Tyros, Greece

'cheese', Tsakonian: Τερέ) is a tourist and old naval town in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

[1] The municipal unit consists of the communities Tyros, Sapounakaiika and Pera Melana.

In Tyros, every Easter one of the most famous Greek traditions takes place.

On Good Friday a procession of the Epitaph is held on the coastal road of the town.

On Easter Saturday evening a ceremonial burning of an effigy of Judas by the sea is organized and the harbour bay of the town is filled with hundreds of small hot air balloons that symbolize the souls of lost sailors and fishermen of Tyros, and which are sent into the sky, accompanied by fireworks lit throughout the bay.