Some airports make a long layover more appealing than others; I’ve gladly spent hours at the Korean spa inside Seoul’s Incheon International Airport.
But for the most part, airports can be expensive and uncomfortable. Particularly in this era of unpredictable flight schedules and understaffed food courts, escaping the building may be the best use of your idle time.
You could go small, like ditching Los Angeles International Airport to get tacos in Inglewood, or have a distilled vacation, like the recent 26-hour layover I used to explore Istanbul on my way back from Africa.
