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Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could give me an idea of how much you'd spend per day in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iran & Egypt. Incl all except city-city & country-country travel expenses; so basically food, accommodation, inner city/town travel, and sights. I know certain places will be more expensive, this is the case with all countries, im just looking for a ball park figure if possible!

Cheers

EDIT: Im talking budget acommodation, food & sights (but I wouldn't want to miss anything major just because my budget didn't compute, unless its very large), I'm a student after all.

Well, I can't give you a complete estimate, since I haven't been to the "axis of evil" countries, but here's what I've found:

Jordan:
cheap hotel - $15
Food - $10-$15
Petra - $30

Turkey:
Hostel - $8-$15
Food - $10-$15
Major attractions in Istanbul - $10-$15 each

Egypt:
Hotel/ Hostel - $4-$15 (depending on city - Luxor is cheap!)
Attractions - $5-$20 EACH!!!
Food - $5-$10
Bribes, unnecessary and unethical "fees" for being a foreigner - $5-$25/ day.
* side note - Egypt is my LEAST favorite country in the world. I was disgusted by how I was treated there. Hope you have a better time than I did.

Hope that helps a little.

Oh, and you might get more responses if you post this in the Middle East section...

Cheers, so used to using the Asia forums totally forgot. Could some kind mod move this for me?

Cheers!

Could someone give me a few ideas for a hotel in Alexandria, Egypt. I heard the Windsor is comfortable, clean, historic, near attractions & the water...what do you think? There are 2 of us taking a side trip from a USA tour in Oct.

Also, any thoughts on the Oran Hotel for Istanbul? We are scheduled to be there 2-3 days with a tour. Ideas on what to see with half/full day tours, or would taking the Dolmus get us lost to some attractions? We don't want to fight our way on the regular buses.

Thanks,

Marlena