Ephesus Tour: Discover Turkish Culture and History

Experience the wonders of ancient Ephesus on a private tour with a local guide. Skip the lines, explore off the beaten track, and enjoy delicious Turkish food. Book now!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI - An old caravanserai the inn from Ottoman period (1618)
  • Ancient City of Ephesus - Roman city with a large harbour.
  • Ephesus Terrace Houses - Large Roman residences with multiple rooms in Ephesus.
  • Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - A religious site of a Roman dwelling house and an active church….
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
  • Private tour guiding service
What's Not Included
  • Admission tickets to Ephesus - 40Euro for each ( Cash)
  • Admission tickets to Mary’s House - 400 Turkish Lira for each (App. 12Euro-Cash)
  • Gratuities will be appreciated for your personal tour guide and driver
Additional Information

Phoenicia Travel is a tour guide associated boutique tour company established by experienced professional tourism professionals. You can trust us with a fully satisfying experience in discovering not only Ephesus but also Turkish culture with our highly experienced energetic and friendly local guides who has an excellent command of English.
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Location
Liman Cd. No:16
Liman Caddesi
Cancellation Policy

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

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Rf777
Nov 29, 2024
Just go with Nesrin! - This was a truly wonderful day. Nesrin customized our trip in a way that worked for us. We had mobility issues. She was able to plan the whole day to go slower than a group tour. We were able to take breaks and rest when needed. The lunch, pottery location, and rug location, were exemplary.. A wonderful family business to support!
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V7564laandreag
Nov 22, 2024
Amazing Tour Guide - This was our favorite tour and favorite tour guide during our entire trip in Turkey! It was such an enjoyable day, couldn't have been any better!
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Melaniecf8612tg
Nov 6, 2024
Highly Recommended - We highly recommend this tour company and recently had the pleasure of two separate tours, one in Ephesus and one in Istanbul. Both guides were extremely professional, knowledgable and personable. Esrin was our guide in Ephesus and Rana was our guide in Istanbul. Our excursions in both cities would not have been the same without guidance of Esrin and Rana. We have already talked about booking with them again on our next visit to Turkey and would not hesitate to recommend these wonderful guides.
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B6824awrichardf
Oct 30, 2024
A Memorable Day - A Memorable Day. We’ve hired tour guides in many, many places over the years. For this tour our private guide, Nesrin, was excellent. She made a tour of a crowded Ephesus seem, well, less crowded. The weaving co-op demonstration was interesting and traditional lunch served was delicious (note the rug sales pitch here but hey, it wouldn’t be Turkey without someone trying to sell you something!). The winery tasting capped off the day perfectly. Our driver Baris was courteous and the van was spacious. Above all, we know that the guide makes or breaks a private tour and Nesrin was a “10”. Ask for her and elevate a “great” day to “memorable
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Jeffreysd8534pj
Oct 28, 2024
Excellent Tour of Ephesus, Ephesus Museum, Church of St. John, Local Pottery Studio & Turkish Lunch - Four of us spent the day with Nesrin, visiting Ephesus, Selchuk, a local pottery studio, the Ephesus museum and the church of St. John. She did an excellent job in all respects. We enjoyed being with her; she told us that Ephesus would surpass any other ancient civilization we might have visited, which was quite true, and her knowledge of the site was extensive. Would highly recommend her.
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Passmiss
Oct 23, 2024
Loved the tour! - The guide was the best! Lots of info and also funny. We had carry on suitcases with us and there was plenty of room to stow it. Glad we booked this tour.
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Cathyhd9170xx
Oct 21, 2024
Best tour company for kusadasi and Ephesus - Owned by a husband and wife team - extremely professional,enthusiastic and knowledgeable. can tailor To anyone- had an authentic lunch at a Turkish co op and participated in weaving - very intelligent, kind and well versed in history - book you won’t be Disappointed
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Lisa_b
Oct 11, 2024
Beautiful Country - This tour and our guide was absolutely wonderful!! The farm was the best and highly recommend, off the beaten path and the lunch was awesome!
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John_r
Oct 8, 2024
Very Personalized and Flexible Tour Made for Our Best Day of Travel - This was a great tour, one of the best days of our 10 day cruise trip. Our tour guide, Gökçe, was very knowledgable and flexible. After booking the tour, we requested to add a stop at St. John the Evangelist Basilica. The tour group indicated it would not be a problem. It was my error that we did not clearly identify on the day of the tour, that we still wanted to do the Ephesus archaeological site and House of the Virgin Mary so Gökçe thought we were just wanting to see the Ephesus site and the basilica. After we visited the amazing and beautiful archaeological site and the basilica, we had a nice lunch and rug weaving demo-no pressure to buy anything. When Gökçe offered to take us to a pottery shop, we asked about the House of the Virgin Mary and she said she thought we only had wanted to do the other two sites. Gökçe made a quick change to the afternoon itinerary for us so we were able to get to the House of the Virgin Mary and back to our ship on time. I would highly recommend this tour for anyone because of the flexibility of the itinerary, the personalized itinerary offered and that the group consisted of my wife and me along with our guide. There were other groups in Ephesus that numbered 24+ in the group. We would not have been able to personalize our itinerary and would not have gotten nearly as much from our day in this significant area if we had been in a large group.
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Rosemariesd8808ft
Oct 16, 2024
Great Turkey Guide - Emre was a great guide and very knowledgeable about all the places that he took us. Highly recommended!!! The farm lunch was awesome but the carpet show room was not necessary.
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