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Pleasant night
     by olavoamaral (April, 2013)
Reason for Stay: Connection between flights
Where: Airside
Pros: Nice people, lots of quite sleeping space in terminal 3 during the night.
Cons: Terminal 1 is cramped. Lots of people everywhere before 2 a.m.
Just spent the night in terminal 3, following this website's advice. It's very quiet after 2 a.m. (although it is busy up to that time), and Etihad and airport personnel were very nice: while I was sleeping on the floor, they actually apologized for making noise, and told me I could get a blanket from them at the transfer desk if I wished. The food court is nice and the free wi-fi might be the best I have seen in an airport yet. There are also multiple lounges and a hotel in terminal 1, as well as some weird coccoon-like things in terminal 3 (near the children's play area) which will close up around you with a mattress and a TV if you pay by credit card. All of these options looked pretty expensive for me (the hotel went for 185 USD a night), but the carpet and reclined chairs in terminal 3 are free and worked fine for me.Was this Helpful?
Spacious, silent and clean
by Bosmanlechu (February, 2013)
Reason for Stay: Connection between flights
Where: Airside
Pros: Silent, clean and comfortable
Cons: Very cold!
Very good airport to sleep. We spent here over 20 hours: from 6.30 Am to 2.30 am next day. Airport is not so busy, there are a lot of space for seat or sleep. The best place to sleep is in the 3rd terminal close the gates. Go ahead main corridor (100 m), find reclined chairs between gates (gates are closed) and lay down on the floor with sleeping bag. Nobody will disturb you.
There is very cold beceause of aircon. Wear a cup on your head!
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Head for Terminal 3
by rossh89 (May, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Connection between flights
Where: Airside
Pros: Lots of empty gates, with full access to all seating
Cons: Limited shopping
I landed in Abu Dhabi at 1:15am with a connecting flight at 9:30am.
The new Terminal 3 is for Etihad flights only, and as an Etihad passenger I went through security into Terminal 3. When I asked, the staff were more than happy for me to enter the terminal, despite not flying out from there in the morning.
The shopping is limited here, but they do have a food village on the first floor which is open 24/7 and served fairly decent food.
The best thing about this Terminal was that you can wander into the five gates closest to the duty free area with no-one worrying about you. It seems the last flight is around 2:40am, with nothing until around 8:00am the next morning.
Some of these gates have reclined seats, and nearly all were deserted. Each has a TV and quite bright lighting, so I would recommend following signs for the Childre continued >>7 people found this review helpful Was this Helpful?
Welcome to "the Vase"
by Suzzles (December, 2008)
Reason for Stay: Connection between flights
Where: Landside and Airside
Abu Dhabi airport resembles a large vase, you really won't understand until you are in it. It is very small, stuffy and claustrophobic, and very very busy, no matter what time of day it is. If you need to crash here, I would definitely recommend buying four hours in the Al Ghazal lounge (around USD20). They will serve you free food and drink, there are showers, free internet and TV. You can crash in the chairs and the staff announce flights ready for boarding regularly.
Having said all of that, last time I was there the women's shower handle was broken, so I went into the aiport hotel instead (you can also buy four hours here) which is much nicer than Al Ghazal (which is also sometimes booked out). The airport hotel also has a room full of reclinable chairs that you can crash out in with blankets, which is awesome. I slept in there for continued >>5 people found this review helpful Was this Helpful?
Upgrades needed!
by canberracanuck (September, 2008)
Reason for Stay: Connection between flights
Where: Landside and Airside
This would have been a really dull stop-over if I hadn't been brave enough to get a temp visa so I could take a taxi and go see the local skating rink. I was worried by the announcement before disembarking that it was Ramadan, and eating in public during the day was not permitted, but the fast food outlets in the terminal seemed to be ignoring that rule. The weirdest thing was that although there were about a dozen terminals available for free internet access, there was nowhere to buy a book or a newspaper! There is a hotel right inside the terminal which is fairly expensive considering the quality of the rooms, but the dome-shaped departure hall (with its quite pretty but non-sound-deadening mosaic ceiling) amplified all noises and made it impossible to rest quietly. I suspect this smallish terminal will get upgraded if Etihad continues continued >>Was this Helpful?
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