Tilos

Tilos - Livadia, the Island's main town and harbour

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Tilos - the main Church, Livadia

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Tilos - the new harbour at Livadia

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Tilos - Sofia's restaraun fronting the town beach, Livadia

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Livadia

Tilos - many small boats anchor off the main beach at Livadia

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Tilos - the town beach, also used by local fishing boats

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Tilos - the town beach, also used by local fishing boats

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Tilos is a quiet, peaceful island even by the standards of quiet, peaceful islands. Apart from the main Livadia beach there are a number of other beaches reached only on foot. Two of the villages, Mikro Horio and Ghera are now abandoned. For information contact Tilos Travel on the island.

Villages past and present

Tilos - Mikro Horio, a village of traditionally built houses, now abandonned

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Tilos - Mikro Horio, the only buildings still used are the church and a music club - there is no-one to complain about the noise

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Tilos - on the way to Ghera

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Tilos - the abandonned village of Ghera

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Tilos - Church at Megalo Horio, the island's official capital

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Tilos - the abandonned village of Mikro Horio still has its traditional grinding wheels for pressing olives

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Tilos - one of the narrow whitewashed streets in Megalo Horio, the island's official capital

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Tilos - the ancient settlement high on the mountain above Megalo Horio is largely colonised by vegetation, creating a unique landscape texture

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Around the island

Tilos - view of the small harbour at Agios Andonis from the top of the island's highest mountain, Profitis Ilias

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Tilos - the monastry of Pandeleimon

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Tilos - ruined castle above Megalo Horio

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Tilos - spring of water reported to have curative properties, next to the entrance to Pandeleimon monastery

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Tilos - the entrance to Pandeleimon monastery

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Tilos - Red Beach

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Tilos - Red Beach

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Tilos - water's edge, Tholos beach

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Tilos - one of many small beaches reached only by small boat or scrambling down

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Tilos - view of the island's highest mountain, Profitis Ilias, from the chapel in the castle above Megalo Horio

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Tilos - water is precious

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Tilos - refreshing spring, now destroyed by 'improvements'

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Tilos - inside Pandeleimon monastery

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Tilos - view over Red Beach, haze over Asia Minor

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Tilos - at the top of the island's highest mountain, Profitis Ilias

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Tilos - wood sculpture by local ants, below the abandonned village of Mikro Horio

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Tilos - wood sculpture by local ants, below the abandonned village of Mikro Horio

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Tilos - earth sculpture, Stavros beach

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Tilos - detail of earth sculpture

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Art

Tilos - original fresco which has survived centuries exposed to the elements in the long abandonned village below the castle at Megalo Horio

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Tilos - scuptured landscape on the path down to Tholos beach

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Tilos - under the water at Red Beach

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