From istanbul2000@mail.mathatlas.yorku.ca Sat Jul 15 13:49:53 2000 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:41:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Istanbul 2000 To: Conference Participants Subject: Istanbul2000 - transportation information [ The following text is in the "X-UNKNOWN" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] Dear Participants, There are several ways to get to hotels HOTEL YASMAK and HOTEL ERBOY from the Istanbul Ataturk Airport. HOTEL YASMAK and HOTEL ERBOY are located on the same street next to each other. They are on EBUSUUD CADDESI (street) in SIRKECI. Please check our web site and look at the maps. 1) Pachatours can provide you with transportation form the airport. If you would like to be picked up please write to Niyazi Dalyan at ndalyan@pachatours.com.tr mentioning your arrival date and time and flight number. The cost is $10 per person. 2) TAXI The hotels are located approximately 20 km away from the airport. You could take a taxi to the hotels. If you do this, please make sure that taxi-meter is working. This will save you from bargaining. This may cost $20 or $25. 3) BUS There is a bus service from the airport. The Havas airport buses go between the airport and the Turkish Airlines City Terminal. The city terminal is near the Galata Tower, which is a short taxi ride from the hotels. Buses depart from the airport every half-hour during the morning (5:30 A.M.-10 A.M.) and evening (2 P.M.-8 P.M.) and every hour at other times. The bus will cost around ($3) and take 30 to 50 minutes for the trip. If you have any questions, please contact us at istanbul2000@mail.mathatlas.yorku.ca Nurettin ERGUN (Istanbul University) Mahir HASANOV (Istanbul Technical University) Turgut ÖNDER (Middle East Technical University) Cem TEZER (Middle East Technical University) Murat TUNCALI (Nipissing University) Stephen WATSON (York University)