Tripotamos (‘three rivers’) is a village on Tinos island whose name derives from its location along three rivers. It is one of the island’s oldest villages, a maze of alleyways and narrow passageways that crisscross under colonnades and shady arcades, between courtyards and wide stone benches. The houses are built very close to each other and maintain the town’s traditional character. At the same time, the village is also a unique fortress, because when its outer gates are closed Tripotamos is completely sealed off and no one can either leave or enter. The village church, dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, celebrates a large festival each year on November the 21st.
During this event, all homes open their doors and welcome all friends and strangers, and offer them homemade treats while the village streets and arcades resonate with songs and music.
Tinos traditional dishes are artichokes cooked in a variety of ways, sun-dried tomatoes with batter, froutalia, savore with molasses, fried fish with petimezi sauce, pork sausages, the saltsisi, and the louza of Tinos. Cheeses include the famed graviera and the kopanisti. As for sweets, famous are the amygdalota, xerotigana, karidota, pasteli, loukoumi, and various kinds of halva as well as the renowned thyme honey of Tinos.
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