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Europe: Turkey: Istanbul Airport

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This Airport is a
2007 Golden Pillow
Winner

ISTANBUL, Turkey

"Absolute nightmare, dirty, smelly and full of nasty looking people who took exception to my England shirt." (Scott Wood)
"I had never seen a squat toilet and was overwhelmed by the stench." (Heather)
"Metal seats make it quite drafty, so buy a newspaper to spread over the seats and get a coat out of your luggage before putting it in storage." (Polonius)

What you can look forward to:


WTF is this?

  • food is expensive
  • spacious
  • fast food dining
  • seats without armrests
  • lots of announcements
  • floor cleaners make a lot of noise

Recent Review:

Contributed by losthoo
"I had twenty hours between flights from Tashkent to NY so I saw Istanbul during the day and returned to the airport at night to sleep and catch my flight out in the morning. I watched part of a Turkish soccer qualifier at an airport bar and then moved up to the main level where i was able to spread out on a few seats. There were several families nearby doing the same thing. I was woken once by a cleaning lady who was quite nice and apologetic and security didn't care that i was there sleeping. The guy at customs did get a kick when he asked me where i spent the night and i pointed to a corner of the airport. Wouldn't hesitate to sleep there again."

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  Istanbul Sabiha Airport

Celebrating airport sleeping since July 11, 1996
Last updated December 27, 2008

 

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