Customizable Private Ephesus Tour with Farm Lunch

Experience the wonders of ancient Ephesus on a private tour with a local guide. Skip the lines, explore off the beaten track, and enjoy delicious Turkish food. Book now!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI - An old caravanserai the inn from Ottoman period (1618)
  • Ancient City of Ephesus - Roman city with a large harbour.
  • Ephesus Terrace Houses - Large Roman residences with multiple rooms in Ephesus.
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - A religious site of a Roman dwelling house and an active church. It’s believed where Virgin Mary spend her last years.
  • The Temple of Artemis - An archeological site and ruins of a large temple.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
  • Private tour guiding service
What's Not Included
  • Admission tickets to Ephesus - 40Euro for each ( Cash)
  • Admission tickets to Mary’s House - 400 Turkish Lira for each (App. 12Euro-Cash)
  • Gratuities will be appreciated for your personal tour guide and driver
Additional Information

Phoenicia Travel is a tour guide associated boutique tour company established by experienced professional tourism professionals. You can trust us with a fully satisfying experience in discovering not only Ephesus but also Turkish culture with our highly experienced energetic and friendly local guides who has an excellent command of English.
Each of our guides have a BA degree on history and tourism/tour guiding and specialized on a specific tour content as archeology, gastronomy and cycling. Our tours are shopping free activities which gives you more interaction with locals and enjoy every moment.
You can customize your tour according to your interests and timing. We guarantee your return to the port in time.
You can beat the crowds with our special online tickets. You’ll easily escape from the crowds in the archeological site with discovering Ephesus following off the beaten tracks.
*You can discover Turkish food and wine delicacies from farm to table by locals.

Location
Liman Cd. No:16
Liman Caddesi
Cancellation Policy

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

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Kiwichick293
Jul 24, 2024
Lovely guide and great tour - We tagged on to a tour of Ephesus from Izmir booked by our cruise mates and were extremely happy with everything about the trip (except the crazy hot weather 😰). Nesrin was easy to find as we came off our cruise and provided great commentary on the drive to Ephesus. The van is clean, spacious and blissfully cool with a great driver. Ephesus is stunning and Nesrin made sure we were in good spots to see the highlights and stay in the shade. The lunch venue was good with lots of options, friendly staff and tasty food. Our group was struggling in the heat plus no one had a religious interest so we decided to have a look at the pottery and rugs. While we went with some trepidation of it being the classic 'turkish rug salesman' hard sell it was actually really interesting and it turned out the owner had actually spent a large part of his life in Australia so that led to a good chat. Both the rugs and pottery are beautiful and worth a look just from that perspective. Nesrin is a lovely bubbly guide with a passion for sharing her home with guests. We'd highly recommend her flexible tours.
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Daydream47079129950
Jul 24, 2024
You will love this tour! - Emre gave us a wonderful tour of Ephesus! He had great communication and we loved being able to do anything we chose. It was a wonderful time and we highly recommend you book a tour to enjoy the city and countryside.
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342russellw
Jul 24, 2024
The Best Tour Experience! - We had an amazing tour! We loved that we could do whatever we wanted and the tour was very flexible. Emre made us all feel comfortable and welcome. He was very knowledgeable about Ephesus and showed us the highlights of the historic market.
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948stephent
Jul 21, 2024
Tons of Fun! - Excellent trip! The guide was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. She spoke amazing English which helped everyone clearly understand her without any issues. She was extremely knowledgeable on both the House of the Virgin Mary and Ephesus AND on the surrounding countryside and towns. She explained everything very clearly and was extremely helpful. She gave everyone helpful information and made the tour experience very fun and enjoyable. After Mary’s House and Ephesus we went to a carpet seller and had a great show! He came super close to selling us a carpet 😂 it was a lot of fun I would recommend seeing that as well if she offers. Overall it was a great trip and I would highly recommend this guide.
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Hervoiceoverboys1
Jul 21, 2024
Amazing Tour - The tour was overall great. We were picked up from our house and dropped to our own door. The vehicle was very comfortable and our driver was a polite person. Our tour guide Azime was very knowledgeable and friendly! Even though I was an Ephesus area local, I've learnt so many things I didn't know. She offered to take us to additional stops and they were so very fun as well. She took a lot of group photos for us during the tour. I've found the agency through google and did two English guided tour with them. If I ever have foreign visitors again, I will definitely reach out to them because no local can give a professional grade tour to visitors in my opinion. I am so glad I've found them!
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905annikap
Jul 18, 2024
Very pleased! - Gökçe was a knowledgeable and very friendly guide around Ephesus and the House of Mary. She was also patient with us when our ferry from Greece was delayed. We were also very appreciative of our driver getting us from place to place during our stay in Turkey. Both vehicles we rode in were very spacious and clean. Çok teşekkür ederim!
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Passport49046644250
Jul 17, 2024
Fabulous time in Ephesus Turkey. Amazing guide! - Emre, was a fantastic tour guide during our time in Ephesus. Very knowledgeable on all subjects and history. He also took us to several local spots that were fabulous. Highly recommended! 5 Stars out of 5!!!
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Casedogg21
Jul 17, 2024
Best private Ephesus tour!! - Absolutely loved Nesrin as our tour guide! So friendly and knowledgeable and the kids loved it!! We did a tour to Ephesus archeological site with terrace houses and the museum experience and it was so cool! Lunch was delicious then got to see how they make the rugs on the looms as well as pottery making!
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Agrip76
Jul 16, 2024
Memorable day! - This was a wonderful, memorable trip. We loved visiting the sites and enjoying lunch Nesrin was so knowledgeable, kind, and her love of her country showed.
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Dannyty3608zd
Jul 15, 2024
Knowledgeable, Local, Trustworthy - Amazingly knowledgeable tour guide who not only knew the area well enough to get us half an hour ahead of the traffic, but also managed to put together an impromptu visit to a carpet maker after closing! Knew just about everything there was to know about the ancient world, answered our questions and more. Would highly, highly recommend these lovely people! :)
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