Hilton HHonors - airport hiltons which are walkable

i am developing a new fetish for hiltons which dont even need a courtesy bus to get to, such as heathrow and chicago..anyone know any more?

Hi,

Boston Logan Hilton is accessible from Terminal E and A via the parking garage walkway.

Also Hilton Edinburgh airport is walkable on a resonable day( ie not raining very heavily) as it is around a 5minute walk along the sidewalk (pavement) from the Terminal building ( they do have a courtesy car if needed)

Regards
TBS

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Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

1. Gatwick is connected.
2. Seattle is very close. It is walkable if you have an umbrella and only 1 rollerbag. It is about 4 blocks from baggage claim and 2 blocks from the airport entrance.
3. Chicago O'Hare
4. Melbourne (Victoria, not Florida)
X. Houston IAH and DTW - I think they are Marriott's. PIT is Hyatt???

FCO is nice for this also, has a covered walkway.

Wichita, if a walk across the parking lot isn't too much. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Mike

Hilton Copenhagen Airport

Hilton Manchester Airport

lol, much obliged!! this gives food for thought..

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2. Seattle is very close. It is walkable if you have an umbrella and only 1 rollerbag. It is about 4 blocks from baggage claim and 2 blocks from the airport entrance.
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Not a Hilton but the same for the Doubeltree (closer to the south end of the terminal than the north end).

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X. Houston IAH and DTW - I think they are Marriott's. PIT is Hyatt???
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The airport hotel @ IAH is a Marriott.

TYS, Knoxville

There is a covered walkway which is about 100 yards long. The hotel overlooks the apron at one end of the terminal.

Jason

Hilton Montreal Airport by Dorval airport

Montreal, Canada - YUL

A five-minute walk. Although without a sidewalk it seems kind of wierd walking against oncoming traffic. And few people actually do.

The best way if you wish to walk is to cross the parking lot toward the Petro-Canada gas/petrol station and then cross the road towards the hotel.

You can see the hotel from almost anywhere on airport grounds, so you can't really get lost.

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Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh, NC Dont know for sure how far of a walk, staying there next I will count the steps http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Great thread idea :)

MEX Hilton is within the terminal building.

The airport hotel @ IAH is a Marriott.


And DTW is a Westin...

Paris CDG.

Paris CDG.

That is a big reach. CDG Hilton is not accessible except from that little T9. From T1 or 2 you take the shuttle to the train station, and can walk from there.

Sometimes walking/running to the MCI Hilton seems like it would be faster than waiting for that d*mned shuttle. It's maybe three miles away - I know I've waited a heckuva lot longer than 20 minutes for that stupid van.

What hotels are at DFW? I think there are two, one of which is a Hyatt. (Or are they both Hyatts?)

What hotels are at DFW? I think there are two, one of which is a Hyatt. (Or are they both Hyatts?)

Both Hyatts.

Sometimes walking/running to the MCI Hilton seems like it would be faster than waiting for that d*mned shuttle. It's maybe three miles away - I know I've waited a heckuva lot longer than 20 minutes for that stupid van.

OT: MCI Hilton shuttle supposedly runs on schedule - every 30 minutes, so 20+ wait is nothing particularly unusual.

OT: MCI Hilton shuttle supposedly runs on schedule - every 30 minutes, so 20+ wait is nothing particularly unusual.

Well, there ya go! :) If you are staying at the airport Hilton, bring your running shoes...

But don't do it right now: nasty storms are on the way...

The Hilton at the Austin, Texas airport is on the airport grounds, but I wouldn't consider it walkable from the terminal, especially in the summer Texas heat.

One more. The El Paso, TX Hilton is right across the airport parking lot, 200 yards from the terminal.

i am developing a new fetish for hiltons which dont even need a courtesy bus to get to, such as heathrow and chicago..anyone know any more?

Sorry for asking this question 20+ posts deep, but what on earth brought on this fetish for airport Hiltons? :) I find airport hotels of any brand are dark and depressing - the Hiltons actually a bit worse than most. :eek: (I like a lot of HHonors properties - just not airport Hiltons and Doubletrees.)

If some of these hotels offered great photography opportunities of incoming/departing aircraft, I might feel differently. But most of 'em don't...they are just dreary places for people who got stuck in the wrong place overnight. Even the two airline pilots I know try desperately to avoid them whenever their layover is long enough to allow it.

Marriott is in the terminal in TPA, FL :)

i am developing a new fetish for hiltons which dont even need a courtesy bus to get to, such as heathrow and chicago..anyone know any more?
Well, if you're from Australia, I dunno if you'll ever have a chance to use this airport, but BUR (Burbank CA, an alternate airport for Los Angeles) has a Hilton across the street that you can walk to in a few minutes (you have to cross one main intersection, with crosswalks and pedestrian signal lights) that offers airport parking (it's from that aspect that I know how easily walkable it is, given that I live in Los Angeles).

