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Taxis Dubai
32 Reviews The fastest way of getting around the city, especially to places not well-connected by the metro is by taxi. though most malls have a metro station beside them, the walks can be long, as is the case...
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Bus or Taxi Jerusalem
37 Reviews A bus is the cheapest way to get from Jerusalem to Ben Gurion International Airport. The cost of a one-way ticket to the airport is NIS 23 ($5-6), which includes a free transfer ticket ("kartis...
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To & From The Airport Tel Aviv-Yafo
7 Reviews I have just been to Israel and rented a car from Shlomo Sixt. I was veery happy with the service that i got. SO if you want to rent car in Israel - I advice you to go for it! -...
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Dolmus - Mini Bus Marmaris
15 Reviews Dolmus in Turkish means crush and these little buses can be quite a crush although this was nit often when we travelled on them. Different towns have different coloured Dolmus - green in Marmaris and...
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Taxis Jiddah
5 Reviews they come in all shapes and sizes those white jeddawi taxis. drivers come mainly from south asia though saudis start to take on this job. taxis are cheap compared to london, of course! there's no...
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Buses Amman
15 Reviews You have 2 options: 1- Use local transportation, Amman - Petra: you can take the bus from Wehdat bus station (or sometimes called south station), it's 4 JDs OR you can take the JETT bus to Petra...
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By bus Bodrum
32 Reviews Playing safe, I bought my bus ticket at Metro Turizm (Sept. 3, 2011) to Bodrum. The fare was like TL65 or 70? As usual, there's an individual TV, and the friendliest and most accommodating steward...
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Flying to & from Eilat
8 Reviews Eilat is Israel's southernmost city and a popular resort. It’s located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Eilat. If you follow to the South Region you’d better use Eilat or Uvda...
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Camels & Horses Petra
25 Reviews For the elderly and/or handicapped the Visitors' Centre close to the entrance of the Siq will issue a special permit (at an extra fee) for the carriage to go inside Petra to visit the main...
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Via Train Haifa
5 Reviews I visited Rosh HaNikra and Akko on a daytrip from Haifa. In the morning I took the train from Haifa to Nahariya. It was 16 shekels and took 45 minutes. In Nahariya I went to the bus station, which is...
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Travelling by Air Qatar
19 Reviews Qatar Airways brands itself as the best airline in the world. The claim to fame is based on some airline industry ratings. Like most sandbox airlines making business on transit passengers, it is hard...
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By Bus Dubai
12 Reviews The Metro is only partially open and only reaches a limited number of areas so public transport is either taxi or bus to much of Dubai. The buses are modern, air-conditioned, a mixture of single &...
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Bahrain - Saudi Causeway Bahrain
6 Reviews I see the posts & replies for travelling from Dammam to Bahrain. What about the opposite direction? I am arriving at Manama Airport on Thursday 4:30 afternoon and want to catch a local Saudi flight...
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By Bus Dubai
15 Reviews A reasonably good bus service is available between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The bus departs from Abu Dhabi Municipality Bus Station to Al-Ghubaiba Bus Station in Bur Dubai, just near the Creek. The fare...
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Sherut (mini van) Jerusalem
8 Reviews Sherut, the shared taxis are the most convfenient way to go from Tel Aviv airporto to Jerusalem, They are just outside the airport, if you do not see them follow the direction"to Jerusalem", they are...
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Busses Fares and Guides Tel Aviv-Yafo
16 Reviews Bus services to Tel Aviv from Ben Gurion International Airport and most Israeli cities are frequent, cheap, and efficient. Tel Aviv has a modern, regular and widespread bus network run mostly by a...
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Boats and Ferries Marmaris
12 Reviews There is a small ferry terminal in Marmaris - quite a way out of the town and you need to take a taxi. We took a hydrofoil to Rhodes in Greece from here - there is duty free here but I did not see a...
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Airplanes Jiddah
5 Reviews Jeddah as a commercial & industgrial hub, most major airlines of the world are available to and from Jeddah's King Abdul Aziz International Airport. Domestic routes are serviced by the Kingdom's...
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taxis Amman
18 Reviews Taxis are everywhere. White taxis are like shared rides going to set locations (written in Arabic on the door). You can ask any passer by and they will point you to the right car. Yellow cars are...
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By water Bodrum
18 Reviews As I was here in May (Off Season) Not a real lot of people about, I booked my ticket the same morning as I wanted to go. In Peak Season, this would not be advisable. The Ferry to Kos leaves near the...
