'Mode': TO
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: From Jordan, you can take the bus from Karnak / Jett--the office is near Abdali bus terminal ( where the airpost bus lets you off)I think the price was 6 Dollars, one way. Ther is also a stop at a duty free shop. With overpriced European chocolates and perfumes etc. it takes less than 3 hous to see the mountain al Kassioun rise behind Damascus City.
Ther are also collective taxis--sticky and more expensive. Best to buy tickets for the bus one day in advance. the earliest bus goes out 7 in the morning.
From Damascus to Amman: There is only one bus per day. But penty of Taxis.
From Beirut: You take a bus or Taxi from Charles Helou bus station. If you don't have a visa, you have to take the taxi --it is said. Again, it's none too spacious. I sat almost on the lap of the French expatriate next to me, holding on to the door handle in every curve. It takes 2 and a half hour--inclusive of the time passengers spent in the duty free and at the border.
If you have a multiple entry Syriain visa and want to go to Beirut from Damnascus, you can get a free 48 hour visa. If you have a single entry visa you can go to the immigration in Damascus and get a permission to come back in.
Costs: by Taxi 10 Dollars, by bus it's less.
The bus stops near presidents bridge in Damascus. You should ask for Jisr al rice, and then below the bridge is the local bus terminal, wher you can take a big bus to Bab Touma (where people rent out rooms) or Merjeh near Bahsa (the place where all the budget hotels are) for only 5 lira for 2 rides.
There is no bus to or from Israel. But once a year the Druze sect members have a reunion and party at the border, and you can go and wave hello.
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on Aug 2, 2005
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