Ephesus Tour: Explore Ancient Wonders

Discover Ephesus from Izmir: Visit Mother Mary’s House, explore ancient Roman ruins, and see the Artemis Temple. Experience history, religion, and culture.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - At the scheduled time, our professional tour guide will greet you at your pick-up location. After a drive of about one and a half hours from İzmir to Ephesus, your first stop will be the House of the Virgin Mary, a significant site for Christian believers. We will proceed to the town of Selçuk. Upon arrival,…
What's Included
  • Pick-up & Drop-off from address to address
  • Transportation with A/C Minivans with separate Driver
  • GUARANTEED ON-TIME RETURN FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS
  • Lunch
  • Professional Tourist Guide
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees ( We will arrange tickets of Ephesus in advance, so you will skip long ticket lines)
  • tips to guide/driver
Additional Information

The tour guide will greet guests at the meeting point. The first stop is the House of Mother Mary. This sacred site has been visited by several popes and is significant for the consecration of the Patriarchate. The first pilgrimage was made by Pope Leo XIII in 1896, and it was most recently visited by Pope Francis in 2014. Visitors will experience a…

Location
Ephesus Ancient City
Efes Harabeleri
You can meet up with Our Guide at Ephesus Magnesia gate
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Pierluigi_p
Aug 30, 2025
Punctuality and ... - Punctuality and preparation of the guide . beautiful archaeological sites. suggestive and memorable place of the House of Mary
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Voyage563536
Aug 29, 2025
A tour of religious and ancient sites - Had an amazing day sightseeing and made even better with our tour guide Devran Was very informative,knowledgeable and a very nice person who was happy to accommodate some extras we asked for. Highly recommend this tour and if you can ask for Devran do so he will make it an unforgettable day
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Paulsi3406dy
Aug 29, 2025
The Religious Ancient worlds - We had an amazing experience ,made even better by Devran our tour guide he was extremely knowledgeable and everything we asked for he was very happy to accomodate. If you can ask for him ,do so ,your tour will be that much better
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175gretchenb
Jul 19, 2025
- Devran and our driver were the best team ever. We got the best sites and views (and pictures) with Devran. He made sure we knew the history behind the sites we were seeing and was well versed in both Christian and Muslim knowledge. We enjoyed learning from him and chatting about local customs. We had the best lunch at the carpet making school and saw beautiful locally crafted pottery. We had the most fantastic day. They were very time conscious of our cruise ship limitations. Highly recommend Devran and the tour team!
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Freda_h
Jul 11, 2025
Tour of Ephesus. - This tour was very informative, with a very knowledgeable guide. We chose the private tour and it felt so personal and exclusive. I would highly recommend this company for whatever tour you might be interested in doing.
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Rob_w
Jul 1, 2025
Great tour - Our guide was very knowledgeable. Very friendly and learned a lot. Our driver got us back to the cruise ship in time.
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Robwf6977gm
Jun 27, 2025
Ahmet. - Ahmet was a great guide and very knowledgeable of the sites we visited. Highly recommend asking for him if you go to Efes!!
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Fearless04471671027
Jun 25, 2025
Great - Our guide Nesim was awesome! We told him we weren't so keen on getting in line for the virgin Mary house. He took us just to ephesus and took us to an amazing lunch! Excellent tour guide very informational and gave us a lot of valuable information
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Morganr610
Jun 25, 2025
Ask for Nesim! Best tour in Turkey - Nesim planned the most perfect day in Turkey. His knowledge and expertise about the history and culture was unlike anything I've experienced before. Thank you for a great tour! Highly recommend for a great day around the city ❤️
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Susank334
Aug 16, 2025
Informative and mixed - We were a family of 5 looking to see a few local sites and also wanted a reputable company to allow us to get back to cruise terminal on time. The host Devran was charming and knowledgeable. Make sure you read all the small print ie what’s included and what isn’t. I booked this tour basing it being much more competitive that TUI What we didn’t realise was the tickets to the attractions made it virtually the same price. (Our fault completely). The tour guide then stated they were taking us to see how local ceramics/pottery was made. This was interesting extra showcasing someone making an item on the pottery wheel and my daughter being given the opportunity to have a go too. We were then escorted into a shop where we were encouraged to buy items. This is where we were told the price was set at US Dollars when we asked for a comparison for Turkish leira it became unclear. One of the items was a small ceramic spoon which had £1.50 on a sticker. When I sought clarification it was actually £150 (one hundred and fifty). My cousin had chosen 3 small items which were charged at over £200 when she realised they did offer full refund. This did taint the whole experience and we did feel the whole experience wasn’t try and hard sell us items. After this new were taken to look at how carpets were made the traditional way and again we had no idea we were going to this attraction. Again very interesting and we were offered drinks etc and told they were not looking to hard sell us items etc. Although they continued with their full sales pitch etc which wasn’t something we had asked for or wanted at either place. We bought small items out of being polite, at the first factory, but then felt we had been misleaded by the staff. After this we did enjoy a Turkish BBQ meal which was very enjoyable. Again we were told this was included, however we were then charged for 3 beers we had. The host was then unexpectedly went away on a family emergency and we were left with the driver who took us back to the port terminal. Quite mixed feelings about the tour hense the rating.
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From $70
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).