The Ancient City Of Ephesus & Temple Of Artemis & House Of Virgin Mary

4.5 Hour

Duration

Ephesus

Location

Duration of the tour: Approximately 4.5 hours.
Departing from: Port of Kusadasi
Service level: Private Tour

Departure/Return Location

Kusadasi / Kusadasi

Service Level

Private Tour

Tour Included

Pick up and drop off at port of Kusadasi

Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, luxury, non-smoking, private vehicle

Private proffesional tour guide with official licence

Enterence fees to the sites which are indicated in the tour programs

Tour Not Included

Lunch is not included if it is not indicated in the tour program that you selected. But according to your demand, you may ask your guide to add lunch according to your timing.

If the lunch is included in the tour program that you selected, the drinks during the lunch will be extra.

In Turkey after having a service leaving some tips is a custom like the other countries. Any tips to your guide and your driver is not included.

Tips to staff.

After your cruise docked to Kusadasi port, on your meeting time, your guide will be waiting you in the arrival guest terminal with a sign that your booking name indicated. After he/she welcomes you and after getting on your luxury private van, your unforgetable day in Turkey stop starts.

Your first stop will be The House of Virgin Mary which is located up on a mountain that it is beleived to have been the place where she lived and spent the last years of her life close by to the Ancient City of Ephesus whereas St. John the apostale lived and passed away in this city.

After that your next visit will be to the Ancient City of Ephesus. Ephesus was inhabited from the end of the Bronze Age, but the location of the city was changed owing to the silting up process of the river Cayster and because of various rulers. The ancient city that we visit today is the 3rd location of Ephesus from the 3rd C BC. As you enter the site with your guide you are going to see lots of impressive monumental structures in this Greko-Roman city such as starting from the Gate of Magnesia; Agoras including the Commercial Agora, Roman Baths, Basilica, Odeon(Buleterion), Domitian Square containing more ruins spread around including Nike Relief, Gate of Heracles, Three main collonaded streets of Ephesus including the Marble street, Trajan Fountain, Temple of Hadrian, Latrines(ancient public toilets), Teracce Houses(from outside), Library of Celsus, Grand Theatre, Gymnasium and more…

After your visit in the ancient city of Ephesus your last stop in the historical part of your tour will be the Temple of Artemis that herself was the protector mother godess of the city and the area of the temple was the 2nd location for Ephesus. Even from the temple itself not much ruins left, this site is something not to miss as being one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. You will also facing an impressive view from the location of the temple with some other impressive historical buildings such as The Isa Bey Mosque, The Basilica of St. john and the Ayasuluk Castle…

After you finish your program, the same way you drive back to Kusadasi where the port is. Ending our services as saying goodbye to our guests with unforgetable memories and with the wishes to welcome them back again…

1- Ephesus has approximately 1 mile (1,5 km) walking distance and Terrace Houses(if the visit included) has more than 200 steps. Not recommended for our guests who have physical disabilities.

2- During your visits in the historical sites you need to wear comfortable shoes because there going to be cobblestone and slippery surfaces, inclines and sometimes steps.

3- During the tours having a hat and putting your sunscreens on highly recommended to avoid the problems in the hot temperatures. Especially inside Ephesus possiblities to find shade is difficult.
According to your request, we can skip some of the sights from the program.

4- Teracce Houses are located inside the ancient city of Ephesus and has an extra enterence fee as a museum. If it is not indicated in your program that you selected and if you desire to visit it, in any of the tours could be added optionally as long as you pay for the enterence fee.

5- According to the crowds on the busy days, your experienced tour guide could change the rotation of the places to visit in your program to organise a much easier day for your comfort.

6- Local currency is Turkish Liras(TL) but around the places where you visit, generally they do accept euros and dollars.

7 – 0-6 ages of children are free of charge as long as you bring the copies of their passports to show the officials at the enterances of each site.

8- If there is a mosque visit in your program, you should bring a scarf to wear before you enter.