Amazingly striking architecture and luxurious amenities at some airports have helped them land in the list of the world's most beautiful airports — exceptional amenities like Zen gardens, shopping areas, spas, golf courses, and movie theaters are a few of them.
Lets Us Explore Which Airports Are Top Contenders For This List:
1) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport — Spain
Opened way back in 2006, this is an impressively large and ornate terminal- 4 with bamboo ceilings. The airport has witnessed a footfall of over 1.8 million passengers in 2019, making it Europe's sixth busiest airport. It is the second-largest airport in Europe, measured in the covered area.
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
2) Toronto Pearson International Airport
The Toronto Pearson International Airport is Canada's best, busiest, and largest airport. Being massive in size, it has aesthetically pleasing architecture and excellent facilities. Long hauls and waitings can be fun here as you may shop around or relish delicious cuisines.
3) Malvinas Argentinas Ushuaia International Airport
Located in the Tierra del Fuego province at the southern tip of Argentina, this airport's unique building style will leave you mesmerized. However, it is not too big.
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/Horacio_Fernandez
4) Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore's landscape beauty is incomparable, and so is its airport. Singapore Changi Airport's spectacular movie theaters, innumerable retail stores, gardens, art galleries, and a hedge maze makes it stand out from the rest of the world.
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/Matteo Morando
5) Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, which is also the world's busiest. The airport has bagged the title of World's Best Transit Airport in 2020. It has been a winner of the airport of the Year title at the World Airport Awards. Terminal 2 at this airport was named World's Best Airport Terminal in 2020.
6) Shenzhen Baoan International Airport — China
Architected by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas, Terminal 3 of this airport in China stands out with its honeycomb pattern ceiling. It resembles a manta ray (a fish that breathes and undergo shape change- turns into a bird).
Celebrate an emotional and fantasy transition at this airport!
Photo: unsplash.com/chuttersnap
7) Hamad International Airport — Qatar
Hamad International Airport for Doha, Qatar's capital city is referred to as the most luxuriously structured terminal complex in the world. The airport has bagged the Best Airport title in the Middle East, Best Airport: 30-40 million passengers and Best Airport Staff in the Middle East in 2020.
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/Arne Müseler
The list includes a lot more grand architectures, which we will keep exploring from time to time.
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