The island of Vis is an outlier on the Dalmatian coast, adrift beyond most of the archipelago. Barely 16km long, it is the kind of Mediterranean island we dream about, with just enough visitors to allow for some good restaurants and a place to rent a scooter to reach the more remote beaches. They filmed Mamma Mia 2 on Vis; apparently the island is more romantic, picturesque and prone to outbreaks of synchronised dancing than anywhere in Greece, where it was set.
At the entrance to Vis harbour is another smaller island, Host, only a few hundred metres long. No one lives here. Most of the…