Earlier versions (v3.2 is the Dahab 7-night list, v3.1 the Dahab one-night list):
Berlin → Tel Aviv, one way (v2.9): Antalya stay, then Sharm el-Sheikh
Summary
1 adult, departing Berlin (BER) on Thu Oct 1, 2026, then a stay in Antalya and a flight on to Sharm el-Sheikh. Flights only, with a 20kg+ checked bag on both flights. About ₪900 (€258) in flights: 11 nights, then Pegasus nonstop on Mon Oct 12, 09:00 → 11:00 (about €168 with a bag, was €103 on 3 Oct). Antalya → Sharm, two dates (Oct 12, 14): from €83 (₪290) nonstop on Wed Oct 14, or €106 (₪370) with a checked bag; Oct 12 is now €145 (₪506), or €168 (₪586) with a bag, up from €104. Table below the options. Berlin fare priced on sunexpress.com on 30 Sep 2026; the Sharm fare is from Google Flights the same day, and its bag fee is an estimate. Conversions: 1 EUR = ₪3.49. Hotels not included. Earlier searches (v2.7) are behind the buttons below.
TurkeyEgypt
Berlin → Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh (nonstop, Oct 12)
11 nights in Antalya · Oct 1 → Oct 12, 2026 · both flights nonstop
BER→AYT Oct 1
SunExpress, Berlin → Antalya, nonstop
Dep Thu Oct 1, 15:50 · arr 20:10 · 3h20m · SunValue fare €89.99 includes a 20kg checked bag and an 8kg cabin bag (sunexpress.com, 30 Sep)
Oct 1 → Oct 12 · options with prices are under Where to stay
AYT→SSH Oct 12
Pegasus, Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh, nonstop NONSTOP
Dep Mon Oct 12, 09:00 · arr 11:00 · 2h · Light fare €145 with no bag (Google Flights, 8 Oct); about €168 with the 1st checked bag (adds the usual €23, not re-checked). It was about €103 with a bag on 3 Oct
BER → AYT (€89.99) + AYT → SSH (about €168), both with a checked bag.
₪900
about €258
Flights only, 1 adult, one way, with a checked bag on every flight. The Sharm fare is from Google Flights (8 Oct 2026) and moves daily; the Berlin leg was flown on 1 Oct. Hotels are not included.
TurkeyEgypt
Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh, Oct 12 and 14
Pegasus · 1 adult, one way · now: Google Flights, 8 Oct 2026 · was: 7 Oct 2026
Big number is the 8 Oct price, "was" is the 7 Oct price. With bag is the Pegasus Saver fare: a carry-on and the 1st checked bag, about €23 (₪80) more than the no-bag Light fare; the with-bag prices add that €23 to the Google fare and were not re-checked on Pegasus. Oct 12 jumped from €104 to €145 in a day and Google now rates it "high"; the 22:20 Pegasus flight via Ankara is €141 but takes 13h. Oct 14 held at €83 (it was €73 on 5 Oct). The Oct 7 flights have left, and Oct 8 has no Pegasus nonstop left. EUR converted at ₪3.49. Fares move daily.
Weather
Antalya, Oct 1 to Oct 6, 2026. Live daily forecast from Open-Meteo, loaded when you open the page.
Compare with the weather.com 10-day forecast →. Oct 1 is arrival day (lands 20:10) and Oct 6 is departure day (flight 12:50).
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Where to stay
Oct 2 to 5 (3 nights), then fly to Sharm on Oct 5 at 09:00. Four room-only or B&B options at about ₪110 a night and two all-inclusive options up to ₪180, all with a 24-hour front desk, a private bathroom and Wi-Fi. Belsun, BELCAN, Gold Stone and Garden Park are in Beldibi, a beach resort strip about 45 minutes' drive from the airport, so leave around 06:30 on Oct 5. Bayındır Palme and Konak are in the city.
Booking.com, 1 adult, prices are the 3-night total incl. taxes, checked 2 Oct 2026. 1 USD = ₪3.09, 1 EUR = ₪3.49. No listing says the lobby is open 24/7 with tables; the 24-hour front desk is the closest thing listed. Prices move daily.
Single private room in the old town with restaurants on the doorstep. Booking lists the room as a bed in a dorm, so check that it has a private bathroom.
Lara and Konyaaltı: nothing there had a private bathroom and a 24-hour desk at this budget. Belsun to Antalya Airport is 41 km, about 45 minutes by road (Google Maps).
Quiet stays away from mosque noise (checked 5 Oct)
Light sleeper filter: at least 450 m from the nearest mosque, so the call to prayer (ezan) is faint. Distances come from OpenStreetMap (262 mosques in and around Antalya) and each hotel's Booking.com coordinates. Of 246 Booking.com properties for Oct 2 to 9, 57 were checked up to ₪1,000 a week. Nothing near the old town is 600 m or more from a mosque within budget, so the rule was relaxed to 450 m. Two hotels pass, both about ₪25 a night over the ₪100 target.
Priced for 7 nights, Oct 2 to 9, 1 adult; search prices differ from the hotel page by a few tens of shekels, and some are Genius or sign-in rates. Re-check the dates before booking. Airbnb locations are fuzzed by about 150 m.
