Travel information Accreditation for beginners, how to implement ISO 15189? February 23-24, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey Workshop venue A. Sevim Büyükdevrim Kütüphanesi (A. Sevim Büyükdevrim Library) Institute for Experimental Medical Research (DETAE) Vakif Gureba Cad. Istanbul University 34093 Çapa İstanbul Turkey X Meeting place E-mail:
[email protected] 1 of 4 Tel: +32 (0)16 34 58 81 Akgun Hotel X Holiday Inn Meeting place Crowne Plaza E-mail:
[email protected] 2 of 4 Tel: +32 (0)16 34 58 81 Istanbul Atatürk Airport is located 20 km west of the city centre. From the airport, there are various options for getting into Istanbul: Meeting place Transport to the workshop place by bus You can take the express bus service run by the local airport service called "Havaş" which departs half-hourly between 4AM-midnight and costs 10 TL to Taksim (and also to Etiler, and Kozyatağı). You can take the public bus (line #96T) run by İETT costing 5 TL (3.5 with İstanbulKart), which also stops at Aksaray close to Sultanahmet. Travel times are 20–40 minutes, but depend a lot on traffic, and Istanbul is heavily congested! http://www.iett.gov.tr/en/ Transport to the workshop place by taxi You can take a taxi (about 30-35 Turkish lira (TL) to Taksim. About the same to Sultanahmet). http://www.ataturkairport.com/en-EN/Transportation/Pages/Taxi.aspx Transport to the workshop place by metro You can take the metro (signposted "light rail" in the airport, when you get outside the baggage claim it is about a 10 minute walk in the airport to the metro line.