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Popular Transportation | Other Transportation Tips | All Tips (31) From Aleppo I took the train together with Morgan and Katjalin from France (and Firas was there to say goodbye to us). We got seats in second class, which have quite hard seats with straight backs. First class looks much more comfortable with soft seats which you can lean back in and with air-condition. Unfortunately there were no seats left there.
I wanted to buy something to drink on the train but there was nothing. But luckly when the train stopped, sellers entered to sell soft drinks.
It took about 3,5 hours to go to Latakia. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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Between the Tourist Office and the museum lies the beginning of the Baron Street, soon crossed by the al Kouwatly Street. In this part of town, there are hotels, travel agencies, transport company office, as well as some restaurants and food shops and cool fruit juice bars decorated with garlands of oranges and multi-colored jars. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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The Damascus road ends in a wide esplanade leading up to the ramparts of the old city - the first houses rise above their towers. Beneath them are little shops and stalls. To the right are the bus station and a vast open market always thronged with people. To the left, behind the flowerbeds is the Tourist Information Office. Opposite, is a large, low simple building that houses a rich collection of the archaeological museum. It can be identified by some mythological animals on the lawns outside. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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In the other direction the al Kouwatly street crosses the al Gassa- niyn street (sometimes called the Tilal street), on of the busiest streets in Aleppo. On the right, it widens to form a square, the Bab al Faraj, whose clock- tower has served at least as a landmark and from here; one can easily reach either the old city or the museum. The al Gassa-niyn to the left skirts the Jdeideh, "old houses" quarter, with its marvelously decorated courtyards. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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A left turn from the Baron street into the al Kouwatly street brings us to a wide esplanade recently planted out as public gardens, dominated by the Post Office and bordered on the north by a public park. The river Quweiq flows through it and it is famous for its floral displays. (It is dry today because Turkey stopped its flow years ago. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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When traveling on excursions through the Dead Cities area or other regions outside the city of Aleppo, a shared van may be the only practical option. Most rural areas have public transport, but if skipping from ruin to ruin, waiting for the van to come by can be time consuming. There's no more expensive time than tourists time, so bargain for a van with the help of the hotel. It's also possible to find a driver on the street and pursuade him to spend his day driving you around. Either way, the price and amount of fuel used greatly controls the price of the excursion, so calculate this first. Then, find other travelers to help fill-up the van to help reduce individual cost. The driver's time is worth something too, so bargain for a full day, so that he doesn't rush you from site to site. It's also important for the driver to know the route as many of these roads are poorly marked or marked in Arabic script. Generally, a full van should cost the individual passenger about a dollar per hour, so a full day per person should cost about $8 to $10-, depending upon fuel costs. Watch the gas meter when the driver fuels up... Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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The Luxury Bus Station (Ibrahim Hanano) in Aleppo is less then a km away from the Clock Tower.
In Aleppo I stayed at Spring Flower Hostel and they wanted to sell me a ticket to Hamah with a morning bus and said there were no others. But of course there are, and I went to the busstation to buy one for a later bus (so I could visit the museum first). The busride to Hamah took about two and a half hours and there the bus stopped close to the tourist office (which is not too far from Cairo Hotel and Riad Hotel). In July 2002 I paid 65 SP from Aleppo to Hamah (big bus with broken AC). Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Buses to Aleppo leaves from Karajat Harasta in Damascus. To go to Harasta you can take a microbus from Sharia Soukri al-Quwatli for 5 SP. It is the microbus with green signs that are going to Harasta.
From Harasta buses are leaving for Aleppo every hour. The bus company I travelled with had buses leaving every hour from 6.00 to 20.00. The bus ride between Damascus and Aleppo took 4,5 hours and was 125 SP. On the bus water is served (and a candy).
In Aleppo the bus did not stop at Karajat Hanano (Ibrahim Hanano) as it used to do, but futher away from the centre, close to the stadion. The first taxidriver wanted to have 200 SP. I said 25 SP (chamsa wa ashrin) which is the right tax for taxises within Aleppo. I found a driver who agreed to take me for 25 SP but he changed his mind in the car. When I wanted to go out of the car he changed to 25 SP again. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Driving to Aleppo through the Damascus road coming from Homs, Hama and Idleb can be a little boring due to its monotonous landscape. The hill at the entrance of Aleppo hides the city completely. Once the driver starts to descend through the suburbs people will be certainly surprised by the romantic feeling of the city. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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Book a flight on Onur Air from Istanbul to Adana, in southern Turkey. I paid $92 for a roundtrip flight. Taking a bus would be slightly cheaper, but you save a day's worth of travel. From Adana's airport, take a taxi to the bus station. There are frequent buses to Antakya/Hatay. This will take three hours. It's a nice ride through the mountains and some stretches offer views of the Mediterranean Sea. I advise staying in Antakya at least one night so you can visit St. Peter's church. The next day, you can either take a bus or a service taxi to Aleppo. It will take three hours, which includes the time spent crossing the border and customs.
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