1. Bloomtalya Hotel · about ₪875 a week
488 m from the nearest mosque · 1.2 km from the old town
Double bed, private bathroom, soundproofing, 24-hour desk, check-in from 14:00. Search showed ₪827; the hotel page showed about ₪875.
Not checked against the mosque rule: the Beldibi hotels above (Belsun, BELCAN, Gold Stone, Garden Park), and Konak. Quiet pockets 1 to 2 km southwest and south of the old town had no listings.
Areas
Two areas in Antalya with both nightlife and a beach on foot. Pick Kaleiçi if nightlife comes first, Konyaaltı if the beach does.
Area notes are general knowledge, not checked live. Walking times are rough; the walking directions link gives Google's own estimate.
Kaleiçi (old town)
Nightlife first · small beach 5 minutes away
Nightlife is on the doorstep, and Mermerli, a small paid beach by the harbour, is 5 minutes away. The big Konyaaltı beach is a 25 to 30 minute walk or a short tram ride.
Send money to yourself online from Israel and collect it in cash in Antalya. MoneySend is an Israeli service and an accredited Ria partner; Turkey payouts go through Ria agents, and there is no fee at pickup.
Checked on 30 Sep 2026 on moneysend.co.il (Turkey page and Q&A) and Ria's location finder. Do the online part tonight, before you travel. Hapoalim may add its own foreign-transaction fee, not checked.
How to do it
MoneySend → Ria cash pickup, paid in Turkish lira
Open moneysend.co.il, choose Turkey, Cash payout, currency TRY, and the amount.
Enter yourself as the recipient, with your name exactly as in your passport. The site neither allows nor forbids sending to yourself.
Enter your own details: name, date of birth, Teudat Zehut number and phone number. A confirmation code arrives on WhatsApp (or SMS if WhatsApp is not on that number).
Pay with Apple Pay or the card details. The limit is ₪5,000 per online transfer.
The control number shows on screen and arrives on WhatsApp. Screenshot it.
In Antalya, go to a pickup point below with your passport and the control number, and say it is a Ria transfer.
Pickup needs a passport. Israeli cards must support 3D Secure. Ria's own pages say payout is available as soon as payment is confirmed.
Live quotes
From moneysend.co.il, 30 Sep 2026; the rate locks when you pay
Cash in Antalya
Receive 6,800 TRY at 1 TRY = ₪0.0700: ₪475.91 + ₪19.55 fee, no extra charges
PTT Güllük post office Deniz Mah., Güllük Cad. 5Google Maps →
From Ria's location finder, 30 Sep 2026. Map links are built from the listed addresses, so a pin may land slightly off. Only the Ahmet Urlu shop showed as open at that moment; opening hours were not listed for the others. Ria's list also says any PTT post office pays out Ria transfers through UPT.
Turkey, then Sharm el-Sheikh: departures after 12:30 (v2.7)
1 adult, departing Berlin (BER) on Thu Oct 1, 2026, then a few nights in Istanbul or Antalya, then a flight to Sharm el-Sheikh that departs after 12:30. Flights only, with a 20kg+ checked bag on every flight. a) Istanbul, 7 nights (Oct 8): about ₪593 (€170), the cheapest, landing in Sharm at 02:15. b) Istanbul, 10 nights (Oct 11): about ₪824 (€236), the best daytime flight for a long stay. c) Antalya, 7 nights (Oct 8): about ₪698 (€200), one stop, landing in Sharm at 02:15. Searched Oct 3 to 11 (2 to 10 nights after Oct 1) on Google Flights on 30 Sep 2026. Berlin flights were priced on the airline sites the same day; the other bag fees are estimates. Conversions: 1 EUR = ₪3.49. Hotels not included.
TurkeyEgypt
a) Berlin → Istanbul → Sharm el-Sheikh
7 nights in Istanbul · Oct 1 → Oct 8, 2026 · both flights nonstop · cheapest Sharm fare
BER→SAW Oct 1
Pegasus, Berlin → Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, nonstop 25KG BAG
Dep Thu Oct 1, 16:30 · arr 20:20 · 2h50m · Saver package: fare €69.68 + €23 = €92.68, includes a 25kg checked bag and an 8kg cabin bag (flypgs.com, 30 Sep)
Dep Thu Oct 8, 23:35 · arr Fri Oct 9, 02:15 · 2h40m · fare €53 plus about €25 for a 20kg bag (estimate, not checked) · you land after midnight, so book a hotel with a 24-hour front desk (see v2.5)
BER → SAW (€92.68) + SAW → SSH (about €78), both with a checked bag. The bag on the second flight is an estimate.
₪593
about €170
Flights only, 1 adult, one way, with a 20kg+ checked bag on every flight. The Sharm fare is from Google Flights (30 Sep 2026) and moves daily. Bag fees marked as estimates were not checked on the airline site. Hotels are not priced yet.
TurkeyEgypt
b) Berlin → Istanbul → Sharm el-Sheikh
10 nights in Istanbul · Oct 1 → Oct 11, 2026 · both flights nonstop · best daytime flight for a long stay
BER→SAW Oct 1
Pegasus, Berlin → Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, nonstop 25KG BAG
Dep Thu Oct 1, 16:30 · arr 20:20 · 2h50m · Saver package: fare €69.68 + €23 = €92.68, includes a 25kg checked bag and an 8kg cabin bag (flypgs.com, 30 Sep)
BER → SAW (€92.68) + SAW → SSH (about €143), both with a checked bag. The bag on the second flight is an estimate.
