Tinos · Cyclades · Greece

MAGNA·LUX

Old stone. Endless light. The quiet side of the Aegean.
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The island & the villages

Two balcony villages above the Aegean

Dyo Choria and Triantaros sit on the slopes of Kechrovouni at around 380 m. From the terraces you look out over Mykonos, Delos and Syros — and on clear days Paros, Naxos and Kythnos.

This is the authentic Tinos: plane-tree squares, spring-fed fountains, marble alleys. No two Magna Lux houses are alike — each one was renovated by hand with the island's own stone, wood and light, by people who live here.

Honest note: the village lanes are stepped and beautiful — pack light, and a car is recommended.

"Greek born and raised in multicultural environments — I love sharing the ingredients of a perfect Greek summer."
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The houses

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Four one-of-a-kind homes — renovated by hand, not from a catalogue. Each is listed on Airbnb with full galleries, calendars and verified reviews, or message us directly for our best rate.

Dyo Choria · #1

Emerald View House One

4 guests2 bedrooms6 beds1 bathSea & village view

Comfort, style and unlimited sun in a modern renovated home, steps from the village square.

4.96 · 26 reviews · Airbnb Guest Favourite
"Beautifully decorated, the balcony is amazing — I recommend this place very much."
— Liat, Israel · August 2025
Triantaros · #2

Aegean Selfie House

2 guests1 bedroom1 bed1 bathEndless sea view

A couple's hideaway — endless sea and unlimited sun on a spacious private terrace.

4.98 · 43 reviews on Airbnb
"The terrace is spacious and offers beautiful views… the kitchen was modern and well-equipped."
— Airbnb guest · 2025
Triantaros · #3

Blabla Door House

6 guests2 bedrooms6 beds1 bathVillage heart

A unique refurbished traditional house in the heart of a vibrant village.

4.92 · 25 reviews on Airbnb
"Tastefully decorated — traditional Cycladic architecture with modern comforts."
— Airbnb guest · 2025
Triantaros · #4

Blue Horizon

6 guests3 bedrooms3 beds2 bathsBlue-horizon terrace

Three bedrooms on two levels, a large shady terrace, and the endless blue of the Aegean.

5.0 · 3 reviews on Airbnb
"Freshly renovated, very stylish and absolutely clean — the sea view is simply fantastic!"
— Paulina, Germany · September 2025
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Tinos town and port

Arrivals

We will point you to trusted drivers and car rental, and guide you through self check-in with the lockbox — flexible hours when the calendar allows.

Triantaros village lanes

On the island

Beach picks by wind direction, taverna tips and who to call, hiking routes between the marble villages, festival dates.

Boats in Panormos bay, Tinos

Experiences

Boat days, food tours & workshops around Tinos and day trips toward Delos & Mykonos — we will point you to the local people who run them.
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Guest words

★ 4.95 across 127 verified reviews

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"George is a very friendly and nice person. He helped us in everything we needed."

Liat · Israel · Aug 2025
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★★★★★

"Great location near the main square… the host is very embedded with the locals of the island."

Lambros · Sep 2024
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★★★★★

"Greek hospitality at its best! Complimentary coffee, tea, water and juice."

Eleftheria · Jul 2024
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★★★★★

"We had a wonderful stay — freshly renovated, very stylish and absolutely clean."

Paulina · Germany · Sep 2025
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★★★★★

"Amazing listing. Stunning view. More peaceful than town or the beach."

John · New York · Aug 2025
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★★★★★

"Every detail has been thoughtfully considered… the host was incredibly welcoming."

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Georgios, your host on Tinos
The family behind the houses

Hosted by Georgios

Greek, raised between cultures, and devoted to one island. With family and friends in Dyo Choria and Triantaros, Georgios renovated these village houses one by one — stone, wood and light — so guests could live Tinos the way locals do: authentically, not as a resort.

Speaks English · Français · Deutsch · Ελληνικά — replies within the hour

Our Tinos — the host's little black book

Where we actually go

Not a tourist list. These are the places we send friends.

Dyo Choria village square
Eat · 2 min walk

Dio Choria Taverna

On the plane-tree square, two minutes from Emerald View House. Order whatever was cooked that morning.

Triantaros village, Tinos
Eat · Triantaros

Triantaraki

The beloved village taverna of Triantaros — honest island cooking a short stroll from our houses. Ask anyone on Tinos.

Ysternia bay shallow waters
Eat · Ysternia Bay

To Thalassaki

Tinos' famous seaside table — worth the drive across the island. Book ahead in season.

Volax village among granite boulders
See · Volax

The boulder village

Granite boulders the size of houses, basket weavers, and a tiny amphitheatre. Go late afternoon.

Panormos bay below Pyrgos
See · Pyrgos

Marble villages

Pyrgos' marble museum and workshops — the craft that built half the island. Combine with Panormos bay.

Sandy beach at Agios Romanos, Tinos
Swim · by the day's wind

Kolymbithra, Ag. Romanos & co.

