Hotel Dinner
The Ceylan InterContinental Hotel, Wedneday, 4th October
(7.30pm for 8.30pm) - Citronelle Room ('N' floor)
A four course served dinner will be served on the night
beofore the first day of the conference - open to all delegates
and their spouses/guests and a chance to meet before the
conference. Set in the stunning location of the top floor
of the conference hotel dinner wil be preceeded by a drinks
reception in the same room from 7.30pm to include local
wines, beers, gin, whisky, vodka, mixers and soft drinks.
Afterwards the City Lights Bar on the top floor offers live
music - every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
MENU
Smoked and marinated salmon with
garden greens, quail eggs and honey mustard dressing
Crepe of mushroom and spinach on tomato,
herb coulis
Fillet of beef with pink pepper corn sauce,
rosemary potatoes and marinated vegetables
Almond parfait on a rich fruit coulis with
chocolate flan
Wine, Coffee, tea and "petit fours"
Cost per person: £75
Spouse/Guest
excursions
Thursday, 5th October (10.00am to 2.30pm) "Life
Style of Istanbul"
Taksim & Beyoglu are at the heart of this metropolitan
city. Records concerning the area reach back as far as 500
years.The guided tour will start in front of the historical
building of the British Consulate, called Pera House, built
in 1801 with the permission of Sultan Selim III. Continue
to walk through the narrow streets and arrive at the lively
Food Market. This is a hustling, bustling place with beer
houses and mussel vendors at its entrance. All kinds of
fresh fish, fruits and vegetables can be found on this street
which extends to Ist?klal Caddesi. Continue to the Flower
Arcade, which was built in 1870.
Coffee stop at the world famous Pera Palace Hotel. It was
built by The Orient Express Company, who realised the need
for a hotel for those travellers who desired luxury. It
is the oldest hotel in town and it has been host to many
celebrities including Mata Hari, and hides many mysteries.
The room where Agatha Christie conceived "Murder of
the Orient Express" will be visited. Coffee, tea and
sandwiches will be in the famous "Orient Express"
Bar. Includes guide, transfers, casual lunch with soft drinks
and tea/ coffee.
Cost per person: £37
Friday 6th October (10.00am to 2.30pm) - "Baroque Splendour
of Dolmabahce"
Built in 1856, Dolmabahce Palace, located on the edge of the
Bosphorus, is a supreme example of lavish baroque decoration.
Walls and furniture are covered with fourteen tons of gold
gilding. All furniture is in place as if the royal family
is away on vacation. The tour will include the staircase with
crystal balustrades, the four and half ton chandelier in the
main reception room as well as the bedrooms of the Sultans,
and of their favourite wives and odalisques. Includes guide,
transfers, entrance fees, casual lunch in Ortakoy district
with soft drinks and tea/ coffee
Cost per person: £44
External Dinners
Thursday, 5th October - Casual and tourist traditional
dinner with local entertainment in the Kumkapi fish restaurant
area of the old city- Neyzen restaurant (7.15pm to 10.30pm)
On Thursday night World Link for Law member firm - Gultekin
Law Offices will provide and host a dinner. The Kumkapi
area is very authentic, only in 10 minutes from the old
city and renowned for its fish restaurants.
The menu is likely to include: fresh fish and meze (Turkish
Hors d'Oevres that are brought in small quantities to start
the meal off, and eaten until the main course is served);
mixed seasonal salad, white beans in olive oil, fried eggplant
with red sauce, anchovy, stuffed mussels, smoked salmon,
octopus salad; puffy pastry with fish, deep fried squid
rings, shrimps cooked in butter; fish (grilled/fried/casseroled)
served with vegetables; followed by mixed seasonal fruits;
crepe with bananas; tea/coffee and local drinks. There will
be entertainment by gipsy dancers and gipsy musicians.
Kindly hosted and provided by Gultekin Law Offices,
Istanbul.