₪824
about €236
Flights only, 1 adult, one way, with a 20kg+ checked bag on every flight. The Sharm fare is from Google Flights (30 Sep 2026) and moves daily. Bag fees marked as estimates were not checked on the airline site. Hotels are not priced yet.
TurkeyEgypt
c) Berlin → Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh
7 nights in Antalya · Oct 1 → Oct 8, 2026 · Sharm flight has one stop · cheapest Antalya fare
BER→AYT Oct 1
SunExpress, Berlin → Antalya, nonstop BEST
Dep Thu Oct 1, 15:50 · arr 20:10 · 3h20m · SunValue fare €89.99 includes a 20kg checked bag and an 8kg cabin bag; the €74.99 SunLight fare has no bag (sunexpress.com, 30 Sep)
AJet, Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh via Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) CHEAPEST
Dep Thu Oct 8, 21:00 · arr Fri Oct 9, 02:15 · 5h15m · fare €90 plus about €20 for a 20kg bag (estimate, not checked) · you land after midnight, so book a hotel with a 24-hour front desk
BER → AYT (€89.99) + AYT → SSH (about €110), both with a checked bag. The bag on the second flight is an estimate.
₪698
about €200
Flights only, 1 adult, one way, with a 20kg+ checked bag on every flight. The Sharm fare is from Google Flights (30 Sep 2026) and moves daily. Bag fees marked as estimates were not checked on the airline site. Hotels are not priced yet.
Stay abroad, then travel to Tel Aviv (v2.5)
1 adult, departing Berlin (BER) on Thu Oct 1, 2026. Destination: Dahab only, ending at the Taba-Eilat border. Plan: land in Sharm el-Sheikh after midnight, first night in a hotel with a 24-hour front desk, then about 10 nights in a Dahab Airbnb, then a taxi to the Taba border. Stay of about 11 nights, inside the 15-day Sinai-only entry allowance. Trip total to the Taba-Eilat border: about ₪1468 to ₪1668 (€421 to €478). The range comes from the two taxi legs, which are estimates; everything else is a listed price. With buses instead of taxis: about ₪1262 to ₪1288 (€362 to €369), roughly ₪180 to ₪400 cheaper, but on fixed bus times (see the bus rows). Updated 29 Sep 2026. Hotel (Booking.com) and Dahab stay (Airbnb checkout page) were checked live today. The flight is carried over from v2.3 (checked 28 Sep, not re-checked). Taxi legs are estimates from published ranges, not quotes. Bus fares and times come from booking aggregators and a 2023 traveler report that disagree with each other (see caveats). Conversions: 1 EUR = ₪3.49, 1 USD = ₪3.07 (29 Sep 2026 rates), 1 USD = €0.88.
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh → Dahab → Taba border
1 night Sharm hotel + 10 nights Dahab · Oct 1 → Oct 12, 2026 · ends at the Taba-Eilat border
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
BER→SSH
AJet, BER→SSH, 1 stop via Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
Dep Thu Oct 1, 16:35 · arr Fri Oct 2, 02:15 (+1) · 8h40m · fare €115 + bag €25 (20kg, one-way) · carried over from v2.3, not re-checked
₪489
€140
Night 1 Sharm
Aida Hotel Sharm El Sheikh 24H FRONT DESK
Booking lists a 24-hour front desk, so a 02:15 landing is fine · single room, pool view, breakfast included · €26 non-refundable (€39 with free cancellation until Sep 30) · 6.4 Pleasant (926 reviews) · late check-out included
Sharks Bay, north of Naama Bay, about 3.5 km from the airport · 24-hour front desk (check-in is listed to 23:30, so tell them about the 02:15 arrival) · 7.5 Good (121 reviews) · €49 non-refundable, pay at the property · +₪80 vs Aida
Porto Sharm aparthotel on the Sharm-Dahab road, about 7 km by map from the airport (Booking says 11 km) · 24-hour front desk (check-in is listed 10:00-18:00, so tell them your arrival time) · rated only 3.0 Poor (18 reviews) · €21 non-refundable · -₪18 vs Aida
Naama Bay, south of the airport (away from Dahab), about 11 km · 24-hour front desk (check-in is listed to 23:30) · 7.5 Good (373 reviews) · €39 non-refundable · +₪45 vs Aida
Oct 2 daytime, from the hotel. Negotiated local taxi from the airport runs about $20-30 and pre-booked transfers $25-40 (Ask Dahab, May 2026); the hotel is on the far side of Sharm, so $30-50 is used.
Go Bus from Watania (El Wataneya) station, 13:10, about 1h50m (Oct 2)
Go Bus fares start at $7 (about EGP 380-420) on CheckMyBus; Blue Bus is from $5 but its last departure is 11:00; Busbud shows €7-9. Suits the late check-out at Aida. The taxi from the hotel to the station is extra. Local guides quote EGP 50-80 for the East Delta bus bought at the station (Ask Dahab, May 2026); an East Delta 13:00 departure and EGP 386-668 fares could not be confirmed anywhere.
Private taxi to the Taba border, about 140 km, about 2h (estimate)
Oct 12. Pre-booked private transfer from $104 per vehicle, up to 4 people (Dahab Safari via Pelago); door-to-door Eilat-Dahab transfers are quoted at $60-90 (Ask Dahab, 2026). A haggled local taxi should land at the low end, so $60-105 is used.
