Tours & Events

Conference Events

Pre-conference Golf  Tournament

Gloria Golf Resort is known for its excellent golf courses, attracting golfers from all over the world. In order to offer IAEE golfers an opportunity to meet and to enjoy the Gloria golf courses a pre-conference golf tournament will be arranged on Sunday, May 24. The reserved tee-times are between 10:18 and 11:12 a.m. The maximum number of participants is 24 (first come first serve) and the fee is $75. Clubs, trolleys or buggies can be rented at the Gloria Golf Club. Balls with the IAEE logo will be available. Information about the golf tournament will be posted on the conference web-site. Players are welcome to contact Lars Bergman (lars.bergman@hhs.se) for more information.
 

Social Events Programme

The social events will provide participants with an opportunity to relax after conference sessions, to network with friends and acquaintances in wonderful friendship atmosphere at heaven. Exclusive content of social events will create for you unforgettable memories in Antalya. All events are prepared by a professional entertainment team. Social events are provided from Gloria Golf Resorts & Hotels and IAEE Organizing Committee.

May 24, Sunday, 06.00 pm – 07.00 pm : Student Happy Hour, Gloria Serenity Lobby Bar Terrace

May 24, Sunday, 07.00 pm – 08.15 pm : Opening Reception, Acısu Green Area

May 25, Monday, 08.30 am – 09.30 am : Student Breakfast Meeting, Manyas 3

May 25, Monday, 08.45 pm – 11.00 pm: Conference Networking Reception, Gloria Golf Course
Shuttle services for the "CONFERENCE NETWORKING RECEPTION" on the 25th of May, Monday at 20:45, between all GLORIA HOTELS and GLORIA GOLF COURSE at 23:00, between GLORIA GOLF COURSE and all GLORIA HOTELS. Also, a ring service between the hours of 20:45 and 23:00 will be available

May 25, Monday, 09.45-10.45 pm : Alice in Wonderland, Amphitheatre

May 26, Tuesday, 09.45-10.45 pm : Hurrem Sultan, Amphitheatre

May 26, Tuesday, 09.45 pm – 00.30 am : Istanbul Show, Beach 

May 27, Wednesday, 09.45-10.45 pm : Pirates of the Caribbean, Amphitheatre

May 27, Wednesday, 09.45 pm – 00.30 am : Live Music, Soloist :Yamaç, Beach

Technical Tours

A. Gloria Hotels & Resorts: Energy Management Tour

Date: May 28, Thursday, Time: 09:30 – 11:00 (20 people); Enrollment Fee: $30

At the IAEE conference (May, 25th-27th) delegates will be able to join tour at Gloria Hotels & Resort Energy Management System. Tour starts at Convention Center, includes Hotel Energy Management System, Sports Arena and takes one and half hour. The aim of this tour is to show how to manage energy supply and chain in hotels and resorts and how to control power security.Gloria Hotels & Resorts places emphasize on quality practices and perform the necessary tasks, in order to render its high quality services, innovative nature, and shareholders' satisfaction, its environmental and social added value sustainable. Gloria Hotels & Resorts spanning an area of 2.122.000 m2 consists of Gloria Golf Resort, Gloria Serenity Resort, Gloria Verde Resort and Golf Club and Gloria Sports Arena.  Gloria Sports Arena is a modern sports complex with indoor, outdoor and aquatic sports facilities. It is built on 105.000 m² (10.5 hectare) in Belek-Antalya-Turkey, where over 50 different sports disciplines and camps will be hosted. Facilities are equipped and built by using the most modern technological developments in sports. Gloria Sports Arena offers professional service for individual athletes, teams and groups such as national teams, clubs, sport groups, amateur athletes, professional athletes, all season training camps, summer school camps, tournaments, events, congresses, conventions and conferences. Together with nearly 2900 bed capacity, social activity facilities, bars and restaurants and sports arena, Gloria Gold Hotels & Resorts needs high amount of energy for sustainable services. The management of energy for these huge facilities is complex and difficult to manage. However, for energy management system you can clearly see how to handle this complexity. 

B. AKSA Antalya Combined Cycle Power Plant

Date:  May 28, Thursday; Time: 09:00 – 13:00 (40 people); Enrollment Fee: $75

Tour starts at Convention Center. First of all, managers of Aksa Antalya Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) make a presentation of Aksa Plant and introduce their power plant, and then technical tour to AKSA Antalya CCPP starts. It takes 4 hours with transportation. As the one of the Turkey’s leader energy company, AKSA invest to a CCP Plant in Antalya. CCP Plant is combined cycle natural gas fired power plant and the capacity is 1150 MW. Phase 1 of combined cycle conversion completed in Dec 2009 and Phase 2 of combined cycle conversion completed in third quarter of 2011.

