Odera, the first luxury boutique hotel on the unspoilt island of Tinos, opened this summer, creating a new haven for the thinking traveller to Greece. Considered a spiritual island, many Greek Orthodox pilgrims journey, often on their knees up the hill, to the Evangelistria Church in Tinos town, just 15 minutes away from Odera. And beyond that, more than 800 chapels are dotted across the craggy island, punctuating the landscape alongside Tinos’ famous 1,300 white peristeriónes or dovecotes. The latter are elaborately decorated, with two storeys, and were introduced by the Venetians, who ruled here for five centuries.