Go Bus, El Masbat St (Dahab) → Taba Heights, one departure a day, about 08:00, about 3h30 (Oct 12) + taxi to the border
No 13:00 or afternoon direct bus was found; listings show a single morning departure (07:55-09:10, 8:40 in a 2023 report) at $6-8 (EGP 115 in 2023). It stops at Taba Heights, about 25 km before the border, so add a taxi: EGP 300-400 in a 2023 report, likely higher now, so $10-15 is used (drivers there are reported to overcharge). Aggregators show 3h30 to 6h for the ride; the 122 km distance points to about 3h30.
Flight + hotel + Dahab stay + both taxis. Low end uses the low taxi estimates, high end the high ones. Nothing after the Taba-Eilat border is included.
₪1468-1668
€421-478
Trip total (buses, to the border)
Flight + hotel + Dahab stay + Go Bus Sharm → Dahab + Go Bus Dahab → Taba Heights + taxi to the border. Excludes the local taxis to Sharm's bus station and from Dahab's bus stop to the Airbnb. About ₪180 to ₪400 cheaper than the taxi total, but the Dahab bus means leaving about 08:00.
₪1262-1288
€362-369
Night 1 alternatives: the three "alt" rows above all list a 24-hour front desk on Booking.com (Oct 1 to 2, 1 adult, checked 29 Sep) and sit closer to the airport than Aida; the trip totals above still use Aida. All three plus the airport on one map → (pins A to D, north to south: Golden Rent, airport, Mazar, Viking; the line is just the drive between them).
Weather: hot desert climate, late Sep/early Oct typically ~30-34°C by day, ~22-25°C at night in both Sharm el-Sheikh and Dahab, essentially no rain.
Caveats: taxi figures are estimates from published ranges, not quotes; agree the price before getting in, or pre-book. A 2023 traveler haggled EGP 1000 (about $32 then) for a private taxi from Dahab to the border, so a local taxi may come in below this range. Bus data is the weakest part: aggregators (CheckMyBus, Busbud, Bookaway) list different operators, times and fares, and local guides quote far lower station prices, so check the schedule at the station. One aggregator (Taxiyo) lists a $210 minimum for Dahab to Taba, treated as an outlier. Aida is about 10 miles from the airport, so the airport-to-hotel ride is not priced. Cheaper hotels next to the airport (for example Sharks Bay Oasis, 1.8 mi) show no 24-hour desk and stop check-in at midnight, so they were skipped for the 02:15 arrival; message Aida about the late arrival, since its listed check-in window ends at 22:00. Egyptian and Israeli border fees at Taba are not included. The flight fare and bag fee are from 28 Sep and can move.
Stay abroad, then fly to Tel Aviv (v2.3)
Two candidates remain after clearing the past dates: Belgrade (15 nights, Oct 1 → Oct 16, 2026) and Sharm el-Sheikh → Dahab (1 night Sharm + 13 nights Dahab, Oct 1 → Oct 15, 2026). 1 adult, checked 28 Sep 2026, 1 EUR = ₪3.45. Budgets: each flight leg incl. 20kg bag ≤ ₪400 (≈€116); stay ≤ ₪100/night (≈€29), private room with private toilet and shower.
Belgrade clears the caps on the outbound leg (€96) and the stay (€21.8/night), but its Dest→TLV leg (€310) misses by a wide margin. Egypt is an explicit one-off exception to the "no Muslim-majority country" filter; its card skips the budget-cap comparison and its Dest→TLV leg is not priced. Bag fees marked "bag est." are estimates from published airline fee ranges, not live booking-flow quotes; treat them as approximate.
SerbiaOVER BUDGET
Belgrade
15 nights · Oct 1 → Oct 16, 2026
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
BER→dest
Wizz Air, BER→BEG (nonstop)
Thu Oct 1 · 13:15–15:05 · 1h50m · fare €56 + bag bag est. €40
₪331
€96
Stay
Nice apartment, 40m² — entire rental unit, private bath
Fri Oct 16 · 13:10–23:20 · 9h10m incl. 5h25m layover · fare €310, 1st checked bag free
₪1070
€310
Trip total
Only destination checked so far where both leg 1 and the stay clear budget — leg 2 is still the blocker
₪2529
€733
Weather: Belgrade has a continental climate; mid-October typically runs ~15–19°C by day, ~7–10°C at night, moderate rainfall. General climatology, not a live forecast.
Caveats: Wizz Air's bag fee is an estimate — this fare includes only a small free personal item, no free cabin or checked bag (Wizz's own published range for a 20kg bag is €0–€112.50, too wide to quote a single figure, so €40 is used consistent with the Wizz Air estimate elsewhere in this section). Sep 30 was also checked for the outbound leg and came in higher (€127 nonstop Air Serbia vs. €56 Wizz Air on Oct 1), so Oct 1 is used per priority order. No nonstop BEG-TLV option exists on any carrier checked.
Alt: a 30-night stay (Oct 1 → Oct 31) picks up a genuine monthly discount at the same listing (€626 total, €20.9/night, ~23% off) and a much cheaper Dest→TLV fare on Aegean via Athens (€156 fare + bag bag est. €40 = €196), for a trip total of €918 / ₪3167 — leg 2 lands far closer to the cap than the 15-night option's €310.
