Kionia beach in Tinos

Kionia, about 3 kilometres west of Tinos town, is one of the island's main tourist resorts. Here are several large hotels and a few pensions. The beach, or beaches (there are several), consists of sand mixed with gravel. The waterfront is lined with several tavernas and cafes.

Kionia is located about three kilometers west of Tinos town.

The beach in Kionia is quite child-friendly.

One of several restaurants along the beach promenade in Kionia.

Kionia (white houses on the coast) seen from Taverna Drosia in Ktikados.

There was a time when Kionia attracted a different type of visitors than today's swimming and sunbathing tourists. An important religious centre and a temple dedicated to Poseidon was situated here in the 4th century BC. The pilgrims visited Kionia to bathe and purify themselves before they visited Apollo's sacred island of Delos. The ruins of the temple remains.

The religious center to which pilgrims went before visiting Apollo's sacred island of Delos.

Remains of the Temple of Poseidon in Kionia.

Tinos Beach Hotel in Kionia is one of Tinos' largest hotels.

ACCOMMODATION IN KIONIA

The range of hotels and pensions are large and that thanks to it being so close to Tinos town. The Tinos Beach Hotel you see above is a bit too impersonal for me, I would have chosen to book Big Blue instead.

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Along the road from Tinos town to Kioni you pass by a small beach where there is a church called Stavros. The beach is nothing to write home about. Further on to the west is a beautiful bathing-place where you can swim off the rocks.

The church and the beach Stavros which you pass on the road to Kionia.

From the cliffs before Kionia you can dive or jump straight into the sea.

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