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An hour to kill at an airport - what should you see and do?
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CAMBODIA
Statues and history panel.
GERMANY
Munich Airport
Brewery.
JAPAN
Oxygen bar. The oxygen comes in flavours.
SINGAPORE
Changi Airport, Singapore.
Terminal 1
Cacti Garden on rooftop.
Terminal 3
(Singapore Airlines from Changi, Singapore to Heathrow, for London, England.
The ground floor is for arrivals.
The Butterfly Garden is on the two departure levels, level two and level three, to top entrance next to the Ambassador Transit Hotel and Movie Theatre.
Butterfly Garden,
Hotel with swimming pool,
Koi Pond,
Orchid area,
Rubbing,
Movie Theatre,
giant multi-storey tube Slide (Slide @T3), seasonal sculptures and animated displays. Daytime tours of the city if you have a couple of hours in transit.
Ground floor arrivals:
giant Sculptures, for selfies.
Tips
Other airport attractions worldwide include the Acquarium at Vancouver Airport, Canada; IMAX cinema (movie theatre) at Hong Kong airport; in Dubai, a Zen Garden with children's play area, a five star hotel containing a swimming pool for guests; the swimming pool at Quatar (entry fee); slot machines at Las Vegas, USA; and the services of a morgue at Brussels airport. Some rate the fast monorail to Shanghai airport as being special. More details from:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4473138/The-world-s-oddest-airport-attractions-revealed.html
changiairport.com/guides
Download the e-version of airport and shopping guides or pick up a foldout copy at any information counter in Changi Airport.
Changi is frequently voted the world's best airport :
http://www.worldairportawards.com/awards/world_airport_rating.html
Not far behind is South Korea's Incheon Airport. Wikipedia explains:
Incheon International Airport (IIA) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. Since 2005, it has been rated the best airport worldwide by Airports Council International every year.[2] It is also rated as the world's cleanest airport and the world's best international transit airport by Skytrax.[3]
The airport has a golf course, spa, private sleeping rooms, an ice skating rink, a casino, indoor gardens, and a Museum of Korean Culture.
Full details of airpot wifi and other facilities such as showers from
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/asia
It reveals the airport with the toy exhibition.
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/asia/tokyo_haneda.htm
The airports in Europe voted highly were Helsinki with its library and Talinn with its book swap and bookshelf lounge.
If you want to contribute and comment on an airport, you can fill in their airport survey for all the airports you have visited recently.
For sporty types, South Korea has an airport golf course, and Munich International Airport offers mini golf.
More information from:
http://www.layoverguide.com/2008/12/top-ten-airports-to-get-stuck-in.html
I looked for airports in Russia, because I have more readers in Russia this week than any other country, even the USA. But I had no such luck, so if you know of a great airport facility in Russia, please let me know.
You can also read reports on airports hotels in TripAdvisor.Full details of airpot wifi and other facilities such as showers from
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/asia
It reveals the airport with the toy exhibition.
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/asia/tokyo_haneda.htm
The airports in Europe voted highly were Helsinki with its library and Talinn with its book swap and bookshelf lounge.
If you want to contribute and comment on an airport, you can fill in their airport survey for all the airports you have visited recently.
For sporty types, South Korea has an airport golf course, and Munich International Airport offers mini golf.
More information from:
http://www.layoverguide.com/2008/12/top-ten-airports-to-get-stuck-in.html
I looked for airports in Russia, because I have more readers in Russia this week than any other country, even the USA. But I had no such luck, so if you know of a great airport facility in Russia, please let me know.
In the UK plane spotters might enjoy a trip to the aviation museum at Gatwick:
Gatwick Aviation Museum
Vallance-Byways
Lowfield Heath Road
CHARLWOOD
RH6 0BT
http://www.aviationmuseumguide.co.uk/guide_london.phpAngela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
See my previous posts on Changi airport.
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2 comments:
Flowers really can beautify an airport and it will attract every passenger and visitor at the airport. airport parking deals
I appreciate that airport is decorated with flowers which really attracts tourists and people. Great! cheap airport parking
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