I’m always wondering about going places to take good aircraft photos and consequently wonder about the best hotels and accomodation affording the best views of airports and flightpaths.
There have been some great shots taken on beaches and from hotel balconies etc. So where are these places and what’s the accomodation called ?
Let’s get an international list of the best “plane” places to book into by your nearest airport.
I’ll start with mine, GLA. The airport Holiday Inn outside the main terminal has great views facing North onto the airport and offers pretty good photo and spotting opportunities at all times of the day. It’s about ten storey’s high, so you can see right over the terminal to the domestic and international ramps as well as unrestricted views of the runway in both directions.
Now what about those great Lanzarote hotels ? Let’s have some info from you guys. 😀
By: mikeconnell - 16th September 2003 at 22:19
Originally posted by airbusbaby
The Renaissance Heathrow is great if you can get a room at the back of the hotel looking onto the runway, obviously the higher floors are better!
They’re always happy to accommodate requests for rooms overlooking the runway – these are actually the rooms that many people ask not to be in.
You can earn miles for many major airlines by staying there too 🙂
Mike
By: G-OJET - 16th September 2003 at 19:16
The Renaissance Heathrow is great if you can get a room at the back of the hotel looking onto the runway, obviously the higher floors are better!
Also, there is a fairly new Holiday Inn on the Bath Road near the BA Compass Centre, it also has some rooms with a good view of the approach and touchdown at LHR.
By: steve rowell - 16th September 2003 at 02:58
Originally posted by bartboy
If you ever get to Las Vegas try the San Remo Hotel, Room 954 for great views of all the runways. I asked for a room overlooking the airport wasnt sure how it would be viewed post 9/11 but they gave me a great room, spent as much time watching the planes as watching the dice or cards .
The excalibur has great views of the whole airport
By: bartboy - 15th September 2003 at 17:19
If you ever get to Las Vegas try the San Remo Hotel, Room 954 for great views of all the runways. I asked for a room overlooking the airport wasnt sure how it would be viewed post 9/11 but they gave me a great room, spent as much time watching the planes as watching the dice or cards .
By: steve rowell - 15th September 2003 at 02:16
There is a Travelodge at Melb airport with great views of Rwy 27L and the Qantas domestic terminal.
By: Nationwide Air - 14th September 2003 at 21:17
Hi,
You could try the Royal Hotel at Kerkyra (Corfu) – Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU / LGKR). It is very close to the runway, and it is also very cheap to stay there. It is shown on the picture below.
By: Thomas Cook - 14th September 2003 at 20:42
Hi,
As well as the Raddisson SAS Hotel at MAN you could also try the “Airport Hotel” near Terminal 3. You can get great views of Approaches and Take off rolls from here.
Thanks
Thomas Cook
By: wannabe pilot - 14th September 2003 at 15:53
In Lanzarote, the Beatriz playa is extremely close to the airport. You may have seen my thread, ‘lanzarote holiday report’ which had photos from the beach, well the Beatriz playa is on that beach. From my balcony at another hotel I could get the registrations of the aircraft with binoculars, and the Beatriz playa was twice as close. This red arrow on the photo shows the Beatriz playa. However, the Beatriz Playa is 4 star and is very expensive, the hotel where I stayed in was in an excellent location, was a nice clean hotel and was a good price, it was called the Morro Mar appartments. The yellow arrow shows the Morro Mar appartments.
By: adamwri - 14th September 2003 at 15:29
Try the Raddisson at Manchester the rooms at the back have great views over the apron.I stayed overnight en route to the Dominican Republic and watched the comings and goings with a clear view:D
Regards
AW
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