After Andros and Naxos, Tinos, the third largest island in the Cyclades with a population of 9500, is known as the sacred island of Megalohari. But if you just equate Tinos with the annual Panagia Evagelistria church pilgrimage, it's time to change your mind. Medieval villages, still full of life, magnificent paths leading to ancient settlements known to few, remote beaches with crystal clear water, rocks that influenced popular Tinian artists such as Gizz, Lytras and Chalepas, the castle of Xobourgo, the unusual monoliths of granite at Volax, the 600 dovecotes adorned with stone, which are the envy of other Cycladic islands. It is for all this and much more that one should visit Tinos, which can please even the most demanding of travelers.