One Day Bodrum Trip: Ancient Ephesus City and Virgin Mary House Sightseeing Tour

Step into antiquity on a full-day trip from Bodrum to the Ancient City of Ephesus. Explore the UNESCO-listed ruins, marvel at the Temple of Artemis, and learn about the history of Ephesus on this memorable sightseeing tour.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bodrum District - Our tour starts early in the morning. A fully air conditioned and comfortable bus will pick you up from your hotel. During this trip you will be accompanied by a professional tour guide, who will be in charge to explain everything you need to know about the places of interest.
What's Included
  • Hotel Transfer (Both Ways)
  • Full Insurance
  • Guiding Service
  • Bus with Full A/C
  • Open Buffet Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Entrance Fees To Ephesus & Virgin Mary
  • Personal Spendings
  • Breakfast
Additional Information

This full-day excursion takes you to Ephesus, an ancient city recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Explore this city, once the second most important hub in the ancient world after Rome, and delve into its rich history. Available daily, this tour offers unique sights and emotions.
The itinerary also includes visits to the picturesque Bafa Lake, the…

Location
Has Konyalı Gümbet Bodrum
Turgut Reis Caddesi
One of our guides will welcome you here and will lead you to the tour buses.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Halimak470
Oct 16, 2024
Ephesus topp - This activity was great and the guide knows very well this visit was so pleasant and the guides are at the top !! The view was amazing
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32ruxandrag
Sep 29, 2024
Amazing experience - Good organisation, the pick up bus came just on time, the guide was very helpful, overall an amazing experience, totally recommended !
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Natalyam581
Sep 13, 2024
Thank you! The tour went very well. - Thank you.! The tour went very well. Ephesus was amazing and beautiful. Thanks for the good organization of the tour. Perhaps the visit to the jewelry factory was unnecessary, because tourists are going to see Ephesus and are not ready to make expensive purchases on the way.
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Escape33757803907
Aug 15, 2024
Definitely recommended tour - Great tour, very well organized, with friendly professional and knowledgeable staff (Eric - guest relations and Ali - guide👍🙏) Would definitely recommend
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331thessm
Aug 9, 2024
Fantastic Ephesus - Amazing trip! We loved it! A long bus journey but a few stops along the way to break it up. Ephesus is truly fantastic to see! Our English speaking guide was lovely! Many thanks! Thess
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575susannahb
May 18, 2024
Trip to ancient city of ephesus - A well recommend trip. It was fantastic our guide Mete was very polite and keep us informed with everything and she was very helpful as me and mum had walking sticks and she made sure we was both ok. We both really enjoyed every minute and the stop we did for breakfast was breathtaking thankyou so much mete for giving us a wonderful experience
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626stanis_aww
May 3, 2024
Efes - Amazing trip to Efes. All was prepared and well organized. Sometimes it is worth to find something local, not delivered by hotel. Thanks Bartu!
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Paul_f
Sep 29, 2024
15 hours on the road - Great tour round Ephesus. But the unannounced stops for hard sell of jewellery and Turkish delight were not appreciated All the dallying and diversions meant we didn't get back till 9pm after a 6.30am start. Ephesus is literally 170km from Bodrum.
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Elizabeth_y
Jun 3, 2024
Not a very good experience - I was collected from my hotel and they were on time. The bus service to bodrum was great. Then we had to swapped to another bus which will take us to Ephesus. The guide was attentive. The tour felt rush and they take you to expensive markets on the way really shame as people said there are more local bazaar where they can direct you to have a better experience. The tour was all day (I was picked up at 6 am and returned to my hotel at 8 pm) Ephesus is a beautiful place. But definitely check if you can go by your own as you will have to rush to take pictures and follow the guide. The food was the best either they will take you to another shop and rush you to eat. It will be better if they ask if anyone wants to buy stuff and take time from your lunch time. Rather than later you have to rush with it. Virgin Mary trip is very short. You can't take pictures make sure you realise you can't come back.
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Stefan_g
May 30, 2024
1 hour of Content w/ 13 Hours of Commitment - This trip should take 6–8 hours (2 to 3 hour drives each way), but due to 3 forced shopping trips, and a lack of organization it took 13. The tour guides were friendly, but their English is not at a level where they should be giving guided tours. They also on multiple occasions said information that I know for a fact to be incorrect. Not sure if this was them being uninformed or they just didn’t realize what they were saying in English meant something else. Nothing other than an average lunch (no drinks) is included so you’re basically paying $50 for a bus ticket, an average meal, and a bad tour of Ephesus. I ended up wandering Ephesus solo ten minutes into the tour, b/c I didn’t feel like following a guide who would point at something and provide information like “This is Roman Baths. This is where they bathed.” The entry to Ephesus is an additional 40 Euros, and the House of Mary sounded like it was another 20 Euros (like I said it was hard to understand the guides.) If you don’t go to the House of Mary, they drop you in a town for 1.5 hours (was told it would be 45 minutes) that has nothing to do. Also worth mentioning they didn’t know who was on the bus, and would have left Ephesus without one of the other passengers had I not stopped them. I then had to go back and find the lady, b/c they had no idea who was on their bus. It would be cheaper and a better use of your time to simply rent a car and drive to Ephesus yourself. I wish I had done that. I’m sure you could find a better guide for cheaper at Ephesus or an audio tour if you so desired.
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