WORLD CONGRESS ON ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE HYDROPOWER
29-31 May 2007, Antalya, Turkey

Venue: Talya Convention Centre, Talya Hotel, Antalya, Turkey.

Address and contact:
Talya Hotel
Fevzi Çakmak Cad. No: 30, 07100 Antalya

- Getting there
- Visa and travel
- Currency
- Weather
- Link
- Picture Gallery

Getting there

Antalya in southern Turkey is about 50 minutes flight from two major international airports, Ankara and Istanbul. On your arrival in Antalya our logistics partner, KUBABA, can provide transport to the hotel, which is 11 kms from Antalya Airport (20 minutes by road).

Please contact Mr. Can Sezgin of KUBABA (cansezgin@kubaba.net) to check if you can get cheaper flights booked from Turkey.

Journey times and distances from Antalya to:

Journey times and distances from the hotel to:

Visa and Travel
Please click here to read about visa requirements to Turkey.

Currency
The currency in Turkey is the Turkish New Lira. One US Dollar is approximately 1.43 Turkish New Lira. Click here to see the recent exchange rate.

Weather
Summers are hot and rainless while the other months are warm and often rainy, with a mean annual temperature of 18.7°C. In Antalya the average humidity rate is 64%. By May, the average temperature is 21°C, with the maximum temperature recorded during May being 38.7°C. Rain falls on about five days in May and storms are possible.

Links
Tourism in Antalya - www.antalya-ws.com
Tourism in Turkey - www.tourismturkey.org
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey - www.mfa.gov.tr/mfa

Airlines to Antalya from European cities :
- Cheap flights to Antalya : http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/city/anta/cheap-flights-to-antalya.html
- Flights to Antalya : http://travel.kelkoo.co.uk/browse/b/172201/t_Antalya.html
- Sky Airlines : http://www.skyairlines.net/eng/index.htm
- Pegasus : http://www.pegasusairlines.com/EN/
- THY : http://www.thy.com/
- Onur air : http://www.onurair.com.tr
- Atlasjet : http://www.atlasjet.com/en/default.asp

Ministry of Tourism photos and videos about Turkey, http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN

Turkey photos, http://www.resimler.net/index.php?lang=english_gb
http://www.pbase.com/world/turkey http://www.pbase.com/world/turkey

Picture Gallery

The Talya Hotel is about 10 minutes walk from the yacht harbour

The Congress will be held at the Talya Convention Centre, adjacent to the Talya Hotel.

Marmara Hotel is about 1 km from the Talya Convention Centre. Coaches will be provided for transportation to Hotel Talya.

The Fluted Minaret and Complex.

Hadrian's Gate - built in 130 A.D. to honour the Emperor Hadrian.

Formerly a port, today the harbour is used exclusively as a yacht harbour.

The Yacht Harbour

Antalya's modern monument in the park close to the town centre.

The old fort of Antalya.

Duden Waterfall, close to the city centre.