Surf at Kolymbithra when the meltemi blows; calm sand at Agios Romanos when it doesn't. Ask us which beach fits the day.

Island photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors (CC BY-SA) · house photos: our own.

Island journal

Stories from our Tinos

Wine, trails, marble and village life — written from Dyo Choria & Triantaros.

Granite boulders of Volax, Tinos, near the island vineyards
Food & Wine

Wine Tasting on Tinos: T-Oinos, Volacus and Vineyards Between the Boulders

Some of the most talked-about wine in the Aegean grows between granite boulders, twenty minutes from our houses. Here is how to taste it.

Mykonos gets the headlines, but serious wine people whisper about Tinos. On the high plateau between Falatados and Volax, the land turns lunar: round granite boulders the size of houses, dry-stone terraces, and low bush vines that have learned to live with the meltemi wind. This is one of the most distinctive wine terroirs in Greece, and a Tinos wine tasting belongs on any Cyclades itinerary.

T-Oinos and the Clos Stegasta

T-Oinos, founded by Alexandre Avatagellos with celebrated French sommelier Gerard Margeon, farms the Clos Stegasta parcels at around 450 metres among the boulders. Its Assyrtiko and rare red Mavrotragano are regularly ranked among the finest Greek wines. The stone-built winery sits low in the landscape, the same dry-stone, cube-and-terrace Cycladic architecture you see in the old villages. Visits run daily on request with prior booking, ending in a guided tasting of three wines: Assyrtiko, the Mavrose rose, and Mavrotragano.

Volacus Wine

A few kilometres away, the organic family vineyard Volacus Wine takes its name from the volakes, the granite boulders that surround its Malagousia vines. In summer (roughly June to early September) they open for evening tastings Wednesday to Sunday by arrangement; sunset between the boulders with a cold glass of Malagousia is a Tinos memory you keep.

Natural-wine lovers should also hunt the island lists for Domaine de Kalathas, a cult micro-winery resurrecting forgotten old-vine varieties.

Make a day of it

Start in Volax village in the morning: basket weavers, a tiny amphitheatre, lanes squeezed between boulders. Book your tasting for the afternoon, then stay for dinner at a village taverna. Book wineries ahead, and agree on a designated driver; the roads are narrow, dark and beautiful.

Where to stay on the wine route

The vineyards are a 15-20 minute drive from Dyo Choria and Triantaros, the two balcony villages we call home. If you are deciding where to stay in Tinos for wine touring, our four holiday houses are traditional Cycladic architecture at its most honest: stone walls, marble lintels and hand-renovated village homes turned comfortable vacation rentals. Check the houses above and message us through the contact section; we will happily help you book the wineries for your dates.

Marble lanes of Dyo Choria village, start of Tinos hiking trails
Hiking & Villages

Hiking Tinos: Marble Villages, Dovecotes and Trails That Start at Our Door

More than 150 km of waymarked paths link monasteries, dovecote valleys and marble villages. Two of the prettiest villages on the network are home.

Tinos is quietly one of the best hiking islands in Greece. The Tinos Trails network covers more than 150 kilometres of marked routes over mule paths and marble stairways that villagers have used for centuries, linking terraced hillsides, chapels and more than forty villages.

The balcony villages loop, our home trail

Start in Dyo Choria, on the plane-tree square with its spring-fed fountains, climb toward the great Kechrovouni Monastery on the ridge, then follow the old path through Arnados down into Triantaros and back. You walk on stepped marble most of the way, past carved lintels, whitewashed stone houses and marble fanlights over old doors, with Mykonos, Delos and Syros floating in the sea below. It is the architecture of the Cyclades before tourism: stone, marble and light.

Exomvourgo, the Venetian rock

The granite peak of Exomvourgo (about 540 m) carries the ruins of the Venetian fortress that was once the island capital. The loop trail circles the rock past convents and gives a full-circle panorama of the Cyclades; on clear days you count a dozen islands.

Volax and the boulder plateau

Cross the central plateau and the landscape turns to granite moonscape around Volax, where basket weavers still work in doorways and a tiny amphitheatre hides between boulders. The walk in from Falatados passes the island vineyards, so it pairs naturally with a wine tasting.

Pyrgos, the marble village

In Pyrgos, marble is not decoration, it is the building material: door frames, fountains, benches, even the bus stop. The Museum of Marble Crafts explains the craft that built half the Cyclades, and sculptors still work in open studios. Combine it with a swim in Panormos bay below.

The dovecotes

Around six hundred peristeriones, the ornate two-storey dovecote towers with geometric marble lattices, stand in the island valleys, the signature of Tinian architecture since Venetian times. The Tarambados valley walk strings together some of the finest.

Practical notes

Best months are April to June and September to October; July and August bring the strong meltemi wind. Carry water, wear proper shoes, and expect marble steps to be slippery when polished. Routes are waymarked and most loops take two to four hours.

