The Taba Border Crossing (Arabic: معبر طابا, Hebrew: מעבר טאבה‎) 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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,816 × 2,112 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Taba (Arabic: طابا Hebrew: טאבה ) is a small Egyptian village near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Hebrew אילת Founded in 1951 Government City (from 1959) District South Population 55,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 80,000 dunams (80 km²) Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi North Beach, Eilat, from southwest. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... The Israel Airports Authority was founded in 1977 as a public corporation mandated by the Israel Airports Authority Law. The authority is responsible for the management of Israels major civil airports and land-to-land border terminals between Israel and its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority). ... This article is about the unit of length. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Annual average daily traffic, abbrevated AADT, is a term used primarily in transportation planning and transportation engineering. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... ISO 4217 Code EGP User(s) Egypt Inflation 6. ... USD redirects here. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... Taba (Arabic: طابا Hebrew: טאבה ) is a small Egyptian village near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. ... Hebrew אילת Founded in 1951 Government City (from 1959) District South Population 55,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 80,000 dunams (80 km²) Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi North Beach, Eilat, from southwest. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The Hilton Taba & Nelson Village (Arabic: , ‎), formerly the Sonesta Hotel (‎) and Kfar Nelson (‎), built in 1976 was the stumbling block in negotiations between Israel and Egypt over the final border between the two countries. ... Taba (Arabic: طابا Hebrew: טאבה ) is a small Egyptian village near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. ... View of the Red Sea and Tiran Island from the Sheraton Sharm hotel. ... St. ...

The terminal is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year except for the holidays of Eid ul-Adha and Yom Kippur. Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥā) is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide as a commemoration of Ibrahims (Abrahams) willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael for Allah. ... Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר ) is a Jewish holiday, known in English as the Day of Atonement. ...

Israeli terminal

The Israeli border terminal was opened in September of 1995 at a cost of US $3 million. For other uses, see September (disambiguation). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... USD redirects here. ...

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. Egged A bendy city bus in Israel. ... Hebrew אילת Founded in 1951 Government City (from 1959) District South Population 55,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 80,000 dunams (80 km²) Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi North Beach, Eilat, from southwest. ... The Hilton Taba & Nelson Village (Arabic: , ‎), formerly the Sonesta Hotel (‎) and Kfar Nelson (‎), built in 1976 was the stumbling block in negotiations between Israel and Egypt over the final border between the two countries. ...

See also

• Eilat
• Eilot (kibbutz)
• Eilat Airport
• Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company
• Ezion-Geber
• Operation Ovda
• Ovda International Airport
• Port of Eilat
• Yotvata Airfield

Hebrew אילת Founded in 1951 Government City (from 1959) District South Population 55,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 80,000 dunams (80 km²) Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi North Beach, Eilat, from southwest. ... Kibbutz Eilot is the southernmost kibbutz in Israel, located in the Aravah region, near the border with Jordan and just north of the resort town of Eilat and the Red Sea. ... Aircraft parked at Eilat Airport Eilat Airport (‎, Namal HaTeufa Eilat), also known as J. Hozman Airport (IATA: ETH, ICAO: LLET), is an Israeli airport located in the city of Eilat. ... CURRICULUM VITAE PALASH SANYAL M.Tech (M-Tech pipeline) University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. ... Ezion-Geber, biblical seaport on the Gulf of Aqaba corresponding to modern Aqaba-Eilat. ... Operation Ovda was an operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, from March 5 to March 10, 1949. ... Ovda International Airport (IATA: VDA, ICAO: LLOV), sometimes transliterated as Uvda, is the southern international airport of Israel, located about 60 km (40 miles) north of Eilat. ... The Port of Eilat is the only Israeli port on the Red Sea. ... Yotvata Airfield is a small desert airfield in south Israel 40 km north of Eilat. ...

Photographs

References

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

Links

Official

• Taba Border Terminal info