Home-visit IV therapy in Fatih, Balat and Fener

Fatih is the wide, residential part of the historic peninsula: the painted houses of Balat, the Greek and Jewish heritage of Fener, the Byzantine mosaics of Chora and the Valens Aqueduct striding over the traffic. Visitors here tend to rent restored apartments or stay in small design guesthouses, often for a week or more, living a little like locals. Families visiting relatives and long-stay guests are common.

Balat and Fener climb steeply from the Golden Horn and many lanes are too narrow for cars, so expect the nurse to park nearby and walk up. Arrival takes a little longer than in the centre, around 50 to 70 minutes. Guests often call after a long day in the heat of the old city, or in the morning after a late night out in Karaköy across the water.