LOCATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport offers travelers a way to unwind and relax before their flights.

Construction on the airport began in 1966, and the doors opened in March 1974. CDG is a desirable gateway for travelers looking to fly close to Paris. The 20-mile trip into Paris takes most passengers about 30 minutes. The airport, less than two hours by plane from every major city in Western Europe, services a number of the region’s longer flights.

CDG handles about 65 million passengers each year, with the capability to serve nearly 80 million. About 31.9 percent of those passengers catch connecting flights to any of the 329 cities the airport serves. In May alone, 6.1 million passengers made their way through CDG. The hub is well-equipped to deal with the traffic flow in terms of its ability to transport passengers and keep patrons engaged and entertained before their flights.

Three main terminals handle arrivals and departures at CDG, enabling up to 120 aircraft movements each hour. The groundbreaking parallel runway system makes it possible to support this many movements, up from 118 each hour in 2015.

CDG offers six locations where anxious and weary travelers can escape for some 1980s nostalgia, due to a partnership between Paris Aéroport and Néo Legend arcades. The stations provide free access to games popular between the 1980s and today, giving adults and children something to do while waiting for their flights. Continuing with the theme of providing video games to entertain passengers, a number of locations throughout CDG allow passengers to indulge in Playstation games, thanks to a partnership with the company.

This focus on keeping travelers entertained does not stop with a few arcade games. The airport announced in May it will provide free yoga nidra classes to travelers waiting for their flights through August.

“Based on visualization and meditation, yoga nidra is suitable for all ages. It helps to relieve tension and to let your body and mind drift gradually into holiday mode,” a release announcing the initiative said. Throughout the summer the program will offer more than 680 hours of yoga to travelers through the airport, exemplifying the airport’s commitment to wellness.

Arts and culture are highlighted in the airport. Art exhibitions, ongoing in the Charles de Gaulle terminals, do their best to support French creation and explore French heritage. Art, as part of the travel experience, is everywhere in CDG, according to the CDG website. Artwork currently on display in Terminal 1 features the “Paris, Peinture and Photo” exhibition, highlighting artists’ views of Paris from different time periods.