The mystical Greek island that somehow stays under the radar

A note about the many beaches on the island. This is not a self-consciously stylish destination; there are no designer shops, there is no swank. But for a bohemian, near-Mexican vibe with cafés on stilts along the sand there’s Eressos, the birthplace of Sappho, Greece’s prolific and most famous female poet, who eroticised women (indeed, she was the very first “lesbian”) but killed herself over a ferryman. Just off the northeast coast, the sand of the Tokmakia islands – a nature…