TABA BORDER CROSSING

The 'Taba Border Crossing' (, ) is an international border crossing between Taba, Egypt, and Eilat, Israel. Opened on April 26, 1982 it is currently the only entry/exit point between the two countries that handles tourists. The site is at the bottom of Mount Tallul and was close to Raffi Nelson's Nelson Village and the Sonesta Hotel which both closed due to the handing over of the Sinai to Egyptian control in exchange for normalization of relations. Under terms of the deal, Israelis would be able to visit the Red Sea coast from Taba to Sharm el-Sheikh (and St. Catherine's Monastery) visa free for visits up to fourteen days. In 1999, the terminal handled a record amount of 1,038,828 tourists and 89,422 vehicles.
The terminal is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year except for the holidays of Eid ul-Adha and Yom Kippur.

Contents

Israeli terminal

Services within the terminal

Transportation to and from the terminal

Photographs

References

Links

Israeli terminal

The Israeli border terminal was opened in September of 1995 at a cost of US $3 million.

Services within the terminal

★ Drive in stations for those traveling by car


★ ''Change Place'' stand offering a money exchange


★ ''James Richardson'' Duty Free shop


★ Cafeteria

Transportation to and from the terminal

The Israeli border terminal can be reached from within Israel via Egged bus number 15 from Eilat's central bus station. Privately owned Israeli cars and rental cars may cross through the terminal. But rental cars from Israel may only stay in the confines of the Egyptian border terminal (this includes the parking lots of the Hilton Taba and Mövenpick Taba Resort) while privately owned Israeli cars may travel within the Sinai after a change of license plates, registration and the payment of a tax.

Photographs

References

★ US Consular Information Sheet - Israel, the West Bank and Gaza

Links

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★ Taba Border Terminal info