Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Port Police
(
22830 22348; Kionion)
Opposite the Outer Port.
DON'T MISS
MARVELLOUS MARBLE
On the slopes above Pyrgos is the superb
Museum of Marble Crafts
( 22830 31290;
www.piop.gr
;
adult/child €3/1.50; 10am-6pm Wed-Mon Mar-mid-Oct, 10am-5pm mid-Oct-Mar)
.
This outstanding, modern museum completely explains quarrying and sculpting
techniques. It is extremely well curated and includes films and beautifully illus-
trated displays and animations with English translations, along with top examples
of artefacts and architectural features shaped from Tinian marble. The films of
some of the last living quarry-men plying their trade are fascinating.
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Around Tinos
Tinos countryside is a glorious mix of broad terraced hillsides, mountaintops crowned
with crags, unspoiled villages, fine beaches and fascinating architecture including pictur-
esque
dovecotes
. Rent a car to see it all.
Kionia
, 3km northwest of Hora, has several small beaches and the scant remains of the
4th-century BC
Sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite
(admission €2)
, a once enormous
complex that drew pilgrims.
First along the way north of town, beautiful Ktikados perches in a hanging valley and
has a matched set of blue-topped church and campanile.
Drosia
( 22830 41387; Ktikados;
mains €6-10; lunch & dinner)
is tops for local lunches and magnificent views.
Kambos
is home to the
Costas Tsoclis Museum
(
22830 51009;
www.tsoclismuseum.gr
; Kambos;
10am-1.30pm & 6-9pm Wed-Mon Jun-Sep)
and sits
on the top of a sublime hill surrounded by fields.
Tarabados
is a fun maze of small streets decorated with marble sculptures and leading
to a breezy valley lined with dovecotes.
Lovely
Kardiani
, 17km northwest of Hora, perches on a steep cliff slope enclosed by
greenery. Narrow lanes wind around the village; the view towards Syros is exhilarating.
Go to
Ormos Isternia
, a stony beach set among plunging hills, if only to eat at
Thalassaki
(
22830 31366;
tothalassaki@gmail.com
; Ormos Isternia; seafood €10-14;
lunch
& dinner Easter-Oct, weekends only Apr-Easter)
, for perhaps the best meal in Greece. The
