Loutra got its name from the baths that were in this area. The history of the village, though, is mostly connected with the Ursulines. The first nuns of the Order of Saint Ursula arrived in Tinos in the early 18th century, but it was only in 1862 that the nun Anna Maria Livs founded the monastery at Loutra. The complex was completed in 1867 and included a girls' school, dormitories, a library, and a reading room. Its fame soon spread far beyond Tinos. Between 1910 and 1930, the convent hosted 300 girls from all over Greece who lived here as boarding school students. The Ursulines School declined in the 1950s and eventually closed, except for the Carpet Weaving and Loom schools that operated until 1993. Today the monastery houses the Ursulines Folklore Museum (tel. 22830-51490) with exhibits that highlight the monastery’s history and work.