Singapore’s Changi Airport is an Airport Hotel Guru favorite for it’s thoughtful design, extensive shopping and range of activities. How many other airports have an indoor pool, music bar and cactus garden?! In terms of airport hotels, though, Singapore effectively has only two: one amazing (in its way) behind security in the airport itself and one that is serviceable. Fortunately, the airport is well connected to city center by underground train. See below for more about all your options.
Overall Best Singapore Airport Hotel:
Ambassador Transit Hotel
Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Changi each host an incredibly convenient Ambassador Transit Hotel inside the airport security. While not exactly the lap of luxury, the rooms at these transit hotels are clean, comfortable and practical. A six hour block for a single is a reasonable S$51.50 (approx US$35, Euro 24) for a budget room. However, the Airport Hotel Guru strongly suggest springing the extra S$22 for a more cheery standard room that includes an en suite bathroom. Unlike the budget rooms, most standard rooms also have a window with interesting views out onto the happenings of the airport tarmac. The transit hotels are in the secure area of the airport and so best geared towards passengers with long layovers. Staying at the transit hotel before an early morning flight isn’t possible unless you can somehow check in to your flight the evening before. However, the Airport Hotel Guru routinely stays at the Ambassador when landing in Singapore late at night. Instead of waiting for our luggage to appear on the baggage claim belt, then making the tired trip to the city center and spending a small fortune on a hotel there, we overcome our jet lag with an overnight at the airport and head into Singapore the next day. Doing that, you can not get your checked in luggage and then go to the transit hotel! However, the airline will automatically pick up your bag and store it for you at their office for you to pick up the next morning. (We were skeptical this would work the first time we tried it, but in our two dozen late night stays at the Ambassador we’ve never had a problem getting our checked luggage the next morning).
Rooms at the Ambassador Transit Hotels tend to fill fast, so book as far in advance as you can. Obviously, it is more convenient to stay at the hotel located in the terminal you are landing in, but there’s nothing requiring you to. We are partial to the transit hotel in Terminal 1 because it is located across the hallway from the swimming pool. The airport itself has free wireless internet, though the signal only reaches a few of the Ambassador’s rooms.
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August 27th, 2008 | Tags: Airport Hotel, Changi, SIN, SIN airport, SIN hotels, SIN layover, Singapore, Singapore Airport Hotel, Singapore Hotel Reviews, Singapore Hotels | Category: Singapore | SIN | Leave a comment