Favorite airport?

[milano]

i kuala lumpur,schiphol amsterdam,both very clean.

 

[Fade to Black]

The worst airport is Detroit. Those guards are the most arrogant twats I've ever come in contact with.

I *STRONGLY* 2nd this post...especially if you're talking about the old terminal (not the Northwest one...I think this one is called "Smith"). I've never seen such a depressing excuse for an airport in my life. The food is bad, there's nothing to see, and it's always dark and gloomy in there. To make it worse, that is usually the airport I land in whenever I go back to school

The new terminal I actually don't mind that much, at least it feels a bit more like a modern airport.

Another one of my favorites is Seoul/Incheon, I stopped there before flying the last stretch to home back in May, and the Asiana lounge has a very relaxing personal bathroom for private use, fully equipped with grooming facilities. Nothing beats a hot shower and a shave after sitting on a plane for 18 hours where my only source of entertainment was watching "Coach Carter" 4 times.

 

[Tabasamu]

London city. Small and quick to get in and out of

 

[fashionkitten7]

Zurich International Airport is the best one I've been to so far.

 

[smartarse]

(West) Palm Beach Airport and Teterboro (NJ) hehe..hmmm never really thought much of airports since i'm always rushing about...

 

[mabziegurl]

i love sfo... (a little biased because its 10 minutes to where i grew up and my uncle helped design the old and the new) it has great art on display all the time

i also like hnl (honolulu) because its hawaii and the plants and walkways are wonderful

 

[onemorebag]

favourites: Copenhagen Kastrup - fantastic shops
Dublin - charming, a little CD shop plays Irish music you can't get anywhere else
Edinburgh - does it still have the luggage carousel that doesn't go round but just drops the bags at the end in a big pile?

hate: all those I got lost in, e.g. Frankfurt, Paris CDG
hate a lot: Palma de Mallorca, long waits, no seats, no decent coffee, everyone has tattoos and fake handbags

 

[Artemis]

Hong Kong - Good food and shops to entertain you while you're on that 5 hour layover, ultra convienent and clean
Vancouver - Calming since everything is this blueish green color, nice Inuit artwork but it's a pain in the @$$ to get around
Narita - Love the foam soap in the bathrooms

 

[susie_bubble]

I love all airports in general just for people watching and just seeing the oddest situations occur.
Favourites:
It's gotta be Hong Kong airport....not only for it's an architectural beauty, but it's practical efficiency and range of shops and restaurants. Makes me soooo glad to be back when I land there. It used to be a bit of a b*tch getting home from the old airport but now I can just take the Express.
I think all South East Asian airports are pretty great actually. Beijing and Guangzhou have similar airports to HK but on a much smaller scale. Singapore has excellent shopping. And KL is just wonderful to look at....rainforests in airports!

Poky European airports are really bad but fun at the same time. I like to make it my mission to sample weird airport food. Moscow's SVO is notoriously the WORSE airport and in a stopover there I did try some attrocities!
I gotta say tho, I HATE JFK airport, the staff there are really unhelpful and it's really cramped and small for one of the busiest airports in the world.

 

[Odette]

Madrid's Barajas, Madrid´s Barajas!!!
Rome's Fiumicino, Rome´s Fiumicino!

 

[jennifer716]

Hong Kong definitely... soo many shops. Last time I was there, I ended up buying a Dior bag on impulse cause that place just does things to you. Gah. Very clean and very very efficient.
Not such a fan of heathrow... think it's really slow and unorganised and the shops aren't that great.

 

[meowmix]

i HATE roissy, detroit, and jfk. i can't believe roissy isn't done with that terminal that caved in yet... and those horrible, horrible buses it's just awful... everywhere awful.
i don't mind dulles anymore just cos i know it like the back of my hand, sfo cos its convenient, relatively clean and familiar, denver is simple...

 

[phantasmagoric]

I HATE LAX with a capital H

 

[hikarupanda]

I love the one in HK too, clean, efficient and many shops and restaurants.

I do HATE LAX too!

 

[smartarse]

Oh yeah, I hear ya. LAX is so bad. Hate going in and out of that place. However everytime, I always manage to sit next to a celebrity, model or an athlete. I guess it compensates with the headache of getting in and around the place.

I HATE LAX with a capital H

 

[Tushka_BeLLa]

MY favourite airport is Johanessburg, SOuth Africa, becuase it is our only link to the world .... whenever I land there I feel really excited. Besides that, Heathrow becuase there is such a buzz and London is my favourite place.

 

[susie_bubble]

Oh yeah, I hear ya. LAX is so bad. Hate going in and out of that place. However everytime, I always manage to sit next to a celebrity, model or an athlete. I guess it compensates with the headache of getting in and around the place.

Definitely......what a poky little airport.....just terrible.

 

[Meg]

Completely agree on JFK. Such a disappointment of an airport. It's just so gross.

For shopping for me it has to be Heathrow. Harrods, Hermes, Chanel, Dior, Escada, everything basically. Though their food selection isn't that hot.

I can't remember if it was in the states or Canada but I remember there was this place that was called like the burger and shake stand and it was a food place and I got in line and was uber hungry, actually I know it was in Canada I think prob. Pearson, and they didn't even serve milkshakes! I was so upset! They have the word 'shake' in the title of the place!! Gah! It was such a disappointment. All airport food is heinously overpriced though.

Oddly enough though the Calgary airport has decent food. Fast food upstairs, Tim Hortons downstairs and a decent spa.

 

[susie_bubble]

Completely agree on JFK. Such a disappointment of an airport. It's just so gross.

For shopping for me it has to be Heathrow. Harrods, Hermes, Chanel, Dior, Escada, everything basically. Though their food selection isn't that hot.

I can't remember if it was in the states or Canada but I remember there was this place that was called like the burger and shake stand and it was a food place and I got in line and was uber hungry, actually I know it was in Canada I think prob. Pearson, and they didn't even serve milkshakes! I was so upset! They have the word 'shake' in the title of the place!! Gah! It was such a disappointment. All airport food is heinously overpriced though.

Oddly enough though the Calgary airport has decent food. Fast food upstairs, Tim Hortons downstairs and a decent spa.

There's the seafood bar place in Heathrow Terminal 3 which is pretty good. They even do airplane dinner trays for you to take on board! Hmmm......I had this crayfish and lobster salad thing......YUM!

(Yay.......my 1000th post! I'm now a TRENDSETTER!)

 

[Meg]

Congrats on the post susie! I've never been in the other terminals *gasp* only fly in and out of terminal 4