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Driving youself

by TheWanderingCamel

Driving yourself around Syria is probably the best way to go if you want to make the most of your time and get to out-of-the-way places.The roads are reasonable and, apart from the Damascus/Aleppo and Latakia/Aleppo Highways, they are rarely very busy once you get out of the cities.Driving in Damascus and Aleppo can be a little daunting at first, but take it carefully, watch out for the signs, be prepared to go around the roundabouts more than once, don't panic, do as our friend Ahmed advised us "You must learn to use the horn, Mr L" and you'll be fine.Signage is adequate, with road signs in both Arabic and English. Sometimes, way out in the country, they may seem to disappear, but just as you think you've taken a wrong turn, another one will appear - a bit rusty and battered maybe, but still there.The German Freytag and Berndt map of Syria is excellent.We rented with Europcar and were...

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Bus

by MalenaN

The price to a destination depends on what kind of bus you take. There are the microbuses (often white), the old buses and the more luxury buses with air-condition.Aleppo to Hamah: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 bus station to buy one for a later bus (so I could visit the museum first). The bus ride 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).Hamah to Palmyra:Going to Palmyra from Hamah I first took a microbus from Hamah to Homs. The microbus station in Hamah is about 1 km away from Cairo Hotel where I stayed. At the station the ticket could not be bought on the bus but at an office next to the bus. To Homs the price was less than 20 SP....

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Fancy Ride

by morgr

While the large coach buses are just as bland and sterile as in Canada (but with service!!), the smaller ones are really something else. Many of the smaller local buses / mini-buses are decorated by the driver, making each bus quite unique. It almost gives the buses an individual sense of personality, something not found here in Canada, and it definitely makes the ride a fun experience.

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Coach bus

by morgr

Buses in Syria are truly excellent value for what you pay. Most of the buses are relatively comfortable and the distances are never too long anyways. Bus depots however are a different story. Here in Canada we only have one major option, Greyhound, wich means they can give us *** for service and we have to like it. In Syria (and other middle eastern countries I visited) on the other hand there are dozens of companies. At a bus depot in a major city there will be dozens (usually more) booths with different companies vouching for your business. Shop around and see wich company has the departure time that best suites you, the prices are pretty uniform throughout.Also, as an added perk, on the big coach buses there are attendants of sorts. They hand out this perfume type soap stuff as well as tea (or cola or water) and snacks. This will, however, stop once Ramadan kicks in, after wich they...

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By plane is the most common...

by maykal

By plane: I flew Air France via Paris from Birmingham (UK) for £450 valid for 12 months. There are of course cheaper options, but this was valid the longest and was the most flexible. My brothers used Austrian Airlines via Vienna, which was about £350 return, and cheaper options exist with TAROM and CSA. SyrianAir fliesdirect between London and Damascus, as does BA. Flights within the Middle East are expensive...for example, I paid $500 for a student return to Sana'a from Damascus on Yemenia, which is almost as much as if I'd flown from London. Most European airlines fly to Damascus, and a few fly into Aleppo.By Land: You can also arrive overland from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey - there are buses from Damascus to Amman, Beirut, Ankara, Istanbul and several smaller towns in Turkey, and service taxis go between the main cities of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.It is possible to take a bus to...

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Microbus

by dr.firas

Those are a very common kind of transportation in Syria, and really the cheapest, it is 3 Syrian pounds to go in one of them, reminding that 1$ = 50 Syrian Liraso you can imagine how cheap it is, the only double trouble is that it has its own so called line to go throughand that you have to know the name of the streets, but ask before you get in and it will be ok!

Taxis

by dr.firas

Taxi is the best way to move fast from a place to another in Hims, as it still not expensive at all, 2$ for the far distances!and it is always comfortable, other kinds of Transportation could have a fixed way to walk through, a Taxi will take you from any point to any other!

Get the Bus

by dr.firas

The best way really to go to Hims is by Bus, from Aleppo or Damascus it is comfortable and not expensive, a good one way ticket will coast you only 3$and you'll enjoy the trip with a vidio show in the Bus!

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Taxi

by dr.firas

In the beginning we thought both with Malena to have the micro buses to make the roam in the desert; fortunately in the way to the bus station I mentioned it to the Taxi driver, so he offered to make an exceptional price for us, with a place just for 2 not in a bus with many people sweating LOL and plus it was fun and comfortable!and he was a good guide also!Not forgetting how he saved our lives with the litters of fresh cold water supporting us and keeping us alive *not exaggerating while saying that* so thanks we were lucky!

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To Turkey

by MalenaN

From Latakia I wanted to go to Antakya in Turkey, without going all way back to Aleppo. I did not know if it was possible first. But at the bus station I bought a ticket for 500 SP (10 dollars), which I thought was expensive compared to other tickets in Syria. Arriving at the bus station the morning after I understood why the ticket was expensive. The bus was a minibus and we were only three passengers (good as it makes the waiting time at the border shorter).Three hours after leaving Latakia I arrived at my hotel in Antakya (I saw it from the window of the bus and asked the driver to stop). That was quick!Taking the taxi to the bus station in the morning the owner of Hotel al-Atlal said there was another bus (I think it was the bus from Damascus) going to Antakya, and it was passing the Cornish, not the bus station.

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Transportation: Cities in Syria
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  2. Aleppo Transportation
  3. Latakia Transportation
  4. Palmyra Transportation
  5. Busra ash Sham Transportation
  6. Hamah Transportation
  7. `Afrin Transportation
  8. Majdal Shams Transportation
  9. As Suwayda' Transportation
  10. Al Qamishli Transportation
  11. Ma`lula Transportation
  12. Dayr az Zawr Transportation
  13. Apamea Transportation
  14. Qanawat Transportation
  15. Shahba' Transportation
  16. Kassab Transportation
  17. Qal`at as Sim`an Transportation
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  20. Khirbat Serjilla Transportation
  21. Qal`at Sahyun Transportation
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Q:  Was planning for an overland trip with our own cars from Cairo to Istanbul passing by jordan and syria via the old classical... 

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A: Syria is not somewhere I would be going near right now, really not safe at all. Most governments have strongly advised all their citizens to get out of Syria as soon as... 

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