"Ysternia" Isternia by mindcrime

Ysternia is a village of Tinos island located on the west part, 20km west of Tinos town (Chora), 3,5km west of Kardiani and 4km east of Panormos (Pyrgos).

It is built at 310 meters above the sea, on the steep slope of mount Meroviglia, for this reason it has great view over the Aegean sea (you can see Syros island). There’s a marble path that connects the village with Ysternia bay (4,5km away)

It’s a village that was founded in 1600 and became a big village during 18th and 19th centuries with more than 1,000 inhabitants. At the beginning of 20th century there were 350 houses and 48 stores but in our days not more than 120 people live here.

It was nice to walk for a while in the village, we loved the marble streets and the arches, some churches (all of them were closed) until we ended up at the Museum of local Artists that was closed too because it opens only 11.00-13.00, 18.00-20.00. It’s a pity because Ysternia is the hometown of famous artists such Fitali brothers, L.Sochos, L.Lameras, I.Vitalis etc

With only one tavern open the village seemed like a ghost town so we decided to visit Panormos that was much more lively and gave us more choices.