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  • Qamishlo to Damas and Vise versa
      Qamishlo to Damas and Vise versa
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Damascus to Beirut

by Clara_Louise

Travelling Between Beirut and DamascusThree options- bus, service taxi or private taxi.Best option- Service taxi- $10 one way.Service taxis depart from the bus station in each city (check with a local for the name of the station in Damascus as there are multiple). The drivers will find you when you arrive! There may be a small amount of haggling over the price, but $10 seemed standard when I visited. You buy a seat in a taxi and the other three passenger seats will be filled before you depart. If you are a solo girl it is unusual to take the front seat unless there are also women in the back. The driver stops at the border whilst you have your passport and visa checked or whilst you obtain a visa, then continues to the other bus station. It's the quickest and simplest way to travel and taxis leave regularly as it is a popular journey.Bus- cheaper but think how long you could be waiting...

organised tours

by photonina

I rented the car in Riad Hotel in Hamah for to take me to Krak. The driver was about 60 years old arab man, who was feeding me with sweets during all trip. very pleasant person! in 5 minutes after meeting him I thought: I wish he would be my grandfather! :)) I mean I have great grandfather but ... you know!I never asked but he took me to St. Georges monastery and to Assasin castle. He offered it himself. when I said I don't want to bother him much, he said: no, no it's very close. It was not very close! But it WAs very pleasant of him!Here it is his car's picture. just ask the 1952 year white Pontiac in Riad Hotel (Hamah) or Citadel Hotel (Palmyra).. maybe even in other places also, but I know only this two places you can contact him. The driver's name is Abdul. and he is great driver. you can trust him!oh, oh, almost forgot: if it's winter the guy has great heating in his car and also,...

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Train Slow but Sure

by Mcclovis

I only used the train to travel from Aleppo to Lattakia. Trains in Syria are old, basic and infrequent and the railway network is not extensive. However this particular trip was memorable. It was my first time on a train. The views were spectacular: mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, forests, plains, lakes, fields, olive trees, flocks of sheep, farms, highways, remote villages, bridges and tunnels. I have been told that in winter everything is blanketed in white and in spring the countryside is all draped in a more lusciuos green. (I will take photos when I return at that time of year.) Incidentally this particular trip also passes very close to the Turkish border.Photo is taken by Rami , a talented but modest photographer.

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Coach for travel around Syria

by Mcclovis

The best way to travel from Damascus to the major cities around Syria and neighbouring countries is by coach. Several companies work around the clock providing comfortable transport from either the Haraste Terminal (known as Haraste Pullman to taxi drivers) or Baramke depending whether you are going to the North or to the South of Damascus. For instance Aleppo is to the North of Damascus so you take the coach from Haraste.The major bus companies have offices in the cities from where you can buy tickets (recommended for most trips especially those for Damascus after a weekend) or else you can buy it from the terminal. You have to show your passport to buy the ticket, presumably for insurance purposes. Seat numbers are assigned and you can always ask a fellow passenger to point out the seat for you if you do not understand Arabic.Tickets cost from SYP100 upwards.

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Microbus

by Mcclovis

Microbuses or Service are the small minivans with sliding doors which hurtle through traffic and pick up and/or let off passengers along set routes. I spent a month and a half in Damascus but I could never understand fully how these set routes functioned. Poring over detailed city maps or asking Damascenes did not help much.Finally, working my slow wit to the max, I began to realize there were special areas called Karajat (Garages) and the destinations were written, in Arabic, on the top of the bus. So far so good. But then some drivers decided to take shortcuts or take detours to accommodate certain passengers. On the plus side, they stopped wherever I wanted them to, not just at bus stop signs and the drivers were usually helpful if you understand Arabic. You can also sit next to the driver which felt like I'm driving for me since I come from a RHD country.They are very cheap: just...

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Visa at Damascus Airport

by Mcclovis

Since I am a Maltese citizen and there is no Syrian embassy in my country, I had no problems getting a visa at the airport. It did not take long. Arrival = change about US$72 for visa at exchange desk = pay passport official the US$-made-SYP = passport gets stamped = immigration card (filled on aeroplane) stamped = soldier opens gate = collect luggage = customs (symbolic search of big luggage) = arrivals hall = meet my friend Rami (smiles all around :o))I arrived at 1:00am after a delay of about 3 hours at Larnaca Airport so maybe that helped reduce the hassle somewhat. Sorry Rami for having kept you awake waiting for me...

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Getting around Syria

by midnight_mike

Unless you are traveling to the northeast part of Syria, you will never spend more than five hours on a bus in Syria. That is how long it takes to get from Aleppo to Damascus. In most bus stations, everything is written in Arabic. Before you check out of your hotel, have someone from the front desk write down the name of the bus station in Arabic and English. Also have them write down the name of your destination. After buying your bus tickets, have the ticket agent write the bus and platform numbers down. Better yet, you might try to convince him to walk you to the right spot. The quality of the buses varies greatly. None are too extravagant.

Taxis are like the wind..they're everywhere.

by RblWthACoz

Taxis are very inexpensive in Syria...though they will usually try to charge the foreigners more. The fare is usually 25 pounds. All taxis are yellow and smaller and tend to be newer vehicles. They are everywhere and you can't miss them.

Taxis

by Janani

I used the taxis quite often to get between my hotels and the train or bus stations. There were always plenty around even in quiet areas and I never had trouble finding one, even during busy times of the day. Usually, when I said that I was planning to take a taxi, a local person from the train, bus or hotel would tell me the approximate price for the journey and most of the taxi drivers were very fair and just asked for the price I had been told to expect. Of course one or two did try to make some extra money by asking for more than the usual amount but they would usually reduce their demand eventually. The prices seemed very low anyway, in comparison to London!What I did find annoying was that so many of them did not know the areas that they worked in well and relied on their passengers to be able to give directions to their destination. When they had trouble finding a place they would...

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Taxi in Syria

by photonina

Taxi is really cheap there. around cities (like Aleppo, Damas) generaly the prise is 1 USD (50 SP). In Damascus from bus station to the center of the city they took about 75 SP. Also, from the center of Damas to the mountain near the city (with beautiful view on the city) they took 150 SP (3 USD).taxi drivers don't know english, you should know the name of the place in arabic. sometimes I had the name of the place written in arabic on the paper to show that to a taxi driver. which was easiest way for me, to tell you the truth.still, some of them can try to take more then usual from you.. some of them are asking for "bakhshish".. so it's better to know approximate cost for taxi to the place in advance before you take taxi. try to ask locals about that.

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