  • 1st phase: 4 x GE LM6000 gas turbines with 50MW each and 4 x IST boilers and 2 x GE Thermodyne steam turbines with 25MW each
  • 2nd phase: 2 x SIEMENS SGT5-4000F gas turbines with 300MW each and 2 x NOOTEER ERIKSEN HRSGs; 1 x SIEMENS 300MW STG-5000F steam turbine

 

Sightseeing in Antalya

 
  • ANTALYA HARBOUR: Antalya has got a beautiful small natural harbour surrounded with ancient city walls dating 2C AD. Local boats organize daily boat trips along the Antalya Coast from 1 hour to all day. There are also a few cafes and fish restaurants in Antalya Harbour.
  • OLD TOWN (KALEİÇİ): Antalya Old Town consist of restored wooden houses from Ottoman Period of Antalya. Some of the houses has been converted to hotels or restaurants. These hotels offer a luxury and comfortable accommodation with their original Turkish architecture. There also many gift shops and pretty restaurants in Old Town situated in small gardens of historical houses.
  • ANTALYA ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM: Antalya Museum is one of the best in Turkey with a rich collection of ancient Roman Statues and marble sarcophaguses. Ancient objects are displayed in different sections with chronological order. Especially Marble Statues of ancient Gods/Goddesses and the statues of Roman Emperors must see in Antalya Museum. Most of the statues had been brought here from nearby ancient city, PERGE. Antalya Museum is only 10 minutes from city center and you can take a local tramway which runs every half an hour.
  • KALEİÇİ MUSEUM and RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDITERANEAN CIVILISATIONS: First Museum in Antalya located in Old Town. The old Orthodox church has been restored and turned in to Museum and a research institute. Old Antalya pictures are displayed here. You can also see the traditional Turkish House decorated in local style. 
  • HADRIAN'S GATE: First and only Roman monument in Antalya is a monumental gate dating 2C AD. Emperor Hadrian visited Antalya and the citizens of Antalya built this impressive marble gate and dedicated it to the Emperor Hadrian. Hadrianus Gate is located 10 minutes walk from Republic Square in Antalya is also known as TRIPLE GATE by locals. 
  • WATERFALLS: Antalya is the city of beautiful waterfalls. There are 4 waterfalls in and around Antalya:
    • UPPER DÜDEN WATERFALL: 20 km from city center. Beautiful public park with pine trees and small lakes..
    • LOVER DÜDEN WATERFALL (ALSO KNOWN KARPUZKALDIRAN): is situated in Antalya center. This is a beautiful waterfall in Antalya which offers a great view of Mediterranean coast and Antalya Bay.
    • KURŞUNLU WATERFALL: 15 km from city center. Situated amongs the pine forest and also a beautiful nature park. You can see some of the artifical lakes with sea turtles and trout fish in this lakes.
    • MANAVGAT WATERFALL: Located in 5 km from Manavgat Town but it is quite far from Antalya city center (40 km). If you stay in one of the hotels in SİDE, you can see this waterfall after only 10 minutes drive as Manavgat Town is only 5 km from Side. 
  • PERGE ANCIENT CITY: Perge is the best preserved ancient Roman city around Antalya. Ancient Greco-Roman Theatre, Stadium, Roman Baths, Agora and other ruins are impressive. Perge excavations are still going on since 1946 by İstanbul University. It is the most visited and popular ancient city around Antalya. Perge ruins are only 20 km from Antalya city center and situated in AKSU town. There is a nice bookstore with books on this ancient city and also on Turkey. Next to the bookstore, there is a small cafe where you can have a tea, coffee, water and other soft drinks. (East of Antalya, Aksu Town. The main road turns left from Aksu Town and 2 km further)
  • ASPENDOS: If you want to see a real Roman Theatre, Aspendos Theatre is the best preserved Roman Theatre in ancient world. Aspendos is located 40 km east of Antalya and takes 40 minutes drive to get there. Opera and Ballet performances take place in summer months at nights in this theatre. Turkish dance group FIRE OF ANATOLIA performs at nearby modern amphiteatre called ASPENDOS ARENA.
  • SIDE: Side is a local pretty resort town with 5 star hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops and nice beach. Side is a natural peninsula east of Antalya about 50 km and definitely one of the must see places around Antalya. Side was also an ancient city with theatre, Side Museum Agora etc. You should definitely visit small archaeology museum in Side and Apollo Temple. There is a direct bus to Side from Antalya Bus station. You can also join one of the boat trips in Side Harbour.  
  • OLYMPOS AND PHASELIS ancient cities are located west of Antalya coast (about 70-90 km). If you rent car, you can follow west coast road following the signs, you should visit first PHASELIS then OLYMPOS ancient cities. Phaselis 65 km and Olympos is about 75 km from Antalya.     
  • SHOPPING: There are great LEATHER CENTERS in Antalya selling leather jackets, coats and hand bags. There are several local markets and bazaars in Antalya. Antalya center is the best place for shopping in general.

