Gardens, Terraces and Around

XINARA VILLAGE  10 - 15 minutes from Tinos's main town and port, the 18th-century village is pedestrian with a free carpark. Though we're at the village centre, we are not overlooked and the gardens are enclosed with old stone walls. Typical of Tinos, with old houses, two churches, two public laundries (from the past), a taverna (a couple of minutes from us), and lots of cats.

BLACKSMITHS' TERRACE Seating, with a table beneath a tree scented with white blossom (Blacksmiths guests).

HOUSE ENTRANCE TERRACE  Cactus, old Greek pots, pretty pebble-pattern paving. An 8-seat marble table and chairs (House guests).

MARBLE TERRACE  150m² terrace with loungers(above). Outdoor kitchen with seating and original wood-fired oven. Pergola with ten-seater table. Traditional Tinos dovecote, walnut, lemon and orange trees (House guests).

GARDENS  Private terraced garden to wander or lounge amongst ancient olives, cactus and citrus trees, or hang-out up at the pool terrace. Fruit and vegetable gardens where guests can help themselves, and chickens for fresh eggs (House guests). 

WALKS + BOULDERING  Old partly-paved tracks lead directly from Xinara House to the mountain, down to old villages, the port, and to beaches. Or you can climb the mountain immediatly above, See TINOS

BEACHES  One of the best of the island's beachs, Kolymbithra - safe, sandy and with a nice bar - is a short drive from the house. See TINOS

BOATS Apart from numerous big ferries connecting us to surrounding islands of Syros, Mykonos, Naxos, etc, you can arrange a trip to the nearby Archeological island of Dilos, and unoccupied Rhinia Island.

EATING OUT  There's our village cafe and lots of excellent village tavernas neareby, plus restaurants in the town and around the island. See xinarahouse.com/restaurants

• pergola
• A glamorous table set for dinner of home-grown vegetables and locally-caught fish at Xinara House holiday Villas on Tinos island in the Aegean
• Echium candicans flowering in the gardens at Xinara House villas on tinos island in the Aegean
• Traditional Aegean grille and bread oven off the kitchen at Xinara House, Tinos
• The beautiful garden pool at Xinara House is fed from a natural mountain spring
• Lavender and olives growing in the gardens at Xinara House, Cyclades, Greece. The path is fenced with a driftwood from a local beach.
• Lounger one the many terrace to choose from in the peaceful gardens at Xinara House holiday villas Tinos Island, Greece
• The successive terraces running up behind the Xinara House holiday villas on Tinos produce fruit, vegetables, flowers for vacation guests
• The ancient white-washed stone buildings of Xinara House viewed from the single car-free street in Xinara village on Tinos in Greece
• A corner of the marble terraces at Xinara House on Tinos Island with amphorae, cactus and vintage garden chairs by the French designer, Carre
• The amazing black-and white pebble decorated terrace at Xinara House on Tinos island. The holiday villas were designed by Peter & Susan Marston
• The pergola set for a summer supper at luxurious Xinara House on Tinos Island in Greece
• round seat above
• A columnar sculpture of wave-worn beach stones at Xinara House Tinos island, by Peter Marston
• Terrace planted with Greek lavender and olives in the gardens of Xinara House, Tinos Island
• gravel garden