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Tarambados
A hamlet above a valley full of the island's famous dovecotes
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About Tarambados
Tarambados is a small hamlet north of Exomvourgo, and below it lies the valley that has the finest dovecotes on Tinos. Dozens of them stand among the stone-walled terraces: two-storey towers whose upper walls are a lace of flat stones set in triangles, diamonds, suns and cypress trees, so that the pigeons can fly in and out. A footpath runs down through the valley between them, past the old threshing floors and fields.
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Before you go to Tarambados
Getting there
Tarambados is about 15 minutes' drive from Tinos Town, off the road to Kampos. Leave the car in the hamlet and walk down the signposted path into the valley.
When to go
Late afternoon, when the sun comes sideways through the stone lace of the dovecotes. In spring the terraces are green, and that is the best time of all.
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