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Taxis Eilat
8 Reviews On my second journey to Taba, my preceding bus was late meaning that I had missed the bus. I got a taxi instead from the bus station which cost 35 shekels - taking about 10 minutes to get to the...
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Taxi! Petra
8 Reviews If you go to Petra from Eilat, don’t buy expensive tours. You can save money by doing it yourself. One day tour from a hotel cost $150 per person. You can easily take a taxi at the border or order it...
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Via Busses Haifa
6 Reviews you arrived directly by boat from athens-rhodes-limassol;but the boat is now not available, because of the frequent wars, the boat line is cancelled if you arrive by plane ,there are plenty of buses...
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Taxis and Car Rentals Qatar
11 Reviews I follow the advise a called Andrew, for a ride to the Airport. The comment said he was reliable. I needed to get to the airport around 6 in the morning. When I talked to Andrew I explained to him...
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Taxis Dubai
26 Reviews Dubai has a fleet of modern air-conditioned, metered taxis, clean and well-maintained, strictly regulated, and the drivers in uniform. It's generally easy to find one on the street, although in peak...
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One of my hobbies is finding the cheapest possible way to get around the region. Air Arabia : to Syria Lebanon etc..for more info www.airarabia.com http://www.flydubai.com/english.aspxwww.easyjet.com www.flypgs.com www.anadouljet.con www.chamwings.com flys to Damascus (Syria) Baghdad (Iraq) Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf (Iraq) Malmo (Sweden) Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)P.S is better to book upfront to get a law price.
Qatar Airways promotes itself as the world’s ‘Only 5 Star Airline’. They must be the only ones to believe that rubbish. My first flight with them was on a plane that looked like it had been decorated to look like a bad massage parlour/brothel. The seats were poorly covered; amenities poor and the staff looked bored or were extremely indifferent. I would not have given it anything but a 2.5 star rating. Free drinks had to be coerced out of the staff who acted like they were the ones paying for them. The TV screen had a couple of channels that could not be stopped or paused like on GOOD AIRLINES. And their prices can be shocking. Their organisation on the ground during a transfer to Yemen was scary. The flight to Yemen was, in my experienced opinion, unsafe. The staff could not control a large group of women and seating was thrown into chaos. The crew did not have a good understanding of...
There are currently no ferry boats running between Cyprus and Lebanon. They stopped a few years ago. I actually took the ferry between them, but they have been stopped for a couple of years now. You can go to Syria though. The link below shows all ferry services between Cyprus and other countries of the region. If they every reinstate the service, it would be listed here. You can, however, fly between the 2 countries.*Please note: This tip was written as an answer to a Travel Forum question.
Border crossings between Israel and Egypt are in Nizzana, Rafiah and Taba, close to Eilat. They are usually open exept on Jom Kippur and the first day of Id ei Adha.Nizzana, the biggest crossing point, 60 km south of Beersheba, is usually open from 8.00 to 16.00. Rafiah, 50km southwest of Ashkelon, is open between 8.30 and 17.00. Taba, south of Elat, is open from 7.00 to 21.00 Uhr. IMPORTANT: Check beforehand at what time the border crossings will be opened (tourist info in Jerusalem / Israeli embassy in Cairo) - as the Israelis sometimes close them w/o prior notice. For Egypt you need a visa, but you can get it at the border. If you leave Israel from Taba and only want to visit south Sinai you get a 7day-visa right away for roughly 5$ tax. And you can only return to Taba! For returing to Israel you need to fill out the return form "AL-17". For entering Israel you need a visa - please...
If you have to travel by car from Alexandria to Cairo ALWAYS use the Desert road known as attaree essahrawi you'll pay 2 LE as at a toll. It is 200 km and you probably make it in 2 hrs to your destination. It is 3 or even 4 lane highway which is very empty. NEVER use the Agriculture road attaree' aserae'e other wise you'll find your self stuck behind a donkey or some heavy vehicle or worst having an accident with a bicycle. Don't be fooled into thinking it might be more scenic, It is NOT.
