Tinos Photoshoot: Local Photographers, Marble Villages and Volax Boulders

A white village church with a bell tower and a whitewashed courtyard on Tinos

A Tinos photoshoot turns a quiet Cycladic island into a set of backdrops, from carved dovecotes and marble lanes to a valley of giant granite boulders. Plan more island days and tours with Greece Tours. Here you can compare the bookable sessions, the villages, Volax, the dovecotes, the churches, the light and weather, and the … Read more

Volax, Tinos: The Boulder Village

Volax Tinos

Volax Tinos is the island’s most surreal village, set inside a natural amphitheatre of giant round granite boulders that create a moonscape unlike anywhere else in the Cyclades. Famous for its surviving basket-weaving craft, its open-air theatre among the rocks and the poetry painted on its doors, Volax rewards a slow, curious visit. This guide … Read more

Tinos Villages

Tinos villages

The villages of Tinos number more than 40, scattered across green mountains and decorated with marble fanlights, ornate dovecotes and whitewashed lanes. Pyrgos centres the island’s marble tradition, Volax sits among giant granite boulders, and Kardiani and Isternia hang over the Aegean with the finest sunsets. This guide maps the Tinos villages worth visiting and … Read more