A tour to visit the Ephesus ruins from Kusadasi. You will discover the Ephesus Ancient City, the House of Virgin Mary, the Temple of Artemis, and Sirince Village, among many more.

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Duration 8 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Live tour guide: English
Pickup included: You will be collected from your hotel lobby. Please wait in the hotel lobby 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time.

Highlights

Explore the ancient city of Ephesus
Discover the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Savor lunch at a local restaurant
Visit the Virgin Mary House
Indulge in some wine tasting in Sirince

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Your tour will begin as you are picked up from your accommodation between 8:30AM and 9:00AM in the morning. From there your first stop will be to the House of Virgin Mary, which is speculated to be the place where Mary spent her final days. The site was officially declared a shrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1986, and has since become a popular place of pilgrimage. Your tour will then proceed to Ephesus. Ephesus is an exceptional testimony to the cultural traditions of the Hellenistic, Roman Imperial, and early Christian periods. It is an important site for Christianity; being one of the seven Churches of Revelation. Over the space of two hours you will explore the city by walking on the marble streets accompanied by an English-speaking tour guide. Throughout your tour you will see Odeon, State Agora, Prytaneion, Memmius Monument, Domatian Temple, Hercules Gate, Curetes Street, Hadrian Temple, and Latriens. Following the Terrace Houses you will carry on with some exploration of the Celsus Library, Marble Road, Commercial Agora, Great Theather, and Arcadiane. Following lunch you will carry on with a visit to the Temple of Artemis; which is one of the "Seven Wonders of Antiquity". Finally, you will visit Sirince, which is an old village situated on the hills of Selcuk 7 kilometers from Ephesus. The village is popular for beautiful traditional houses and fruit-flavored wine production, and you will have a free time there for some wine tasting if you wish. Your tour will later conclude at around 4:30PM, at which point you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Includes

Professional Turkish and English-speaking tour guide
Exploration of museums, monuments, and ruins
Lunch in a local restaurant
Round-trip transfers from your hotel or cruise in Kusadasi and Selcuk
Transfers with a non-smoking and air-conditioned vehicle
Local taxes

Personal expenses
Drinks
Entrance fee for the Terrace Houses
Gratuities

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Important information

Know before you go

The maximum number of participants for this tour is 14
Please bring sneakers with you, as some streets of Ephesus contain marble surfacing
In summer the temperature may reach 40 degrees Celsius, you should be careful to avoid heat strokes
All transfers are carried out with air-conditioned vehicles

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Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 8 reviews

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Guide
5/5
Transportation
5/5
Value for money
5/5

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Our guide was good but he Set it us up for a carpet deal He knew his stuff and shared it well! Perhaps we could have spent more time in the village that was once Greek then exchanged during the great exchange . A little disappointing.

September 26, 2021

Very nice tour. Our tour guide Nisam was very nice and explained a lot about the sights to us. In addition, because there was time, we drove to local shops where you were not "forced" to buy anything. A very enjoyable and informative tour.

September 23, 2021

The tour started promisingly. With a funny guide we were led through ancient Ephesus, saw the remains (stone) of the Temple of Artemis and the house of the Virgin Mary. Lunch was delicious and included in the price. For soft drinks you had to pay yourself and for in comparison to other places at overpriced prices (15 TLR for a Coke). After lunch, the tour unfortunately turned into a coffee trip. So we visited a carpet manufacturer and then a porcelain manufacturer who first presented their craft. Then there was an attempt to sell, which was quite unpleasant. At the end we went to the wine tasting, where it was all about the sale. So I would have preferred to book a 4 hour tour instead of a full day tour if I had known how the day would be filled. Therefore, the tour is less recommended for people who are only interested in the culture.

September 17, 2021

Kusadasi: Full-Day Ephesus Tour

Kusadasi: Full-Day Ephesus Tour

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