{"id":7468,"date":"2025-04-10T20:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:24:10","slug":"singapore-changi-the-airport-everyone-wants-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/2025\/04\/singapore-changi-the-airport-everyone-wants-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Changi : The Airport Everyone Wants to Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time : <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> Killing time at airports usually feels like a chore. It&#8217;s such a universal drag that there&#8217;s even a TikTok trend about speeding through terminals as fast as possible. But Singapore Changi Airport flips that idea on its head. Recently crowned the World\u2019s Best Airport for the 13th time by Skytrax, it&#8217;s more like a luxurious playground for travelers than a waiting area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7469\" src=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z2-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z2-5-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z2-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z2-5-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At Changi, early check-in is encouraged\u2014not just allowed\u2014so passengers can drop off their bags up to 48 hours before departure and explore what\u2019s essentially a vacation spot. Most people head straight to the 10-story Jewel mall, which drew 80 million visitors in 2024 alone. There\u2019s also the famous Rain Vortex, a 40-meter-high indoor waterfall, and indoor gardens with butterflies flitting through the terminals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7470\" src=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z3-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z3-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z3-6-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z3-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z3-6-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The airport goes far beyond the basics with its spa options, in-house hotels, cinema, art exhibitions, and even a dinosaur-themed park. Changi isn\u2019t just clean and efficient\u2014it\u2019s also delicious. It picked up awards for Best Airport Dining, Best Washrooms, and, of course, Best Airport in Asia. If you&#8217;re ever stuck there, you&#8217;re actually pretty lucky.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7471\" src=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z4-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z4-8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z4-8-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z4-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/z4-8-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And they\u2019re not stopping. With a $2 billion investment plan rolling out over the next six years, and a fifth terminal set to open in the 2030s, Changi is only getting more impressive. It\u2019s hard to imagine what they\u2019ll think of next\u2014but whatever it is, it\u2019ll probably win awards too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5125\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5125\" src=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ben-footer-mar2024-1000.png\" alt=\"B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Lin \u2013 Brussels, Paris, London, Seoul, Bangkok, Tokyo, New York, Taipei, Hong Kong\" width=\"1000\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ben-footer-mar2024-1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ben-footer-mar2024-1000-600x227.png 600w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ben-footer-mar2024-1000-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ben-footer-mar2024-1000-768x291.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Lin \u2013 Brussels, Paris, London, Seoul, Bangkok, Tokyo, New York, Taipei, Hong Kong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#ChangiAirport #SingaporeTravel #AirportGoals #LuxuryTravel #Skytrax #BestAirport #JewelChangi #RainVortex #AirportExperience #TravelAsia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time : <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span> Singapore\u2019s Changi Airport is more than a transit point\u2014it\u2019s a world-class destination. With gardens, shopping, spas, and even a waterfall, travelers are encouraged to arrive early and enjoy. Crowned World\u2019s Best Airport for the 13th time, it continues to redefine the travel experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,55,67],"tags":[397,236,19,4,70,167,56],"class_list":["post-7468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everydays-chit-chat","category-travels","category-wealthytalks","tag-397","tag-airport","tag-benedicte","tag-gout-design","tag-luxury","tag-singapore","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7474,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions\/7474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}