Ephesus Complete Tour: Explore Ancient City, Lunch & Visit to House of the Virgin Mary
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17 Ratings
Selcuk
Immerse yourself in history with the Ephesus Complete Tour. Explore the ancient city of Ephesus, visit iconic landmarks, enjoy a delicious lunch, and end your day with a visit to the House of the Virgin Mary.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ancient City of Ephesus - Discover UNESCO Sights of Turkey with customized and small group tour
    Walk in the ancient roads, in ancient Ephesus, where Apostle Paul and John walked
    See Great Theatre, Celsus Library, Temple of Hadrian, Agora, Public Toilets and more
    Enjoy traditional Turkish lunch in local restaurant
    Visit the Virgin Mary House and Artemis Temple
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - House Of Virgin Mary House
  • The Temple of Artemis - Artemis Temple
  • Basilica of St. Jonh - Expression from Artemis Temple
  • Selcuk - pass by
  • Kusadasi - pass by
  • Isa Bey Mosque - isa bey
What's Included
  • Enjoy the comfort of a fully air-conditioned, brand new vehicle with a dedicated driver.
  • Explore with a professional, licensed local tour guide.
  • Savor a delightful lunch during the tour.
  • Convenient port pickup and drop-off included.
  • Skip the long ticket lines with pre-arranged entry tickets.
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees (We will arrange tickets of Ephesus in advance, so you will skip long ticket lines )
  • Personal Expenses
  • Gratuity
Additional Information

At Kusadasi port or your hotel, a guide holding a placard with your name will be waiting for you. From there, they’ll take you straight to the attractions. You’ll first explore the ancient city of Ephesus, the most excellently conserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey’s largest open-air museum. See the Great Theatre, where St. Paul once preached against pagan beliefs and gladiators battled. The beautifully restored facade of the Library of Celsus, originally built between 115-125, is the most frequently photographed spot in Ephesus, which used to accommodate 25,000 people.

Possible sights also include the Odeon Temple, Trajan’s Fountain, Temple of Hadrian, Scholastica Baths, Marble Road, the agora, and the Temple of Domitian. After dining at a local Turkish bistro, the tour will proceed to the House of the Virgin Mary. According to legend, Mary was brought to Ephesus by Apostle John following the resurrection of Christ, and spent her remaining years here.

Once the tour concludes, you’ll be driven back to your starting point.

