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A celebration of the artichoke. One among the many local products of Tenos island. Every year, women from the village of Komi create traditional recipes based on the artichokes that are harvested on the valley of Komi a few hundred meters away!
“Panigyria” or open-air festivals

Every summer, Tinos island transforms into a vibrant mosaic of celebration through its cherished panigyria (traditional open-air festivals)...

28 July, 2026
Loutra rental house in Tinos in La Repibblica newspaper
What do silkworms have to do with houses in Tenos?

The rearing of silkworms, also known as sericulture, was well-developed in Tenos. Silkworms were raised in bamboo baskets suspended from the ceiling of the house. This is one reason why the houses, specifically the upper floor where people lived, had high ceilings...

27 May, 2026
Alekos Florakis' look into the soul of Tinos
Alekos Florakis’ look into the soul of Tinos

Alekos Florakis is widely known not only as a poet and literary author, but also—perhaps more fundamentally—as an ethnologist whose work is inseparable from the lived reality of Tinos. His writing approaches the island less as an object of aesthetic admiration and more as a...

05 January, 2026
Kala krasia, good wine in Tenos!
Kala krasia, good wine in Tenos!

A small and radical wine cabinet and importer on a tiny island, full of bottled beauties Greek and French, Italian and Catalan, this "caviste" will keep its doors open after the end of the summer season...

31 July, 2025
Loutra rental house at La Repubblica newspaper
Loutra house at La Repubblica

Being a hundred years old on Tinos Thick walls, spartan furnishings, few objects. A stone house in the village of Loutra, where days are marked by the energy of the island In Loutra, girls from neighbouring villages used to come to the Ursuline convent to learn to...

21 May, 2025
edible wild mushrooms of tenos island
Wild mushrooms in Tenos

Wild mushrooms, some edible and rather tasty, that can be found during the winter months in Tenos island...

13 January, 2025
“lychnarakia” or "tyropittakia" are traditional sweet pies baked with "petroma" cheese, a local unsalted cheese from Tenos island, sugar and orange zest. They come in two … designs. Try them with Greek coffee or just plain!
Have you tried lychnarakia?

“lychnarakia” or "tyropittakia" are traditional sweet pies baked with "petroma" cheese, a local unsalted cheese from Tenos island...

27 July, 2024
A day at the Green Marble mines in the northern part of Tenos. This marble has a characteristic green colour in various tones/shades, enriched by white-green and white veins and spots
Green, green, green

A day at the Green Marble mines in the northern part of Tenos. This marble has a characteristic green colour in various tones/shades...

01 July, 2024
Cycladic blue
Blue, blue, blue

Shades of deep Cycladic blue on the dome of a small chapel in Agios Markos, Tenos...

09 June, 2024
kariki, the blue cheese from Tenos paired with Kalathas wines
Kariki: the blue cheese from Tenos!!

The blue cheese from Tenos!! Produced from non-pasteurized cows milk this mould-ripened cheese has a pungent salty, piquant flavour and buttery aftertaste...

22 May, 2024
A Triumph Bonneville restoration in Tenos!
A Triumph Bonneville restoration in Tenos!

In a basement in Kato Kleisma village, close to Kome village in the northern side of Tenos island, a classic Triumph Bonneville is reborn restored piece by piece...

14 April, 2024
Tinos Running Experience, 2024 - 9th Tinos Running Experience AVANCE 2024″ Road Races lanseras av Tinos Commercial and Industrial Association of Tinos
Tinos Running Experience, 2024

9th Tinos Running Experience AVANCE 2024″ Road Races is being launched by Tinos Commercial and Industrial Association of Tinos...

26 March, 2024
Artichokes, common or wild, are a local delicacy in Tinos and are produced mostly at the valley of Komi. The Artichoke Festival in Komi village, Tinos
The Artichoke Festival in Komi village, Tinos

A celebration of the artichoke. One among the many local products of Tenos island. Every year, women from the village of Komi create traditional recipes based on the artichokes that are harvested on the valley of Komi a few hundred meters away!...

10 January, 2024
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