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh → Dahab (one way)
1 night Sharm + 13 nights Dahab · Oct 1 → Oct 15, 2026 · Dest→TLV leg not priced yet
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
BER→SSH
AJet, BER→SSH, 1 stop via Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
Dep Thu Oct 1, 16:35 · arr Fri Oct 2, 02:15 (+1) · 8h40m · fare €115 + bag €25 (20kg, one-way, verified via AJet's international excess-baggage fee table, Egypt/HRG-SSH corridor)
₪483
€140
Night 1 Sharm
Aida Hotel Sharm El Sheikh BEST VALUE
El Hadaba · 6.4 Pleasant (925 reviews) · breakfast included · non-refundable rate
Cheapest combo: flight + Aida Hotel + Dahab listing. Dest→TLV leg not included.
₪1363
€395
Weather: same hot desert climate as the round-trip card above — late Sep/early Oct typically runs ~30–34°C by day, ~22–25°C at night in both Sharm el-Sheikh and Dahab, essentially no rain.
Caveats: unlike every other card in this section, this entry does not price a Dest→TLV leg — that research is planned for a separate session, so this total is not directly comparable to the totals above (they all include the flight onward to Tel Aviv). It's also exempt from this section's budget-cap comparison for the same reason (see the note at the top of this section). AJet's €25 bag fee is a real published rate (web/mobile channel, 11–20kg bracket), not an estimate. Sep 30 was also checked and came in €4 cheaper on the flight (€111 vs €115), but Oct 1 is used per priority order.
Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh: fares, areas, cash and apps (v3.0)
Summary
1 adult, flights only, one way from Antalya to Sharm el-Sheikh with Pegasus. Antalya → Sharm, two dates (Oct 14, 21): from ₪321 (€92) nonstop on Wed Oct 21, or ₪401 (€115) with a checked bag; Oct 14 is now ₪398 (€114), or ₪478 (€137) with a bag, up from ₪290 (€83). Fares are from Google Flights on 8 Oct 2026 and move daily. Conversions: 1 EUR = ₪3.49. Hotels not included. The v2.9 page behind the buttons above has the Berlin legs, the earlier stay options and the weather forecast.
TurkeyEgypt
Antalya → Sharm el-Sheikh, Oct 14 and 21
Pegasus · 1 adult, one way · now: Google Flights, 8 Oct 2026, 16:30 · was: earlier on 8 Oct
Big number is the new price in shekels, with euros below it; "was" is the earlier price on this page. With bag is the Pegasus Saver fare: a carry-on and the 1st checked bag, about ₪80 (€23) more than the no-bag Light fare; the with-bag prices add that amount to the Google fare and were not re-checked on Pegasus. Oct 14 rose from ₪290 to ₪398 (€83 to €114) earlier on 8 Oct, and Google now rates it "typical". Oct 21 is a first reading. Oct 12 was ₪506 (€145) and is no longer listed. ILS at 1 EUR = ₪3.49. Fares move daily.
Areas
Two areas in Antalya with both nightlife and a beach on foot. Pick Kaleiçi if nightlife comes first, Konyaaltı if the beach does.
Area notes are general knowledge, not checked live. Walking times are rough; the walking directions link gives Google's own estimate.
Kaleiçi (old town)
Nightlife first · small beach 5 minutes away
Nightlife is on the doorstep, and Mermerli, a small paid beach by the harbour, is 5 minutes away. The big Konyaaltı beach is a 25 to 30 minute walk or a short tram ride.
Send money to yourself online from Israel and collect it in cash in Antalya. MoneySend is an Israeli service and an accredited Ria partner; Turkey payouts go through Ria agents, and there is no fee at pickup.
Checked on 30 Sep 2026 on moneysend.co.il (Turkey page and Q&A) and Ria's location finder. Do the online part tonight, before you travel. Hapoalim may add its own foreign-transaction fee, not checked.
How to do it
MoneySend → Ria cash pickup, paid in Turkish lira
Open moneysend.co.il, choose Turkey, Cash payout, currency TRY, and the amount.
Enter yourself as the recipient, with your name exactly as in your passport. The site neither allows nor forbids sending to yourself.
Enter your own details: name, date of birth, Teudat Zehut number and phone number. A confirmation code arrives on WhatsApp (or SMS if WhatsApp is not on that number).
Pay with Apple Pay or the card details. The limit is ₪5,000 per online transfer.
The control number shows on screen and arrives on WhatsApp. Screenshot it.
In Antalya, go to a pickup point below with your passport and the control number, and say it is a Ria transfer.
Pickup needs a passport. Israeli cards must support 3D Secure. Ria's own pages say payout is available as soon as payment is confirmed.
Live quotes
From moneysend.co.il, 30 Sep 2026; the rate locks when you pay
Cash in Antalya
Receive 6,800 TRY at 1 TRY = ₪0.0700: ₪475.91 + ₪19.55 fee, no extra charges
₪495
total charged
Cash in Antalya
Receive 5,000 TRY: ₪349.95 + ₪19.55 fee
₪370
total charged
The Turkey fee looked flat at ₪19.55 for both amounts. The Q&A page says 1.5% with a $5 minimum; the live quote is what counts.