Location
Ancient City of Ephesus
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Murray_r
Mar 20, 2024
Great personalized Ephesus tour - Best time of the year for weather, remembering the marble reflects and heats up a lot more later in July/August. We arrived on a cruise ship and didn’t want to be crammed onto tourist buses with dozens of other cruise ship tourists. After a quick online search we found it very easy to book this private tour and the Zephyros Travel team engaged with clear and immediate communication giving us a definitive pickup location with a map which we were met after getting off the cruise. They sent text communication as we pulled into port which was reassuring. This private tour covered the cost of the van and the guided tour and we paid for tickets at the sites (credit cards were easily accepted). The private tour guide, Yetkin (blue shirt in the photos) was thorough, knowledgeable, 14 year’s experience- studying at Uni level, English -very well spoken, made it personalized, changed the tour to suit, affordable. Yetkin had a comprehensive knowledge of all Turkish historical locations (not just Ephesus) which allowed for many discussions of where to visit in Turkey. Yetkin made our tour a joy and a time we will remember forever. The driver drove safely in a very clean & comfortable leather seated van. After seeing the ever increasing bus loads of tourists, we were so happy to have our own tour (which was cheaper than the cruise organised bus tours). We would highly recommend Zephyros Travel and ask for Yetkin as a tour guide if possible.
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Murrayr130
Mar 20, 2024
Great personalised Ephesus tour - Best time of the year for weather, remembering the marble reflects and heats up a lot more later in July/August. We arrived on a cruise ship and didn’t want to be crammed onto tourist buses with dozens of other cruise ship tourists. After a quick online search we found it very easy to book this private tour and the Zephyros Travel team engaged with clear and immediate communication giving us a definitive pickup location with a map which we were met after getting off the cruise. They sent text communication as we pulled into port which was reassuring. This private tour covered the cost of the van and the guided tour and we paid for tickets at the sites (credit cards were easily accepted). The private tour guide, Yetkin (blue shirt in the photos) was thorough, knowledgeable, 14 year’s experience- studying at Uni level, English -very well spoken, made it personalized, changed the tour to suit, affordable. Yetkin had a comprehensive knowledge of all Turkish historical locations (not just Ephesus) which allowed for many discussions of where to visit in Turkey. Yetkin made our tour a joy and a time we will remember forever. The driver drove safely in a very clean & comfortable leather seated van. After seeing the ever increasing bus loads of tourists, we were so happy to have our own tour (which was cheaper than the cruise organised bus tours). We would highly recommend Zephyros Travel and ask for Yetkin as a tour guide if possible.
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Lori
Oct 26, 2023
Ephesus Adventure - We had quite the adventure getting to Ephesus, as there was a bike race being held, which affected getting in and out of places. We lucked out and got through, thanks to our wonderful guide, Taylin, and the driver. Taylin was a wealth of great information about Ephesus and was wonderful to engage with. I highly recommend him and Zephyros Travel! It was an amazing place, with so much history.
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Travelsamdallas
Sep 17, 2023
Personalized hassle free Travel by Caner Zephyros Travel - I went to Turkey for my 60 th Birthday. I was looking for a personal tour for wife and I. I didn’t want to deal with one of the canned tours provided by most tours companies and Caner delivered. From the very start before even getting to Turkey I contacted Caner and need someone to take care of all our transportation and tours from the time we landed at the airport to the time we boarded the ferry to Rhodes. Caner arranged everything from hassle free transportation, personalized tours with tour guides, local and unique Turkish restaurants. We covered every archeological and scenic site in a action packed 3 days without getting worn out. I definitely would recommend Caner and Zephyros Travel for all your travel needs for Turkey. Thank you Caner for a memorable trip.
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Ulrikej904
Sep 3, 2023
Amazing experiences - Ephesus is really wonderfull. I think everybody who is going to Kusadasi needs to go to Ephesus. We went to Luxor in Egypte and in my opiniun Ephesus is way more beautifull then Luxor. It is a really big ancient city. The ampitheater is really spectacular. We booked many excursions with Zephyros travel: diving excursion, Adaland aquapark, Ephesus and Samos. Everything was perfect. The co-workers were really friendly. We paid way less for the excursions than our own travel agency offered us (Tui). This while it is exactly the same excursion. Even if you decide in the evening that you want to go on an eccursion the next day, you can send a text message to Zephyros and pay the next day.
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Kerri
Aug 12, 2023
Very informative and flexible - My husband became I’ll with a headache and the driver was able to return us to our accommodation and offered to drive us to a pharmacy and or hospital very accomodating
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Degoonah
Aug 4, 2023
Great tour guide - We were collected on time at Ramada Resort from Zephyros Travel agency. All I can say is we had a great time, the tour guide was very informative and professional, and I would 100% recommend this trip.
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Caroldyer
Jul 28, 2023
Great tour - We had such a great and informative tour. Our guide Ida did a fantastic job. Thank you. From The Dyers
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V4133wvgilliang
Jul 11, 2023
Ephesus guided tour - Excellent guided tour to Ephesus, Temple of Artemis and House of the Virgin Mary with Zephyros travel. Picked up from hotel and joined another family from a cruise ship in port. Small group made it feel more personal and was easy to keep up with guide who never made you feel rushed. Well worth the money and would definitely recommend.
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O8012hdali
Jul 6, 2023
unbeleivable time with this tour - An excellent tour with an appropriate facilities. This agency respect to their passengers We were so satisfied.
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