Practical Points for your lasik trip to Istanbul, Turkey

• Please make an appointment first. For an appointment by phone please call +90 212 361 5000 or +90 533 480 5686 ( after office hours ), for an appointment by e-mail click here.

• If you are using contact lenses please stop wearing them before the initial eye exam for at least 1 week for soft contact lenses, 3 weeks for gas permeable hard contact lenses .

• You need to stay at least one night in Istanbul (to have the pre-op examination and the laser surgery on the same day, you need to be in Istanbul in the morning), preferably two nights or more. You don't need to stay at the hospital, you may stay at any hotel or we may arrange your stay.

• If you would like us to organize your stay, please e-mail us your flight info so that we can welcome you from the airport and make your transfer to your hotel or to the clinic according to your schedule. Our patients receive a special discount at a 5-star hotel close to our clinic. The room, including breakfast, for one person per night costs 45€, double-room is 60 €, add bed 20 €. All taxes are included in these prices.

• Trip organization is our courtesy service (no additional fees). In special circumstances we keep the right to change your hotel.

• Hotel staff can speak English and German. But don't worry EyeSTAR staff can also speak Dutch and French as additional languages.