This is probably the cheapist way to fly to and from the UAE. It is to all countries in the Middle East and the Indian Subcont. Here is a list for its destinations Ahmedabad (India), Aleppo (Syria), Alexandria (Egypt), Almaty (Kazakhstan) ,Amman (Jordan) ,Assiut (Egypt) , Astana (Kazakhstan) ,Bahrain ,Beirut (Lebanon) ,Chennai (India) ,Chittagong (Bangladesh) ,Colombo (Sri Lanka) ,Damascus (Syria) ,Dammam (Saudi Arabia) ,Doha (Qatar) ,Istanbul (Turkey) ,Jaipur (India) ,Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ,Kabul (Afghanistan) Suspended temporarily Karachi (Pakistan) ,Kathmandu (Nepal) ,Khartoum (Sudan) ,Kochi (India) ,Kuwait ,Latakia (Syria), Luxor (Egypt) ,Mumbai (India) ,Nagpur (India) ,Peshawar (Pakistan) ,Muscat (Oman) , Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) ,Sana’a (Yemen) ,Sharjah (U.A.E) ,Tehran (Iran) ,Yerevan (Armenia),Thiruvananthapuram (India).Seats are quite big for economy class and leg rooms are...
One of my hobbies after living and working in the Gulf for the past 3 years is to find cheap flights. My job allows me to take 2.5 to 3 months off a year so Ive become a bloodhound so to speak with regards to finding the cheapest possible way to get around the region. Air Arabia is by far the best option and you can fly return from say Oman to Lebanon or Syria return for $300 Canadian dollars tax included. Iran is about the same from Dubai as well as coming from the other direction ie Beirut, Damascus or Jordan. Air Arabia has even extended its network to Central Asia, the Caucasus, India (dirt cheap), Sri Lanka and Egypt. The cheapest possible way to get to Yemen from the Middle East is with Air Arabia as well. Other airlines such as Etihad Airways offer fantastic deals to the UK and Europe and Gulf Air and Emirates have occasional deals. Good luck and happy hunting :)
On the whole, taxi drivers in the Gulf despite what the internet or guide books may say are as dodgy as anywhere else in the world. The UAE and a few other states use meters but Oman and Yemen and Syria etc come down to bargaining skills. There are a few things to know before hopping in a taxi in the Middle East. 1. Not all taxi drivers speak English and in places like Oman and Yemen, you are on your own. A basic understanding of Arabic will go a long way but if you have trouble ask a local to help you (I usually ask folks in the lineup what I should pay from the airport to my destination so I have a starting point before approaching the sharks outside). 2. Negotiate a fare! Dont listen to the 'no problem' or headshake because I guarantee if you dont negotiate you will pay 3 to 4 times higher than normal. 3. Dont RELY on street names in the ME, most places are known by landmarks such as...
Unless you are blessed with wealth, you will probably enjoy most of your travels across the world in Economy – also know as “Cattle Class”. The best airline in the world for those reasonable airfares is EMIRATES.Why Emirates is better:• Best Flight Crews in the airThese people pride themselves on being friendly. They are happy to be there, happy to see you and it shows. No request is a problem.• Comfortable seatsThe interiors are always new, you always get a pillow and a blanket, and seats are plush.• Free Unlimited alcoholAnything you want and the crew don’t hassle you if you want to drink a lot of cold beers, wine, whiskey, whatever you choose.• In-flight entertainmentYou can watch about 10-15 brand new movies and you can pause movies so you can go on your travels inside the plane. Also have the forward and underside cameras to watch takeoffs and landings just like you were in the...
If you want to travel between Israel/Palestine and Jordan and you don't want to fly between the two international airports Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv and the one in Amman, you can go by bus and taxi. Then you have the choice between three different border crossings: - The one in the north, which is called Sheikh Hussein (in Jordan) / Jordan River crossing (in Israel), - the one in the middle, which is the famous King Hussein / Allenby Bridge crossing or - the one in the south which is called Arabah / Arava border crossing. The Allenby crossing seems to be the most convenient on the first look because it is more or less on the direct line Tel Aviv - Jerusalem - Amman. But watch out: It is therefore the most crowded crossing and if you are not going there pretty early you will take the risk of not beeing able to cross before they close the crossing (yes, they have opening hours). And for...
Esans Hotel Istanbul
7 Reviews and 181 Opinions a very new hotel. very near to grande museums and sophia dome. sea is very near to hotel. we enjoy...
Grosvenor House West Marina Beach By Le Meridien Dubai
4 Reviews and 904 Opinions Run by le Méridien, the Grosvenor House hotel is one of the group's most luxurious hotels in Dubai....
The King David Jerusalem Jerusalem
5 Reviews and 281 Opinions Without doubt, the King David Hotel is the most famous and prestigious hotels in Israel and possibly...
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Q: Hi again! We will arrive in Cesme from Chios by ferry in June. From Cesme we are going to Selcuk for 4 days. Is it possible to...
A: I don't know about all bus companies, but there are buses departing from Cesme's Uçkuyular Bus Terminal to Izmir's Büyük Otogar (main bus terminal), from which it's easy...
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