14 airport amenities that will make you long for a layover

CNN: 14 airport amenities that will make you long for a layover

Live music? Golf? Ice cream? Biking?

All sorts of airport amenities out there!

Great way to kill some time between flights!

Day Spas @ Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok and a swimming pool @ Changi in Singapore!

Has anyone played the course at HKG? I'd love to read a trip report!

The yoga room in T2 at SFO

I could care less about these amenities, since I usually don't spend too much time at an airport anyway. If there was one airport amenity that I like, it would be an in-airport chain hotel. For instance, the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport.

Being able to catch up with sleep and not have to worry about airport shuttles, returning car rentals, etc is a bliss.

Airport Spas

An Airport Roofdeck would be a nice add, throw in a bar and possibly a pool and you'll have a nice way to spend a layover.

That's one cool thing about PHL, the Marriott that's attached to one of the terminals there.

I don't know if it still exists, but my favorite amenity at MSP was the small video arcade. It was a nice, surprise find during a long layover.

Airside hotels, like the Mercure and the Yotel at Schiphol.

Also: arrival lounges with showers. Yay, Zurich.

See Bourdain's episode of The Layover from Singapore.

Also: butterfly garden in Singapore.

I have a 5-6 hour layover in DXB next week...still trying to decide how to spend my time!

Despite the airport tour, can't really think of a place I'd spend time there apart from a lounge. I'm sure I've seen the best (Emirates first), but I'm also sure all the lounges are above average there.

AF is pretty small, but perfectly functional; the Dubai Biz Lounge has lots of options, and I have yet to try out the KL lounge...that will be fixed Tuesday!

Mandatory extended happy hours.