<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Changi Airport in Singapore is my favorite airport to have a long layover.Taylor Rains/Business Insider</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Forbes Travel Guide named <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spent-8-hours-singapore-changi-airport-pool-butterfly-garden-theater-2023-2">Singapore's Changi Airport</a> the world's most luxurious for 2024.</li><li>The airport offers unique amenities like a pool, a free movie theater, and a butterfly garden.</li></ul><p>Forbes Travel Guide <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2024/10/22/forbes-travel-guide-2024-verified-air-travel-awards/">named</a> Singapore's Changi Airport the world's most luxurious airport for 2024 — and I couldn't agree more.</p><p>I spent hours inside the expansive airport in early 2023 and found it to be the best layover spot when flying across the world. Considering <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/singapore-new-business-class-game-changer-long-haul-flying-2024-11">Singapore as a country is uber-fancy</a> with its designer stores and artsy gardens, it makes sense the airport was built to match.</p><p>Need a nap after a 12-hour flight? There are dedicated sleeping lounges. Hungry for authentic Asian cuisine? Try the indoor street market. And that's just scratching the surface — there's also a pool, a movie theater, and a butterfly garden, among myriad other unique amenities.</p><p>Most of the fun is in the transit area, where airline passengers wait between flights. Some of the entertainment, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-singapore-changi-airport-10-coolest-things-2023-2">like the famous rain vortex</a>, live outside this area and will require passengers to clear immigration to explore.</p><p>I've stopped at other top-tier airports during my world travels. While Doha airport's glass-roofed passenger train and Tokyo Narita's observation deck were impressive, nothing comes close to Changi.</p>