Friday, 6th October - Casual drinks reception and kebab
dinner with entertainment - Kupeli Kebab House (6.45am to
10.30pm)
Instead of a drinks reception and dinner in the conference
hotel on Friday evening, after a short bus ride we go to
the offices of World Link for Law member firm of Le Buro
in the Levent District to have some aperitifs in their garden
(weather permitting). Dinner will be provided at the nearby
Kupeli Kebap House with traditional Turkish cuisine, kebabs,
BBQ and mezze. The attire for the dinner will be casual.
There will also be Turkish entertainment - live music and
a traditional belly dancer.
Kindly hosted and provided by Le Buro Law Offices,
Istanbul.
Full Day Excursion
Saturday 7th October - Full day Cultural city tour with
luxury Bosphorus cruise and lunch (8.45am to 6.00pm)
On this tour you will see (and be guided about) the main
sights of Istanbul in one day.
From the hotel, bus transfer to the Hippodrome Square built
by the Roman Emperor Septimus and then to the Sultan Ahmed
Camii, also called the Blue Mosque. The Blue Mosque is the
most famous monument in both the Turkish and Islamic world,
and the only mosque built with six minarets. Only short
walk away stands the magnificent Hagia Sophia built by Constantine
the Great and considered a masterpiece of Byzantine Art.
Its first construction dates back to the second half of
the 4rth century. Hagia Sophia served 916 years as a church
and 477 as a mosque until Ataturk's orders converted it
into a museum.
Then onto the Topkapi Palace, a 'must see' on any visit
to Istanbul. The foundations date back to 1460. Apart from
the mansions for residence of sultans and harem section,
Topkap? Palace also features many structures such as wards
for palace guards, a very spacious kitchen for use of palace
residents, dormitories for palace servants, Kubbealt? where
Divan meetings were held, Palace School, Treasury Office,
a stable for the horses of sultan, and St. ?rini Church
which was used as a weapon storage for some time.
Then, transfer to luxurious boat for a cruise of the Bosphorus
with buffet lunch and local drinks. The route will pass
Dolmbahce Palace to the Asian side of Istanbul; Uskudar
- Beylerbeyi all the way to Kanlica then from the second
Bosphorus bridge and return from the European side.
Lunch to include: welcome cocktail; nuts; chips& dips;
antipasto/ crudite; ezine feta cheese, mozzarella; chicken
& veal ham; salami with pistachio; dried & fresh
fruits & pickles; green salad with tomatos, cucumbers,
corn, carrot and red cabbage; potato salad with curried
mayonaisse sauce; salad with soy sauce marinated mushrooms;
rocket salad with garlic & tomatos; greek salad with
basil & olives; mezes with olive oil; green beans cooked
in olive oil; sauted zucchini with walnut & yogurt sauce
cous-cous with sour apple served in green leaves; fried
vegetables with tomato sauce
dried bean salad.
Specially marinated barbequed chicken and lamb sticks;
inegöl meatballs; turkish sausage; assorted vegetables;
rice with cheakpea; bread assortment
Dessert buffet with assorted turkish desserts:revani,baklava,
tulumba; mosaic cake with chocolate sauce; salad with season's
fruits; fruit basket; local alcoholic & non alcoholic
drinks; coffee & tea.
After the cruise there will be time to shop at both the
Spice Market and the Grand Bazaarwith its hundreds of avenues
and stalls and shops selling leather goods; rugs; jewelry,
pottery, smoking pipes; clothing; accessories and nemerous
other items.
Itinerary:
08.45 Leave Hotel
09.15 Hippodrome
09.30 Blue Mosque
10.15 St. Sophia
11.15 Topkapi Palace
12.45 Leave Topkapi
13.00 Bosphorus cruise; lunch
15.00 End the cruise; shopping at Spice Market/Grand Covered
Bazaar
18.00 Return to hotel
Price includes transfers for the day, guide, entrance
fees and lunch. N.B. Dress code - no shorts in mosques/legs
covered; modest attire (male or female); ladies should not
wear sleeveless tops (short sleeves are OK); not essential
to cover head with a scarf. No shoes - new socks will be
provided.
Cost per person: £118
