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Singapore! Where the Changi International Airport wows

By Kate Schwartz,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2011 11:17 AM CST

(Newser) – An airport typically helps you get to your destination—but Singapore's Changi International Airport arguably is a destination. Since opening 30 years ago, it has racked up 370 awards, and with good reason. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at some of Changi's most fabulous features, which, pleasantly, aren't restricted to elite travelers:

  • A nap room, where you can doze for three hours. Price: $23
  • A swimming pool ($11 to access, or free if you're staying at an airport hotel)

  • A free bus tour of Singapore. Bonus: No need to clear immigration.
  • A four-story slide. More fun: movie theaters (with aisles that can accommodate your suitcase). Most unusual fun: a butterfly garden.
  • Showers, yours for $6. Fresh flowers in the bathroom. But the coolest bathroom feature has to be the touch screens, which allow fliers to send text message alerts to restroom attendants should the toilet paper run out.
  • The 750,000 square feet of retail space house everything from jewelers and a grocery store to a dry cleaners and dental center.
  • And, of course, a perk for the rich and famous who are willing to pay the big bucks: The private "Jet Quay" terminal, which features such amenities as plane-side limo service.
Click to see the Journal's slideshow of the airport.

Passengers drag their luggage around Changi International Airport's arrival hall Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Singapore.
Passengers drag their luggage around Changi International Airport's arrival hall Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Singapore.   (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Threadjack
Dec 2, 2011 6:04 PM CST
i love the other perks too, like caning for chewing bubblegum and going to jail for spitting.
analavde
Dec 1, 2011 4:55 PM CST
My first ever international flight layover was at Changi...best experience so far...and as I missed my connecting flight to San Fransisco they accommodated me into 7 star hotel in Singapore for free. And believe me that's not the best part. I got to fly Business Class next day as economy was full. The best airline ever.
Dro_Trebor
Dec 1, 2011 12:23 PM CST
I wish we had airports like this in the US.  I would definitely have occasion to use some of those services and would even book longer layovers between flights if I knew that stuff was available.  Mostly all we have is fast food and depressingly similar shops.

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