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Private Tour: Customizable Full-Day Excursion
4.8
21 Ratings
Selcuk
Take pleasure in our tailored day-long tour guided personally just for you. Just let your guide know your preferred itinerary so that they can adjust and accomplish it according to your schedule and requirements! Your day will indeed be flawless.
Take pleasure in our tailored day-long tour guided personally just for you. Just let your guide know your preferred itinerary so that they can adjust and accomplish it according to your schedule and requirements! Your day will indeed be flawless.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - House of Virgin Mary
- Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - House of Virgin Mary

What's Included
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Entrance fees
- Drinks
- Entrance fees
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Location
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
Sultaniye Mahallesi
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(21 Ratings)
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Jon_c
Sep 30, 2025
Great Tour guide - Tour guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating to my preferences. Enjoyed the day and would highly recommend.
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James_t
Sep 18, 2025
Filiz was a famtastic... - Filiz was a famtastic guide with a deep knowledge of the sites and related history at Ephesus. She was excellent at navigating the crowds so we could see all the important sites, and she also shared her culture with us. For lunch, she took us out in the country for a traditional Turkish lunch prepared and served by local villagers, which included a demonstration of rug weaving (and of course an opportunity to buy said rugs, for lower prices than we encountered in Istanbul). While I was a bit disappointed to learn that only about 20-25% of the proceeds for wool rug sales went yo the weaver, the percentage was higher for silk rugs, and the organization running the center was trying to help keep a dying art alive. Overall, the day was a huge success, and well worth the money!
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Divina_d
Aug 15, 2025
Excellent! - Perfect! Better than expected! Polyglot guide, with a lot of geographic and historical knowledge, attentive and friendly!
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Dominique_j
Aug 3, 2025
Efeze private Tour. A+ from Belgium - We booked a private tour to visit Ephesus. Pickup at the hotel. To our surprise, our guide, Olcaj "OJ," spoke perfect Dutch. Even though we'd booked an English tour, our children, aged 10 and 12, thoroughly enjoyed the tour because they could understand everything. We had a wonderful day with a delicious lunch at a handmade carpet-making workshop. We were able to experience this as well as a pottery workshop. Our guide listened carefully to our wishes and tailored the day accordingly. We received a truly customized package. She was also very knowledgeable and shared interesting facts. Let's be honest, you can never get so much out of a day and gain so much knowledge on your own. Ephesus itself is definitely recommended. The terraced houses were fantastic. The museum is also a cutting-edge technology. A wonderful addition. We also visited the House of Mary and the Church of the Apostle John. Both of these take about half an hour at each stop. Because the guide was so helpful and adapted the itinerary to accommodate traffic and the crowds at the sites themselves, we were able to fit a jam-packed program into the day. Not to forget the excellent driving of our driver 'captain'. As the icing on the cake, she dropped us off not at the hotel but in Kusadasi itself, offering a few tips. This allowed us to finish the day with a stroll along the promenade and a visit to the bazaar. Definitely do it! A+ from Belgium
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Michael_a
Jun 27, 2025
Excellent! - Tijen was knowledgeable, friendly and flexible. She catered to our specific needs with a a smile. We feel like we got a great introduction to Turkey. Thank you Tijen!
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Ildi_e
Sep 27, 2024
An amazing day - We had an amazing day with Ender our guide. He was a lovely man and more like a friend than a guide. He was very knowledgeable, and as it was a private tour we were able to cater the day to our needs and likes. He knew all the good photo spots and took all the photos I coukd have asked for. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Ephesus.
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Peter_f
Jun 15, 2024
Magnificent Ephesus - Ender was a great guide. We wanted to start early and avoid the heat and crowds and he was very accommodating. We also only wanted to spend 3-4 hours as we were heading back to Bodrum that afternoon. No problem. He was very knowledgeable about the history of the site, including some very nuanced details. Highly recommend this tour.
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Anonymous
Oct 20, 2023
The Best Guide - Omer made Ephesus come to life. We enjoyed learning more about Turkiye and experiencing a bit of its culture. We have gone on many tours and Omer was the best. Thank you, Omer, for taking us under your wing.
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Poonam_a
Aug 12, 2024
Was lovely tour guide but not fully customised itinerary - Our tour guide Ikay was lovely. He took great care of us and his knowledge was good.
I think everything was fine except one point - this is not a fully customised tour. You get to visit the areas which are mentioned in what to expect section which is confusing to description written in overview section.
So for example if you want to visit Sirince , the tour manager on the day of tour asked her for additional 50 usd!!
We obviously said no and had to skip.
Apart from this, rest everything was good.
We recommend Ikay as tour guide.
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Brant_f
Jul 16, 2025
Our tour guide OJ was... - Our tour guide OJ was extremely informative and accommodated our older travelers. We were able to see all the sites that we wanted to see. The reasons I would not recommend this tour are 1) The air conditioning on the private bus was not working properly, and it was extremely hot during our entire tour. 2) part of the tour after lunch brought us to a carpet sales pitch. While it was informative, this took more time and should’ve been discussed in advance.
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