Please contact SENATUR for sightseeing tours in Antalya (operasyon@senatur.com.tr)

 

Sightseeing around Antalya

(Pre/Post Conference Tour Destinations, 1-5 days)

 
The perfect location of Antalya offers the oppourtunity to reach a number of quite popular historical and touristic spots. Local travel agencies, which will have information desks at the conference venue, offer plenty of tour options for the attendants wishing to spend some time in the region before and/or after the conference. A selection of the tour alternatives are listed below.
 

Cappodocia - Land Of The Fairy Chimneys

 
Three thousand years of history await the visitor to Cappadocia, this fairy-land in central Anatolia. Millions of years ago, Mount Erciyes convulsed the surrounding landscape with a torrent of lava, smothering hundreds of miles. Later, floods, rain and wind sawed away at the table of lava, creating deep valleys and fissures, slopes turned into cones and columns. Lakes and rivers in the area, especially the Kızılırmak River, contributed to the erosion of this layer of tuff stone, giving the region its fascinating shape. There is an array of colours of the rock mingling with colours of the fauna to an impressing symphony. The most famous rock formations known as fairy chimneys - have been sculpted by wind and water through the ages. Water has found its way through the valley creating cracks and ruptures in the hard rock. The softer material underneath has been swept away and the fairy chimneys conical formations protected with basalt caps have been created. 
Cappadocia is known around the world as one of the best places to fly with hot air balloons. The spectacular surrealistic landscapes combined with excellent flying conditions allow the balloons to gently drift over and between fairy chimneys, pigeon houses hewn into the unique rock formations, orchards and vineyards – through impressive valleys, each with distinctive rock formations, colors and features – and then float up over rippled ravines for breathtaking views over the region.
Cappadocia is also famous for rock churches and underground cities carved out of the rock from early Christians. The area of Ürgüp Göreme and Zelve is an open-air-museum of churches and hermit dwellings, underground cities are located at Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu.
 

Pamukkale - The Cotton Castle

 
Pamukkale is an extraordinary natural wonder. The calcareous waters rise from the ground at a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius and tumble down the mountain from a height of 100 metres, forming pools with cream-coloured stalactites. Water is the architect of this fairy castle or cotton castle - as it is called in Turkish. Together with the adjacent historical site of Hierapolis, Pamukkape has been listed as one of the World Heritage sites since 1988.
 

Ephesus 

 
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city that was built in the 10th century BC. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Apart from its historical significance, the site is also an important religous site. Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils, (see Council of Ephesus). It is also the site of a large gladiators' graveyard. The ruins of Ephesus are a favorite international and local tourist attraction. The House of Virgin Mary, which is a major pilgrimage site, is also located very close to the ruins of ancient city of Ephesus.
 

Yachting The Blue Cruise

 
A Blue Cruise, also known as a Blue Voyage ("Mavi Yolculuk" in Turkish), is a term used for recreational voyages along the Turkish Riviera, on Turkey's southwestern coast. Antalya is the most important start/end point of Blue Cruises, hence plenty of options will be available for the interested participants. These cruises typically last 3 to 9 days, where guests stay on board. Sailing west from Antalya, these cruises generally visit the following spots:
 
  • Phaselis, which is famous for its three natural coves. Phaselis was renowned for perfume trade with rose essences during the antique era and inhabited by Colonists in 7th B.C.
  • The antique city of Olympos, once a base of pirates.
  • Demre (or Myra) is famous for being the birthplace of St. Nicholas, who is regarded as the protector of children, the poor and the sailors and who lived here in the Byzantine Era. 
  • Kekova Island. This is just opposite Kale Village, where the houses in the city slid to the sea as a result of an earthquake in Byzantine Era.
  • Kaş. The ancient ruins and historic centre with exceptionally beautiful streets.