From flea infestations to filthy toilets, overzealous security guards and bird poo, some 6,200 travelers have revealed the world’s top 10 worst airports to sleep in, according to a surveyconducted by sleepinginairports.com.

For the entire list, see the list below, but among the top five, Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport came in as the worst! Wow, we’re shocked into speechlessness….! Are you kidding, the Belly Achers can barely stomach walking from one gate to another on transit, let alone even contemplatingsleeping there.

There were of course some shining stars too, at the other end of the spectrum, but we reckon this kind of happy, smiley stuff is not suitable for the Belly Ache page! Well okay, just one. Not surprisingly the best rated airport to sleep in was Singapore’s Changi Airport (Seoul Incheon and Amsterdam Schiphol came second and third). The only problem we foreseenow, is that while the good folks running Changi rightly enjoy basking in the glory ofan ever-increasing stack of ‘best this’ and‘best that’ airport awards, they’re probablynot going to be so happy with the sleepingaccolade.

This is Singapore afterall, the place where public benches appear to be designed to deny lazy louts from snoozing in public, thereby sullying the city-state’s reputation in some way. The Belly Achers are now holding an office pool (shhh, that’s also banned!) as to when the Changi taskmasters are going to start plastering “No Sleeping!” signs around Changi’s four terminals, lest they slip in the ‘real’ rankings!

So here’s the down-and-dirty…

1. Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris
Slammed by travelers as the dirtiest airport in the world and “worse than a Third World airport”, CDG was reviewed as being “smelly, hot, full of homeless people, lacks comfortable seating and is prone to losing luggage.”

“I could not believe the filth from hell, the bathrooms were worse than some I have seen in Africa! Smell of urine all over the floor, faeces on the walls, toilet paper all over the place and rude workers,” said one traveler who added : “All the terminals were full of homeless people who smelled bad and touched themselves in inappropriate places.” Eeewwhhh!

2. Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow
SVO has been described as a dark, dirty cave with limited and uncomfortable seating, long lines, unhelpful staff and expensive food. One traveler dubbed it “hell on earth”.

“(My wife) moved from her bench after a woman nearby vomited. Several hours later my wife passed the spot and the vomit had not been cleaned,” one traveler said.

3. JFK Airport, New York Travelers found JFK overcrowded, dirty and uncomfortable. “JFK was probably the most confusing and filthy airport terminal I have ever been in,” said one.

4. Los Angeles Airport Reviewers said LAX has dirty bathrooms, metal benches, is cold, and there are frequent and loud announcements. “At 1am a security guard woke me and told me I had to leave because the airport was closed’,” said one reviewer.

5. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
This airport has been described as being full of mosquitoes and birds, filthy, crowded, has poor signage and frequent announcements that increase at night. “Had to change in the toilet which made the one in Trainspotting look like the Ritz,” a reviewer said. “It was dirty, with an allpervasive smell of sweet, over powering phenyl which they use for disinfecting. The departure lounge has this odour mixed with that of cigarettes,” another said.

6. O’Hare International Airport, Chicago Sleepy travelers have been warned away from this “dirty” and noisy Chicago airport. “I believe it would be easier to sleep in the engine of a plane than to sleep in this place,” said one.

7. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
A lack of food and shops open at night, “beyond disgusting” toilets, and poor air conditioning turns travelers off this airport. “The heat and smell was ominous as soon as I left the plane,” one traveler said. “There is nothing to do at the Mumbai airport. There are no shops in the main part of the terminal. Chilled (sweated, actually) on a chair for about 10 hours…the seating area was rather dirty,” another said.

8. Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila
If visiting this “chaotic” airport be prepared for people wanting bribes, tourists warn. “Everywhere everyone asks for bribes. Never offer them anything. Act as if you do not know what they are saying and just walk past them,” a resident Filipino said.

9. Leonardo da Vinci – Fiumicino Airport, Rome
Frequent announcements, bird poo and the tendency to be kicked out at night have turned travelers off this airport. “Birds live in the ceiling so look out for falling bird crap and bird crap on the seats,” one traveler said.

10. Heathrow Airport, London
Several travelers complained about flea infestations, as well as smelly carpets, confusing signs, a general dirtiness and lack of places to lie down. “My god… I would sooner eat my own face than sleep here again. I was contemplating suicide at3.30am,” one traveler said.