Best for parties: Mykonos June 21, 2011 For a couple of hours, the evening sun turns the island dull brown rock to fool s gold. The narrow streets between the white cubist houses are full of people, from a distance all young, all beautiful, all impossibly fashionable. But that too is a trick of the light. When you look closely, you realise they are just the same people you stand next to every morning on the Tube, miraculously transformed for a fortnight a year. And they probably think the same about you. Author : Ben Mallalieu