Pickup points in central Antalya
Ria agents that pay out ("Collect money"), near Kaleiçi
PTT Üçkapılar post office Balbey Mah., İsmet Paşa Cad. 2, next to the Kaleiçi gateGoogle Maps →
PTT Çarşı main post office Sinan Mah., Hüsnü Karakaş Cad. 12Google Maps →
Ahmet Urlu shop Elmalı Mah., Cumhuriyet Cad., Işık Apt. 46/A; showed "Open until 23:00" when checkedGoogle Maps →
Payporter, Antalya branch Balbey Mah., İsmet Paşa Cad., İkizhan İşhanı 12AGoogle Maps →
MPO Dış Ticaret Elmalı Mah., Şehit Binbaşı Cengiz Toytunç Cad. 63EGoogle Maps →
PTT Güllük post office Deniz Mah., Güllük Cad. 5Google Maps →
From Ria's location finder, 30 Sep 2026. Map links are built from the listed addresses, so a pin may land slightly off. Only the Ahmet Urlu shop showed as open at that moment; opening hours were not listed for the others. Ria's list also says any PTT post office pays out Ria transfers through UPT.
Neema and Laya
Which app for which job
€500 to Germany: Neema does it (~1% fee advertised: Financial Freedom at 1% fee; holds EUR). Laya doesn't do bank transfers abroad — it's a travel wallet.
Rates: Laya has 0% FX fee, live rate, but a spread of about 1%. Neema's spread isn't published.
TRY/EGP: Laya holds 9 currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, THB, JPY, etc.), and TRY and EGP don't appear on the lists I found. Neema holds ILS/USD/EUR/GBP only.
Monthly fee: Laya has none, and the physical card is ₪45 once. Neema's card fees aren't published, so check in the app.
Verdict: Neema for the transfer, Laya for Berlin. For Antalya and Dahab, compare each app's in-app quote with your Hapoalim card.
Dahab: one night, Sun Oct 18 to Mon Oct 19 (v3.1)
One night in Dahab: Sun Oct 18 to Mon Oct 19, 1 adult, an entire place, within 300 m of the sea, inside the map area you chose (Peace Road and Mirage Village down to Beit Karim), with check-in open until 17:00 or later. About ₪80 to 110 is the target. Best rated: La Linda Rooftop Lighthouse, ₪140 (€40), 5.0 from 6 reviews, about 128 m from the sea. Best value: Elmamsha Peace House, ₪88 (€25), 8.3 from 11 reviews on Booking, about 118 m from the sea. Prices checked on 18 Oct 2026 on Airbnb (1 night, fees included) and Booking.com; same-day prices move. Conversions: 1 EUR = ₪3.49. Distances are a straight line from the listing's map pin to the OpenStreetMap coastline, so the walk is a little longer. Airbnb pins are shifted for privacy, so those distances are indicative. Agoda and Trip.com were not checked for these. The v3.0 page behind the buttons above has the Antalya fares, areas, cash and apps.
The area searched
Peace Road to the sea, Mirage Village to Beit Karim
Latitude 28.4916 to 28.5048, longitude 34.5152 to 34.5219
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews. About 128 m from the sea; the listing says 3 minutes' walk to the beach and 1 minute to the dive centres. Check-in after 13:00 with a lockbox, no end time.
Booking 8.3 from 11 reviews, location score 9.7. About 118 m from the sea. Booking's own "Dahab Beach" figure says 1 km, but that is one fixed reference point. Check-in 13:00 to 22:00.
Entire dome studio · sleeps 2, 2 single beds · Lighthouse area
₪124
€36
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
Rated 5.0 from only 1 review. About 95 m from the sea, 1 minute's walk per the listing. Private bathroom per the description (the card says half-bath). Check-in after 13:00.
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
No reviews on this listing yet; the host is a Superhost with 91 reviews across their listings. About 245 m from the sea. Check-in 14:00 to 17:00. ₪105 is a limited-time price, regular ₪131.
Ranked by rating with a credible number of reviews, then by price. Left out: listings only free on shifted dates, and unrated new listings. Rating scales differ: Airbnb is out of 5, Booking out of 10.
Dahab: 7 nights, Sun Oct 18 to Sun Oct 25 (v3.2)
Seven nights in Dahab: Sun Oct 18 to Sun Oct 25, 1 adult, an entire place, within 300 m of the sea, inside the same map area as before, with check-in open until 17:00 or later. The target is about ₪80 to 110 a night, so ₪560 to 770 in total. Best rated: Osprey Studio, ₪1,439 (€412), ₪206 a night, 4.86 from 14 reviews, about 37 m from the sea. Best value: Elmamsha Peace House, ₪614 (€176), ₪88 a night, 8.3 from 11 reviews on Booking, about 118 m from the sea. Totals for all 7 nights, checked on 18 Oct 2026 on Airbnb (fees and weekly discounts included) and Booking.com; prices move. Conversions: 1 EUR = ₪3.49. Distances are a straight line from the listing's map pin to the OpenStreetMap coastline, so the walk is a little longer; Airbnb pins are shifted for privacy, so those distances are indicative. Three earlier picks (La Linda, Elite Residence 8, Miz House) are not free for all 7 nights, so they are gone from this list. The v3.1 button above has the one-night list (18 to 19 Oct), in case a shorter stay suits.
