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Istanbul to Ephesus Tour: Inclusive of Flight Tickets and Hotel Transfers
4.3
3 Ratings
Acarlar
Experience the wonders of ancient Ephesus on a guided tour from Istanbul. Includes flight tickets, hotel transfers, and a knowledgeable guide.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Ephesus Ancient Greek Theatre - The Ephesus Great Theatre is located on the slope of Panayir (Pion) Hill, opposite Harbor Street, and is easily seen when entering from the south entrance to Ephesus. The theatre is cut into the west slope of Mount Pion upon which the Acropolis was located. Hellenistic theatres are generally built on a natural slope of a hill in order to benefit from the gradient of the hill. The best example is the Acropolis Theatre of Pergamum which was constructed in the 3rd century BC, almost at the same time with the Ephesus Theatre. The excavations of the Great Theatre reveal that it was first constructed about 250 B.C, during the reign of Lysimachos. During the Roman period, it was enlarged and formed its current style that is seen today.
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Flight tickets
- All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information
We’ll pick you up from your hotel in Istanbul and arrange transportation to either Istanbul or Sabiha Gokcen Airport, with flight tickets provided for you in advance. Upon landing, our guide will greet you and drive you to the city of Ephesus, an approximately 50-minute journey.
Ephesus, situated on the western coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey), was one of the Ancient Mediterranean’s major and significant cities. It was one of the Aegean Sea’s earliest Greek settlements, and later became the center for the Roman governance in Asia. At the end of the tour, we’ll transport you to Izmir airport, book your tickets, and meet you at Istanbul airport to take you back to your hotel.
Location
Ephesus Ancient Greek Theatre
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Doeycathy
Mar 6, 2024
A great tour - The day tour was amazing! The tour guide is very professional, explain every details and histories of the breathtaking place, Ephesus.
The tour guide knows where to take the best photos, and a hilarious guy.
The driver & tour guide are very friendly, we learnt a lot about turkey from them too.
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U1067lbbriannad
Mar 3, 2024
Unbelievably experience - Wow. Just wow. Be ready for a lot of walking and a view that’s breathtaking. What an amazing experience. This tour company has been the best and I will always use him. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and great English. I can’t recommend this enough. Completely worth every penny and every moment
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Diane_r
Dec 30, 2023
Check your flight itenary and say NO! to the rug shop. - Ephesus was a fabulous archeological site to see. and we are glad we got to go. The transport to and from airport was really nice, and Alex, our tour guide was also great. We had a problem with our flight schedule. We had to leave for the airport at 5:20 AM to catch a 7:00 AM flight, and our return flight was scheduled for 7:20 PM. We did not need all of this time to see Ephesus; 2 or 3 hours is the maximum amount of time necessary. Apparently, this company scheduled this long, long day to work in a visit to a rug maker to try to get us to buy a rug. For this we woke up at 4 in the morning and sat in the airport for 3 hours that afternoon. Not a very nice thing to do. They should disclose this or at least give you an option before they purchase your flights.
It would have been better, and much cheaper, to buy our own flights and book a tour guide for just the tour.
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