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Taba Border Crossing
The border terminal of Egypt
Official name	Taba Border Crossing מעבר טאבה معبر طابا
Carries	Pedestrians, Vehicles, Containers
Crosses	Border between Egypt and Israel
Locale	Taba, Egypt Eilat, Israel
Maintained by	Arab Republic of Egypt Israel Airports Authority
Total length	200 metres (Israeli side)
Width	45 metres (Israeli side)
AADT	2,147 pedestrians in 2005 74 vehicles in 2005
Opening date	26 April 1982
Toll	LE £35.00 (Inbound Egypt) US $15.00 (Outbound Israel)

The Taba Border Crossing (Arabic: معبر طابا, Hebrew: מעבר טאבה) is an international border that connects 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 1 Israeli terminal 1.1 Services within the terminal 1.2 Transportation to and from the terminal 2 Photographs 3 References 4 Links

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

• Drive in stations for those traveling by car
  
• Change Place stand offering a money exchange
  
• James Richardson Duty Free shop
  
• Cafeteria

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.

The Egyptian arrivals hall at night.	The entrance to the Israeli terminal from Eilat, Israel.	View of entrance to the Israeli terminal from Mount Tallul.	Entry stamp to Israel from Taba in an Israeli passport.
Entry stamp to Egypt from Eilat in a US passport.

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

Official

• Taba Border Terminal info

Israel Border Crossings
Border Crossings with Egypt	Nitzana | Taba
Border Crossings with Jordan	Allenby Bridge | Arava | Jordan River
Border Crossings with P.A.	Erez | Karni
Border Crossing with Syria	Quneitra
Former Border Crossings	Rafah
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Israel Airports Authority
Airports	Ben Gurion | Eilat | Haifa | Herzliya | Ovda | Rosh Pina | Sde Dov
Border Terminals	Allenby Bridge | Arava | Jordan River | Karni | Nitzana | Taba
Defunct/Former Properties	Jerusalem Int'l Airport | Kiryat Shmona Airport | Ophira Int'l Airport | Rafah Crossing
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