Rating airports with the best views from the window

Conducted among visitors to the site vote in 2014 ended with the victory of the airport of Nice. The main city of the Côte d'Azur regained the title from last year's favorite - Saint-Martin.
The list of the most beloved travelers panoramas also includes views of the airport Barra (Scotland), Rio de Janeiro, Gibraltar, Squamish (Canada), London.
Initially, the list of candidates thus the panorama of Sochi airport, but to recruit the necessary number of votes, the Russian city failed.

Airplane landing over Maho beach on the island of Saint Martin (Photo: St. Martin Tourism Bureau / AP)
Rare traveler remains indifferent when his plane is going to land at Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. It would have to fly right over the heads of holidaymakers vacationing on the beach Maho.





Airport Nice Côte d'Azur (Photo: Eric Gaillard / Reuters)
Tourists are always impressed when under the wing of the famous Mediterranean azure hue suddenly replaced by mountain peaks of the Alps. Travelers mesmerizing smooth coastline and numerous snow-white yacht, which has a small height can be seen on the water.



The sandy beach in the immediate vicinity of the airport Barra (Photo: Cara Anna / AP)
Those who happened to land at the airport in Barra in Scotland are sure this kind of amazing the world is no more. Before staring in amazement portholes tourists floating mountains and beaches, turquoise waters, ancient castle, and, finally, a sandy beach, on which the plane lands.



Landmarks Airport Squamish (Photo: Andy Clark / Reuters)
Squamish Airport Canadian, a small town in the province of British Columbia, cozy gripped between hills covered with dense forests, snow-capped peaks of high mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Passengers feel this place really unique.



Panorama of Rio de Janeiro (Photo: Felipe Dana / AP)
Do travelers breath when looking out the window, they finally see with their own eyes the Guanabara Bay, Sugarloaf Mountain and the lights of Rio.



London City Airport (Photo: Alastair Grant / AP)
Flying up to the London airports serving mainly business aircraft may be time to explore the many attractions of the city. Passengers think that kind of just superb: the plane makes a circle during the approach, allowing to fully appreciate the beauty of the British capital, to admire its business district Canary Wharf.



The runway at the airport of Gibraltar (Photo: Javier Barbancho / AP)
Many seasoned travelers neighborhood called Gibraltar Airport the most amazing in the world. And no wonder: it is one of the few airports where the runway crosses the highway. Cars wait patiently when the plane will fly by. Then, rapid set speed - and the car will start with a short runway, for which only the ocean.



McCarran Airport, Las Vegas (Photo: Julie Jacobson / AP)
Probably anyone who saw the Vegas panorama at least once on the screen in Hollywood films. But in the movies, but in reality the vicinity of the city's airport even more beautiful. According to the testimony of travelers, there is always good weather and there is a lot to see during takeoff and landing, because the airport is located directly in the city center. In 2013, the kinds airport took fifth place in the rankings, but in 2014 were not included in the top list.



Landmarks Airport Jackson Hole in Wyoming (Photo: Price Chambers / Reuters)
In 1940, nestled at the foot Teton Mountains of Wyoming Airport was recognized as a national monument. In 2012, travelers have awarded him honorary kinds of third place, but in 2014 Jackson Hole was out dozens of tourist sympathies.



The airport in Male, Maldives (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP)
Types of neighborhoods of the airport is consistently ranked among the most exciting in the world. And how else, if clear blue water, white sand and tropical vegetation looms almost to the runway? In 2014, the airport in Male types not included in the top ten most beautiful, but tourists appreciated them pretty high.



Source: lenta.ru

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