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
Rated 4.86 from 14 reviews. About 37 m from the sea. Reviews mention a 5 minute walk to the Lighthouse area and Eel Garden, and a rooftop terrace with a sea view and a hammock. Check-in after 13:00.
Booking 8.3 from 11 reviews, location score 9.7. About 118 m from the sea. Booking's own "Dahab Beach" figure says 1 km, but that is one fixed reference point. Check-in 13:00 to 22:00.
Entire dome studio · sleeps 2, 2 single beds · Lighthouse area
₪794
€228
₪113 a night
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
Rated 5.0 from only 1 review. About 95 m from the sea, 1 minute's walk per the listing. Private bathroom per the description (the card says half-bath). Weekly discount applied, regular price ₪879. Check-in after 13:00.
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
Rated 5.0 from only 1 review. About 122 m from the sea, in the centre of Lighthouse. Check-in with the building staff, no time window shown. Weekly discount applied, regular price ₪976.
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
No reviews on this listing yet; the host is a Superhost with 91 reviews across their listings. About 245 m from the sea. Check-in 14:00 to 17:00. Weekly discount applied, regular price ₪914.
Entire rental unit · 1 bedroom, 2 beds, sleeps 2 · Lighthouse area
₪666
€191
₪95 a night
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
No reviews yet. About 94 m from the sea; the listing says a short walk to the beach, cafes and dive spots. Check-in after 14:00. Weekly discount applied, regular price ₪831.
Ranked by rating with a credible number of reviews, then by price a night. Left out: listings not free for all 7 nights, and the Turquoise Lighthouse Residence (5.0 from 20 reviews, ₪1,704, about ₪243 a night; distance not measured). Rating scales differ: Airbnb is out of 5, Booking out of 10.
Dahab to Tel Aviv, Tuesday 27 Oct, 1 adult: two YallaGo vans (10:00 and 11:00) that reach the Eilat bus station in time for the 15:00 Egged 390 to Tel Aviv, arriving about 19:27 by this estimate. The Taba hotel options from last night are hidden behind a button.
Hotel options are hidden; use the Show Taba hotels button below. Dahab → Tel Aviv tomorrow: which van catches the 15:00 Eilat bus → Getting there tomorrow: YallaGo minivan ₪57 a person, 10:00 or 11:00, or a haggled taxi about ₪65 to 110 a car. Searched on 26 Oct 2026 on Google Hotels and Google Maps, Booking.com and Airbnb; finalists checked on their own pages. Prices are for 1 adult with taxes and fees; where marked, they are Booking Genius prices, which need you signed in (your own Genius price for SakraTah came from your screen). All prices in ₪, converted where a site showed another currency. Distances are a straight line from the map pin to the border crossing; Airbnb pins are approximate. The two cheapest camps only have shared bathrooms tonight. Prices move.
Getting there: Dahab to Taba, tomorrow
Egypt
Dahab → Taba border, Tue Oct 27
About 130 to 140 km, 2 to 3 hours with 4 to 6 checkpoints · prices for 1 adult
Option
Details
Price
MinivanPICK 1
YallaGo minivan on 12go, Dahab hotel → Taba hotel. Tomorrow 10:00 or 11:00; times and details below. 12go →
₪57
Bus
Go Bus, El Masbat Street → Taba Heights, 1 a day in the morning (07:56 on CheckMyBus, 09:40 on 12go), then a taxi to the border. Gone for today; an option for tomorrow. No other scheduled bus found: East Delta has no confirmed Dahab-Taba timetable, and a "Best Bus" minibus ad on Facebook is about 2 years old. CheckMyBus →
₪10-18
Street taxiPICK 2
Haggled private taxi, whole car. No dated 2026 fare found; about ₪55 at today's rate was paid in 2023, so ₪65 to 110 is an estimate. Agree the price and checkpoint waits before loading bags. 2023 report →
₪65-110 estimate
Private car
Bookable for today on 12go: taxis from ₪129 per car; Egypt Luxury Private Transfer van ₪135, 17:00 to 21:00. 12go →
₪129-135
Pre-booked transfer
Operator transfers: Ask Dahab quotes ₪184-276 (2026); King Bus minivan ₪154 plus about ₪48 tourist tax; Kiwitaxi ₪310 and needs passport photos 48 h ahead, so not for today. Ask Dahab →Bookaway →
₪184-310
YallaGo minivan, Dahab → Taba PICK 1
12go · rated 4.3 from 20 reviews · signed-in price, taxes included, no discount shown
Trip time: 1 h listed for every departure · allow 2 to 3 h with checkpoints
₪57per adult
Tomorrow, Tue 27 Oct · the two vans that catch the 15:00 Eilat bus → estimated Tel Aviv arrival
10:00TLV 19:27
11:00TLV 19:27
Tel Aviv times
Estimates: van 2.5 h, border about 1 h, taxi to Eilat central bus station plus a 15-minute buffer, then the next Egged bus to Tel Aviv Central Station (390 at 07:00, 08:30, 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00; 393 at 17:00 and 19:00, last bus). Bus times are from Rome2Rio and not confirmed by Egged; book a seat ahead.
Election day
Tue 27 Oct is Israel's election day: intercity buses are reported free, but trips to and from Eilat reportedly need advance registration with Egged, and the timetable may differ.