Stay on the trail network

The smartest base for hiking Tinos is inside the trail network, not beside the port. Our restored traditional houses, holiday rentals in Dyo Choria and Triantaros, put the trailheads literally at your door, with luggage help on the marble steps when you arrive and a host who has walked every route and will mark the day's best one on your map. See the houses above and message us through the contact section.

Grilled octopus, a classic Aegean meze served in Tinos tavernas
Food & Wine

What to Eat on Tinos: Louza, Wild Artichokes and Cheese Ripened in a Gourd

Tinos quietly out-eats its famous neighbours. Here is a local's field guide to the island's table — what to order, what to buy, and when the food festivals happen.

Mykonos has the clubs and Santorini has the sunset, but food people come to Tinos. Over the last decade the island has become one of the Cyclades' serious gastronomy destinations, with its own cured meats, rare cheeses, wild greens and a kitchen-garden tradition that still feeds the village tables. If you are wondering what to eat in Tinos, start here.

Louza, the island's cured pork

The thing to try first is louza: a lean pork fillet rubbed with red wine, salt, pepper and island spices, wrapped and air-dried for weeks until it slices almost translucent. It is the Cycladic answer to prosciutto — served in wafer-thin sheets with a hard cheese and a glass of wine. The Venetians also left behind a garlicky cured sausage the locals call salsisi; ask for it by name.

Cheese ripened in a gourd

Tinos makes one of Greece's strangest and best cheeses: kariki, a blue-veined cheese matured for months inside a hollowed-out, sealed gourd. It tastes like a mellow roquefort with the bite of something far older. Alongside it you will find petroma, a fresh soft cheese, and its aged cousins — the little kalathaki and volaki — crumbly, milky and made for the breakfast table. Save room for the sweets, too: the island bakeries lean on almonds, sesame and thyme honey, so look for pasteli and soft almond pastes.

Komi artichokes and the kitchen garden

Tinos is famous for its produce. The village of Komi grows small, tender artichokes that are celebrated every year with an Artichoke Festival in the village square, usually in the first days of June when the harvest decides the date. Look too for wild capers and caper leaves, sun-dried tomatoes, horta (wild greens) and thyme honey from the island's hillsides — the same hillsides our villages sit on.

Raki, the local firewater

Dinner ends with raki, the clear grape spirit that much of the Cyclades calls souma. Falatados, just up the road from us, still keeps working winepresses and distilleries and celebrates the distilling each September. A small glass, served cold, is how a Tinos meal says goodnight.

Come hungry: the food festivals

Time your trip around the table. Tinos Food Paths, the island's gastronomy festival running since 2015, fills the second week of May with beach barbecues, wine classes outside monasteries and feasts in the village squares. The Komi Artichoke Festival follows in early June, and Falatados toasts the new raki in September. Spring and early autumn are when the island eats best.

Where we send our guests

We keep our taverna picks in the "Our Tinos" section above — from the plane-tree square two minutes from Emerald View House, to the beloved village kitchen in Triantaros, to the famous seaside table at Ysternia bay. Tell us when you are coming and we will point you to whatever was cooked that morning.

A village kitchen of your own

Half the pleasure of Tinos is cooking what you buy: a bag of Komi artichokes, a wedge of kariki, tomatoes still warm from the market. Our four houses in Dyo Choria and Triantaros are hand-renovated traditional Cycladic architecture — stone, marble and wood — with proper kitchens and terraces made for long dinners above the Aegean. They make an easy base for eating your way around the island. See the houses above and message us through the contact section for dates and our best direct rate.

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Practical questions

How do I book?

Fastest: message us on WhatsApp or give us a call — all contact buttons are in the section below. You can also book each house on Airbnb, or email us — direct bookings always get our best rate.

Check-in & check-out

Check-in from 3:00 PM with self check-in lockbox; check-out by 11:00 AM. We're flexible whenever the calendar allows — just ask.

How do I get to Tinos and the villages?

Ferries reach Tinos from Rafina (~2 h fast ferry) and Piraeus. Dyo Choria and Triantaros are about 8.5 km / 15 minutes by car from the port, with free parking near the houses. A car is recommended.

Are pets welcome?

Yes — our houses are pet-friendly. Let us know in advance so we can prepare.

What should we pack?

Light! The village lanes are stepped marble — beautiful, but not suitcase-wheel friendly. We'll help with luggage on arrival if needed.

What's nearby?

Village tavernas and cafés within a two-minute walk, marble-paved alleys, hiking paths, and the beaches of the south coast a short drive away. From the terraces you'll see Mykonos, Delos, Syros — and on clear days Paros and Naxos.

Find us

Where the houses are

Our four houses sit in the balcony villages of Dyo Choria and Triantaros, above the Aegean on Tinos.

Your Greek summer starts here

Tell us your dates and party size — we reply within the hour, in English, French, German or Greek.

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Who we are

Magna Lux is a family-run collection of four registered holiday homes in Dyo Choria & Triantaros, Tinos, Greece. The data controller is the host, Georgios; you can reach us through the contact buttons above.

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