastal Sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite at Kionia. Inland, more than forty villages, carved marble fanlights and countless stone dovecotes await, with the marble village of Pyrgos and its museum of marble crafts in the north.
The marble church at the top of Tinos town is the most important Marian shrine in Greece. It was built over the spot where an icon of the Annunciation was found after the visions of the nun Pelagia, on the remains of an early Christian church. Much of the marble came from ancient ruins, and the bell tower rises 29 m. On the great feast days pilgrims crowd in, some crawling up the avenue from the harbour. The complex also holds museums of icons and of Tinian artists.
Just below the church on Megalocharis Avenue, the museum shows finds from across the island. The highlights are the huge relief-decorated pithamphorae of the 8th and 7th centuries BC made in the workshop of Xombourgo, one of which may carry the earliest known image of the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. From the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kionia come marble dolphins and sea creatures, a sundial by the astronomer Andronikos of Kyrrhos and a statue of the emperor Claudius. Tickets EUR 5, reduced EUR 3.
About 3 km west of town, beside Kionia beach, lie the remains of the only sanctuary in the Cyclades dedicated to Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite. Founded at the end of the 4th century BC, it drew pilgrims from as far as Asia Minor and Africa, and the geographer Strabo called it worth seeing. Poseidon was worshipped here as a healer, and festivals with theatre contests were held in his honour. Visitors can trace the temple, the altar, the fountain and the Great Stoa. Tickets EUR 5, reduced EUR 3.
At Pyrgos, the village of marble carvers in the north of the island, this museum tells the story of Tinian marble work, from quarrying and transport to the carving of fanlights, fountains and church screens. Tools, workshops and a large quarry crane bring the craft to life, and the village itself, with its marble-paved square, school of fine arts and sculptors' workshops, is worth a stroll. Tickets EUR 8, reduced EUR 4, under-18s free.
