Private Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary Tour: Uncover Turkish Culture with Expert Local Guides

Uncover Turkish culture on a private Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary tour. Experience expert local guides, skip the lines, and avoid the crowds for an unforgettable and satisfying experience.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Port Kusadasi Turkey - You meet your guide at the cruiseport of Kuşadası, with your name written on a board
  • Ancient City of Ephesus - Best preserved Greco-Roman city of Europe. Located in Selçuk, Izmir. You walk one mile distance by the explanations of your professional tour guide. Watching and taking photos of the amazing monuments such as the Senate of the city, Gate of Hercules, Trajan’s Fountain, Temple of Hadrian, Library of Celsus, The Great Theater with 25000 people seating capacity and much more belonings of an ancient roman city.
  • Ephesus Terrace Houses - It is the highlight of Ephesus. Ancient houses with their own central heating systems, roman baths, latrines and amazing frecos, mosaics and graffitis. Worth seeing.
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - This place is a holy place for the Christian World. Because it is believed Virgin Mary lived her last years here it is a pilgrimage area for the christians. Pope Paul VI, Jean Paul II and Benedict visited the house.
  • The Temple of Artemis - One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We stop here for a short information of the temple and panoramic view of the Selçuk Castle, St John’s Church and Isa Bey Mosque. Where you can see three holy place of Pagans, Christians and Muslims together.
  • Selcuk - In case necessary some free time in Selçuk town for lunch and see the local handcrafts around.
  • Kusadasi - We do have pick up and drop off service to Kuşadası Hotels and Cruise Port
What's Included
  • English Speaking Professional Tour Guide
  • Port / Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Air-conditioned Private Vehicle
  • Avoid long lines
  • Parking fees
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees to Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary (60usd pp)
  • Food and beverage
Additional Information

This is a private boutique tour. Just for you and your companies. Not a group tour!!!

Experience more than 2000 years of history and christianity by this guided private Ephesus and Virgin Mary’s House tour. You will walk 1 mile (1,5 km) through the Roman ruins such as Celsus Library, Temple of Hadrian, The Great Theater of Ephesus, latrines, terrace houses, marble streets and many more. Also can pray at the shrine of Virgin Mary, drink holly water and stick your wishes on its wall.

You will avoid the crowds and extreme hot during the high season. We also prepare the entrance tickets in advance to avoid the long lines and save up time.

We assure you an unforgettable Ephesus experience and 100% Satisfaction.

Location
Port Kusadasi Turkey
Camikebir, Feribot LimanI
Cancellation Policy

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

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Kbarut
Feb 1, 2023
Amazing Ephesus Tour - We visited Ephesus with my parents. Ephesus is a great place to visit. Our guide Hakan is experienced. He really do his job well.
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Maria_b
Jan 30, 2023
Do not miss it !!! - We had a great time. Ephesus is a must to do in Turkey. Such an amazing place. Although we do not know much about the history our guide hako did a great job and even the kids learned much about it and Turkey. An interesting and impressive country. We recommend %100
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Adnan
Nov 1, 2022
Amazing Ephesus - We visited Ephesus with my colleagues. We have been to Izmir for a business trip and had a a nice surprise. It was the highlight of our trip to Turkey. Ephesus is an amazing place to visit and it’s a privilege to be there
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Hulya4835
Oct 8, 2022
Nice trip to Ephesus with perfect guide Hakan.👏 - Our Ephesus tour with Hakan was great. He showed us all the monuments of this great city also took us to the virgin Mary’s house. Also visites a ceramic art center which was very interesting and fun. Thank you for orginising such a great day. We highly recommend turquiahora…
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806selahattinc
Aug 6, 2022
Ephesus guided tour - We enjoyed very much the tour of ephesus. Thanks to hakan, he took very good care of us. We felt very well in the hands of him and would like coming back to see more like Pamukkale, Miletus.
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Berkerl2022
May 9, 2022
The Perfect Guide - An excellent guide who really does his job well. I would definitely recommend. He does an excellent job with his language and historical knowledge.
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