(BUR is mostly used by people flying domestic low-cost carrier Southwest, as that's the dominant airline there.)

There are some hotels which are a half dozenish minute walk from Terminal 1 at LAX, but they're not Hiltons and I don't remember offhand what they are. (They would be the ones on Century Blvd closest to the airport.) But Terminal 1 only serves Southwest, America West, and US Air, and other terminals are somewhat-to-substantially further around the airport U-shaped "loop". I doubt, for example, that many people wouldn't want to walk all the way from the terminals used by most international carriers (they're mostly toward the inside of the U, whereas terminals 1 and 7 are at the ends of the U) and then on down Century Blvd to their hotel.

BUR (Burbank CA, an alternate airport for Los Angeles) has a Hilton across the street that you can walk to in a few minutes (you have to cross one main intersection, with crosswalks and pedestrian signal lights) that offers airport parking (it's from that aspect that I know how easily walkable it is, given that I live in Los Angeles).

(BUR is mostly used by people flying domestic low-cost carrier Southwest, as that's the dominant airline there.)


Also has an Amtrak station across the street and AA flies to BUR. I'm actually staying there next month and the proximity to both rail and air transportation was a large factor in the decision - didn't want to rent a car to get from train to hotel to airport, so the Hilton was perfect.

Not Hilton (per se) - Embassy Suites AND Garden Inn at PWM.

Slight walk (about 5-10 minutes) out of the airport. Garden Inn is slightly closer than Embassy Suites.

OT: MCI Hilton shuttle runs on schedule - every 30 minutes, so 20+ wait is nothing particularly unusual.

Quick update: it now runs every 15 minutes, so hopefully, long wait will be a thing of the past.

Sorry for asking this question 20+ posts deep, but what on earth brought on this fetish for airport Hiltons? :) I find airport hotels of any brand are dark and depressing - the Hiltons actually a bit worse than most. :eek: (I like a lot of HHonors properties - just not airport Hiltons and Doubletrees.)

If some of these hotels offered great photography opportunities of incoming/departing aircraft, I might feel differently. But most of 'em don't...they are just dreary places for people who got stuck in the wrong place overnight. Even the two airline pilots I know try desperately to avoid them whenever their layover is long enough to allow it.
I would presume time. This fetish, if you'll note, is for hotels you can WALK to from the airport, not for airport hotels period. The point is, if time is precious to you upon landing (or prior to takeoff), those endless courtesy buses and their erratic schedules are annoying for airport hotels, rental cars, etc. But at some airports you can rent a car from SOME companies without taking a shuttle or get to SOME hotel without taking a shuttle or get from SOME airport parking without taking a shuttle.

Since almost all my flights are personal (not business), I don't tend to bother with airport hotels that often simply since I almost always get a rental car. But I can relate to the question in this thread because of the fact that when flying OUT I much prefer airport parking I can walk to the termianl from (ParkOne at LAX, and the Burbank Hilton at BUR) than parking I have to shuttle from.

But OTOH I find the view outside the hotel (out the window) fairly uninspiring at MOST affordable hotels (it's usually a view of the hotel parking lot and the other hotels next door!), and just close the blinds. So I woulld rarely if ever choose a hotel primarily dependent on the view (usually that involves paying $$$ more in most locations!).

Hilton Irvine is right across the street from John Wayne (Orange County) airport (La area) - definitely walkable if you find the right place to cross the street.

i am developing a new fetish for hiltons which dont even need a courtesy bus to get to, such as heathrow and chicago..anyone know any more?

Very close to home for you is Melbourne Airport Hilton. VERY new/modern and directly above the short term car park.

Those LAX ones have long been in my mind as possibilities. I quite like that boulevarde as it is part of the inglewood township and has a little bit of life. Ive ofen thought i should test out the walk. I am not certain I 'can' walk this, or even if I 'may' walk it; this may be another matter. I have never actually walked into an airport. Are there any footpaths? Is one permitted to do this?
I took a stroll once from the Hotel Nikko in NRT..wow, talk about taking one's life in one's hands!! nothing vaguely resembling a footpath and a very narrow road to the small shop i could see in the distance. Thanks,everyone for contributing to this thread!

One more. The El Paso, TX Hilton is right across the airport parking lot, 200 yards from the terminal.

That hotel is now a Wyndham (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=631076)

Just to revive this rather old thread:
Roma FCO is connected by walkway to the terminal buildings much like the the LHR Hilton. There's a shuttle bus too for those with baggage.

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