Ephesus Tour: Virgin Mary House & Turkish Lunch

Experience the best of Ephesus on a private tour. Visit top attractions, including Terrace Houses and the House of Virgin Mary, and enjoy a traditional Turkish lunch. No hidden costs, flexible itinerary, and professional guide included.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ege Ports - Your private guide will meet you at Kusadasi port or at your hotel lobby with a sign displaying your name at the pre-arranged time.
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - After greeting, drive to the House of Virgin Mary located on the Aladag Mountains, 5 miles from Ephesus. At the third Ecumenical Council in 431 AD in Ephesus, it…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Traditional Turkish Lunch
  • GUARANTEED On Time Return to PORT
  • Entrance fees with pre-paid tickets to skip lines
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Professional Licensed Guide
What's Not Included
  • Drinks and Tips
Additional Information

All Inclusive Private Ephesus - House of Virgin Mary - Traditional Turkish LUNCH in a Local Restaurant - Sirince Village - Artemis Temple
Our rates include ENTRANCE FEES and traditional Lunch. 99% of travel agents in Turkey do not include entrance fees in their rates. There are no HIDDEN COSTS in our rates. Our tour rates cover entrance fees and lunch,…

Location
Ege Ports
Liman Caddesi
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Elizabeth_t
Sep 3, 2025
Ephesus tour - very interesting and knowledgeable guide, thoroughly enjoyed the day. Teenagers in our party were very engaged
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Tomas_c
Jul 24, 2025
Ephesus bot to be missed - Erkan (our guide) is local and showed his live for the City. He has great knowledge about the history and every details of Kusadasi. Ephesus is a place not to be missed and unique. We did not appreciated the visit to the rugs factory and trying to sell us overpriced rugs and jewelry. It has happened to us in Egypt, Dubai and other places and it was unfortunated. Other that than tour is highly recommended
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Rita_f
Jul 8, 2025
Best private tour - Very knowledgeable & informative tour guide. We see lots of places. The only issue so hot in the summer otherwise the whole private tour is excellent!
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Parinsayani
May 28, 2025
good trip - we booked this tour through booking.com. travelled in late october 2024. to start with we arrived from Istanbul at about 11.00 am and were picked up on time by our tour guide Sel. In our private van [same as in pic] we first went to sincre village a cahrming greek style village spent about an hour there and then headed to Ephesus. our guide Sel was well versed with all the history about the place and she took us through the ruins and the theatre expaining properly all the important facts. after about two hours we were through and went straight for Lunch. it was already 4pm by then. upon our request of vegetarian lunch , Sel took took us to a nice place in town , the pizza and other dishes were all good , thanks to Sel for the nice Lunch we had. we reached our hotel in Kusadasi at about 6pm to end the tour. Thanks to Sel and thanks to Curio travel for the wonderful tour. would recommend it.
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Liattac
Mar 8, 2025
Great day in Ephesus - Our guide, Gorki, was excellent. Took us to each site at Ephesus and gave us great information, allowed us enough time to see things on our own before meeting us again. He took us to a great place with Turkish food for our lunch. This excursion was the highlight of my trip to Greece and Turkey. I recommend this to anyone wanting to see Ephesus . We heard some complaints about the ship excursions when we got back on board, so if you are going there, do this!
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Stephen_f
Feb 9, 2025
Take This Tour! - We have taken many Viator-sponsored tours.. and this was one of the best. We were lucky enough to have Genghas as our guide. He was very knowledgable about Turkish history, shared his love for his country with us... and I would highly recommend this tour. The tour of Ephasus was memorable and you can feel the history of this place. We also visited the town of Sirince , which had many local vendors and small shops. The restaurant where we had a traditional Turkish lunch was amazing. Additionally, we visited local businesses that made pottery , and one that made Turkish rugs. We were shown the process of how these items were made which was interesting to see. One observation about the time at the Turkish rug facility... we were taken to a large room and then were shown many rugs ( about 30 of them, one by one).. and there was some pressure to purchase something. Although this is the culture and they were very nice to us... it was tough to say " no" as they spent a lot of time and effort showing us the rugs. We did not purchase anything and we went on our way.
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Mobile616023
Oct 28, 2024
Excellent private tour - Excellent private tour to Efes. Our guide Yavuz was incredibly knowledgable and gave us a fantastic day. We learnt about the history of the sites we’ve visited. We were very happy with our tour guide - he was great and spoke excellent English. Time and money well invested.
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Downtheamazon
Oct 27, 2024
Go Private and Go Early - Had a great full day private Ephesus and are tour. Take our advice and start at 8:00 not the usual 9:00 to beat both the crowds and the heat. Really enjoyed our guide, Cenk Daghan. He adds a great personality and sense of humor to the information he provides. Happy to adjust the tour schedule on the fly to accommodate your changing wishes. FYI the Virgin Mary house can have huge lines as the morning moves on. When we arrived we had the place to ourselves. if you find a long line just skip it. The house itself is tiny and was reconstructed from just one corner of a stone foundation. Barely worth 5 minutes. Dagan selected an excellent roadside lunch restaurant. Again by starting our tour early we arrived at 11:30 an beat the tour busses who came later as we were finishing up. this was absolutely the best wat to experience Ephesus. Thanks Daghan!
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Awaldrup
Oct 16, 2024
Do the private tour and Terrace Houses! - Fantastic guide. Loved doing a private tour. Our guide and driver picked us up right on time. He was able to avoid all the large tour groups at the site! He offered to take our picture for us. Going with a guide also allows you to enter at the top of the site a walk downhill instead of going on your own and walking uphill the entire time! Also, go see the Terrace Houses. We were very glad we did! Gorgeous :). We then went to a small village and had free time to walk around and shop a little, again before the crowds, then off to lunch. Seriously, take the early pick up. We did 7:30 to be there at 8am when the gates opened. Helped cut down on crowns everywhere! Most of the tour buses have not arrived yet!
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Henkb721
Aug 8, 2025
Beautiful - Nice EN cool experience gained. Nice history and had a good guide. Definitely experience it. Can there be sweltering hot in DE summer so definitely water EN protection.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).