Tenedos

What is Tenedos?

Tenedos is the ancient and historical name of Bozcaada, the thousand-year name of an island mentioned in Homer's Iliad, the subject of mythology where Apollo resided on the island, a strategic base for Venetians and Genoese, and one that survived as Tenedos through the Ottoman era.

Bozcaada, that is, Tenedos, bathed in the Aegean's unique light, home to sunsets beneath windmills, the freshest seafood and the cultural corridor of the Greek quarter. Tenedos' thousand-year culture lives in the stone streets, vineyards and harbour of this island.

"Bozcaada is like nowhere else, and nowhere else is like Bozcaada."

From mythology to history

In Homer's Iliad, Tenedos appears as the base of the Achaeans during the Trojan War. Legend has it the island takes its name from Poseidon's son, Tenedos. In antiquity an important centre of the Dionysus cult, the island's wine culture continues today with the Çavuş grape and island wines.

Wine, sea and sunset

Tenedos' wine culture spans millennia. From ancient Dionysian rituals to today's grape harvest festival, the island's viticultural heritage continues uninterrupted. Sipping island wines while watching the sunset beneath the windmills is to join Tenedos' thousand-year ritual.

Exploring the island

The stone streets of the old Greek quarter are a wonderful corridor to explore a culture. Meze and raki at sunset by the castle-view harbour. The freshest seafood and Aegean mezes. Bozcaada is like nowhere else, because Tenedos' thousand-year spirit lives here.