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General Tips: ATMs/cash machines in Damascus
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  • Written by RblWthACoz on Mar 28, 2006
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    • Damascus - The ATM at the end of Straight Street.
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    • Favorite Thing: ATMs are extremely prevalent here in comparison to other cities in Syria. They are mostly located in the Central Damascus area. I only found a couple in the Old City...the easiest one to find is at the very end of Straight Street. Though for some reason it kept spitting my card out everytime I put it in. Your best bet is the central city area. There are also some exchange offices around here as well.


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    General Tips: Cashing Travelers Checks
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    • Favorite Thing: The best place I found to cash my travelers checks was the CBS Bank No. 5. If you are at the Hejaz train station and facing forward, walk down to the bank which is on the right hand side. This is the only place I found that would cash them. Most banks won't do it and you will need your receipt and passport to cash them.


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    General Tips: Exchange Office
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    • Favorite Thing: Across the street from the entrance to Souq al-Hamidiyya there is an exchange office I used. The employee gave me an old Iraqi Dinar bill with Saddam Hussein's portrait on it. Today it is useless of course and a mere souvenir.


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    General Tips: Wine in Syria
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    • Favorite Thing: Syria is one of the largest importers of Lebanese wine. So if you are not going to be visiting Lebanon, you will have some chances to try it here. I never did find any Syrian produced wine though. I am not sure if any even exists.


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