Ephesus Tour: Explore Ancient Ruins & History

Explore the historic ruins of Ephesus on this best-selling tour from Kusadasi Port. Visit the Ephesus Ruins, Virgin Mary House, St John Basilica, and Temple of Artemis. Enjoy skip-the-line tickets, lunch in a local restaurant, and transportation.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kuşadası Port Türkiye - According to the pick-up time that we will arrange according to your ship’s arrival time, meet your guide at the port and set out towards the first visit point
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - located 6km to the north of the ruins of Ephesus, a church was built from the 6C AD to the top of the foundations of a…
What's Included
  • Professional licensed tour guide
  • Lunch at the local restaurant
  • Kusadasi port pick-up and drop-off
  • Car parking fees and local taxes
  • Land Transportation by high model vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Beverages at lunch
  • Personal Expenses
  • Entry tickets (Your guide will have skip-the-line tickets, so you will skip long ticket lines)
Additional Information

Visit > Ephesus Ruins, Virgin Mary House, St John Basilica, Temple of Artemis
SKIP-THE-LINE Tickets, Pick up and drop off from Kusadasi Port, Lunch in a local restaurant, Transportation
This is a Best Seller Ephesus tour with an expert local guide and gives you an opportunity to choose SMALL GROUP or PRIVATE TOUR options.
Visit Ancient Ephesus; walk on…

Location
Kuşadası Port Türkiye
Feribot Limanı
Cancellation Policy

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

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Mike_j
Nov 6, 2024
Absolutely Wonderful Experience! - Wonderful experience. Pick up details were clearly communicated, driver and tour guide Riza were absolutely exceptional. We were offered choices about customizing our tour and given as much time as we needed at various destinations. Learned much about the culture in history of this special place. Thank you!
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Joshua_w
Nov 5, 2024
1 Day Tour of Ephesus During Cruise - My family and I arrived by a cruise ship in the port of Kusadasi. It was very easy to meet our guide after we got off the ship. Our tour guide, Orcun Korkmaz, was very knowledgeable about the area and accommodating for what we wanted to see during the tour. We got to visit the ruins of Ephesus, ruins of Temple of Artemis (a single pillar), ruins of Basilica of St. John, and the House of Virgin Mary. Our guide provided skip-the-line tickets for the ruins of Ephesus (which we still had to pay for separately at the regular entry price) that was convenient for us to not wait in line. Our guide answered our many questions and provided much needed history/context for all the places we visited. A delicious local sit-down lunch was included along with a tour of a rug weaving facility. There was no pressure to purchase anything, just a free informational lesson on how rugs are made in the area. We even got to test feel and walk on some of the different types of rugs and had some local apple tea. All included with no pressure at all. The whole day went very smoothly. I could not imagine trying to navigate all of the places we visited by myself. I had complete confidence with our guide in having a fulfilling experience in our short time in the area. If you have limited time, having an educated guide like Orcun is definitely helpful to learn, enjoy, and appreciate the history of Ephesus.
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Sandra_t
Nov 1, 2024
Friendly guide, good arrange tour. Value for money. - Our travel guide is really good, always smile, so friendly. We all enjoy our trip so much. The length of tour is also good. Cater for everyone.
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Cmao
Oct 31, 2024
Ephesus and the house of... - Ephesus and the house of the Blessed Mother were amazing. Our guide Riza was very informative on every aspect of this tour. I definitely recommend it especially if you enjoy history.
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Salman_a
Oct 30, 2024
Excellent tour of Ephesus. - We had a great time in Ephesus. This tour is well organized. This tour company did a great job. Tour company guide Tijen Oral was wonderful. We met her outside the port at 9 AM. We did the tour in a nice van. Tijen showed us ancient Ephesus and other attractions. She explained everything in detail. Good lunch is also included. Excellent tour.
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Judy_m
Oct 27, 2024
Excellent Trip - Four of did this as a private tour. Our guide ,Risa, was excellent. We were picked up at 9 and did not get back until after 4. . Ephesus is not to be missed. Lunch was lovely. We did spend time at the Turkish rug and leather stores.
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Paulinec2625
Oct 26, 2024
Great trip! - We had a wonderful day trip with Enes, touring Ephesus and visiting the carpet and ceramic factory . There was no pressure at all to buy . Enes is a great guide, knowledgeable and informative. Lunch was pretty good too!
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Lora_d
Oct 26, 2024
Excellent - Temple and Ephesus and information from guide. Guide was very knowledgeable and brought everything to life. Lunch was great We were delighted with authentic food and an oasis of green and quiet. Carpet demo was also amazing.
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Jon_s
Oct 25, 2024
Favorite tour - My wife and I were very lucky. We were greeted at the port exit by Selin the tour guide and Yener the driver. Selin's English was excellent and she was very informative and I would consider her not just a local tour guide but just a local expert since she grew up in the area. The attention to detail was great. Yener is an excellent driver. They did the essential tour and then they took us to a Turkish rug maker and showed all these lovely rugs and they also wined and dined us to make is feel comfortable. After that we did another optional visit to a Turkey leather worker shop and they had some unique leather jackets. Afterwards they dropped us off near the port so that we could do some last minute shopping. Looking back, we might have skipped the leather shop since we didn't buy anything there but we would definitely go back to the rug makers. They showed us how they get their silk and how they make the rugs using their loom, it was pretty impressive but not as impressive as the tour itself. I wish all tours were this good. Thank you Selin and Yener for a wonderful time. We had some lasagna for Garfield.
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Tonysk_l
Nov 7, 2024
Enjoyable experience - The easy way to visit the magnificent ruine from the history site, pity that the time is little bit too short.
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From $19
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).