Pickup
Your Dahab hotel ("Dahab Hotel Transfer"); no area or meeting point given. Be ready 15 minutes early.
Drop-off
"Taba Hotel Transfer". The border terminal is not named, so confirm it when booking.
Seat or van
Not stated. Priced "per adult" and not labelled private, unlike the ₪135 Egypt Luxury van, so most likely a shared seat.
Luggage
2 pieces per person. Air conditioning.
Cancellation
Free cancellation shown on tomorrow's 10:00 and 11:00 trips.
Alternatives
New Whale Tours van ₪125 (tomorrow), Egypt Luxury private van ₪135, cheapest taxi ₪129.
Which van catches the 15:00 Eilat bus
AMy pick
10:00
at the Eilat station by about 13:45
Spare before 14:451 h
10:00Van leaves your Dahab hotel
12:30Taba, walk to the border
13:30Israel, taxi to the bus station
13:45Eilat station, 1 hour to wait
Survives one slow leg, a 3-hour van or a long queue, not both.
BRisky
11:00
at the Eilat station by about 14:45
Spare before 14:450 min
11:00Van leaves your Dahab hotel
13:30Taba, walk to the border
14:30Israel, taxi to the bus station
14:45Eilat station, no time to spare
Only if the van takes about 2 hours and the border about 30 minutes.
No bus left today: Go Bus is the only scheduled bus on the route, and the vans are transfers booked online, not a timetabled service. The Taba crossing is open 24 hours, except Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha; Ask Dahab suggests crossing in daytime for easier taxis. Picks 1 and 2 are the options in about the ₪70 to 100 range; split a street taxi to bring it lower. A read-only search of Dahab and Hebrew Sinai Facebook groups (Dahab Digital Nomads, Dahab Activities, סיני - טיפים והמלצות) found no posted price for this route, only drivers offering rides, "take the minibus" replies and calls to share a taxi; about ₪100 a car is the going rate there for the much shorter border to Ras Shaitan run. 12go prices read in ₪ on the site while signed in; others converted at £1 = about ₪4.6, $1 = ₪3.07 and about 18 Egyptian pounds to ₪1 elsewhere. Prices checked 26 Oct 2026 and move.
Booking 7.5 from 24 reviews. About 31 km south of the border, next to Baraka and Love Beach. ₪68 + ₪10 taxes; non-refundable. Check-in window not checked. Your Genius discount may take it lower.
Shared bathroom. Its rooms with their own bathroom start at ₪217.
Booking 9.1 from 35 reviews; Google 4.7 from 227. About 20 km south of the border, a 29-minute drive, the closest of the camps. ₪98 + ₪9 taxes with your Genius discount (25% off; public price ₪141); free breakfast for Genius members. Check-in 12:00 to 16:00. Non-refundable; 2 left.
Shared bathroom: the room details list a shared toilet, although the card says "Entire bungalow".
Entire cabin · 1 bedroom, 1 king bed, 1 bath · on the beach in Taba
₪172
1 night, all fees
Approximate location; Airbnb hides exact addresses until booking.
About 0.8 km from the border crossing, the only place this close under ₪340. Palm-thatched wooden hut on the sea, with air conditioning, beach access and free parking. Rated 5.0 from only 1 review. Shows as bookable for tonight.
Not confirmed: the listing says "1 bath" for the entire cabin, so the bathroom should be yours, but it does not say private. Check-in time was not shown.
Deluxe Bungalow with Sea View · bedroom plus living room · breakfast included
₪191
Genius price
Booking.com map pin.
Booking 9.1 from 56 reviews. The cheapest here with a confirmed private bathroom (shower and toilet). Check-in 14:00 to 00:00, 24-hour front desk. ₪168 + ₪23 taxes at the basic Genius price (public price ₪209); your account may show less. Non-refundable.
About 32 km south of the border, in Bir Sweir on the Nuweiba road, so a taxi back to the crossing.
Twin or King Room with Mountain View · 45 m², balcony · breakfast included
₪222
1 night, incl. taxes
Booking.com map pin.
Booking 7.6 from 251 reviews. About 6.7 km south of the border, the closest hotel with a confirmed private bathroom. Check-in 14:00 to 20:30. ₪172 + ₪50 taxes; non-refundable partner offer.
Double Room · 20 m², sea-view balcony · breakfast included
₪191
Genius price
Booking.com map pin.
Booking 8.7 from 12 reviews. Private bathroom with shower and toilet. About 32 km south of the border, next to Baraka Camp. ₪166 + ₪25 taxes at the basic Genius price (public ₪210); non-refundable.
Check-in only 11:30 to 13:00, which has likely passed for tonight.
Ranked by price. Booking prices: SakraTah is your own Genius price from your screenshot; Baraka and Love Beach are the basic Genius price, so your account may show less; Magic Land is the search price. Left out: the resorts by the border (Taba Sands ₪440, Steigenberger ₪491, Mövenpick ₪518), Saladin Hotel and Tobya Boutique (no price for tonight), Nuweiba camps 60 km or more south, and stays across the border in Eilat. Hebrew Sinai Facebook groups (סיני - טיפים והמלצות and others) were searched read-only; the large ones need joining, and no Taba stay prices were posted in what could be read. Rating scales differ: Airbnb and Google are out of 5, Booking out of 10.
