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Ephesus Essentials: Private, Customizable Shore Excursion with Expert Guide
4.9
17 Ratings
Selcuk
Escape the crowds and discover the wonders of Ephesus on a private, customizable shore excursion. With an expert guide and luxury minivan, create your own itinerary and explore at your own pace.
Escape the crowds and discover the wonders of Ephesus on a private, customizable shore excursion. With an expert guide and luxury minivan, create your own itinerary and explore at your own pace.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Ancient City of Ephesus - Explore the beauty of this amazing UNESCO-listed ancient city, which consists of many important landmarks such as the Library of Celsus, the Great Theatre, the Fountain of Trajan and many more!
- Ephesus Terrace Houses - Get ready to be amazed by the breathtaking mosaics and mural paintings in the halls of Ephesus’…
- Ancient City of Ephesus - Explore the beauty of this amazing UNESCO-listed ancient city, which consists of many important landmarks such as the Library of Celsus, the Great Theatre, the Fountain of Trajan and many more!
- Ephesus Terrace Houses - Get ready to be amazed by the breathtaking mosaics and mural paintings in the halls of Ephesus’ upper class villas.
- The Temple of Artemis - Explore one of the “Seven Wonders of Antiquity”, which was the center of the spiritual life of the Ancient Greek and the Roman Empire.
- The Basilica of Saint John - This amazing basilica was built by the Emperor Justinian, where the evangelist St. John was believed to be buried after his death.
- Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - Being one of the most spiritual places on earth, the House of the Virgin Mary is one of the key landmarks of the area.
What's Included
- SKIP THE LINE entrance guaranteed
- Private transportation
- Private Expert Guide
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Lunch
- Parking fees
- SKIP THE LINE entrance guaranteed
- Private transportation
- Private Expert Guide
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Lunch
- Parking fees
What's Not Included
- Entrance Fees
- Gratuities
- Entrance Fees
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Avoid the crowded groups, explore Ephesus with your private expert guide and private minivan!
This is a special tour which is designed exclusively for cruisers.
It’s your day in Ephesus!
- Customize your tour according to your wishes, preferences and schedule,
- Enjoy the expertise of your private guide,
- Take a comfortable and secure ride in your…
Avoid the crowded groups, explore Ephesus with your private expert guide and private minivan!
This is a special tour which is designed exclusively for cruisers.
It’s your day in Ephesus!
- Customize your tour according to your wishes, preferences and schedule,
- Enjoy the expertise of your private guide,
- Take a comfortable and secure ride in your private A/C luxury minivan,
- Explore the wisdom of the amazing Ephesus!
Location
Ancient City of Ephesus
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(17 Ratings)
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E7103xbtomasr
Sep 7, 2024
Private tour for 2 person - We booked our private tour 2 days ahead. They picked us up at the hotel. Transport was nice and clean. The driver was ready and waiting for us all the time. Our guide Volkan was really passionate about the history and explained everything in detail. He also gave us some other interesting trip ideas. We customized our tour on the go with no problem. He took us to Ephesus, archeological museum and to the temple of Artemis which we decided to visit. He also offered us to visit local pottery shop. It was a nice and interesting family business. Lunch was at a small local business with simple but tasty food. Definitely recommend.
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Maribel_m
Jul 23, 2024
Jayla is the best tour guide in Ephesus - Tour was great, saw a lot of places and great history telling. Jayla is excellent and would book her for another tour
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Barbara_c
Jul 2, 2023
Very worthwhile tour - Tugrul Sezgin was a wonderful guide. He brought Ephesus to life. The ruins were stunning, as was Mary's house and the Basilica of St. John. He was incredibly sensitive to our needs as older tourists. He showed us great shopping spots and shared a lovely lunch with us. He was delightful and we thoroughly enjoyed his guidance and his love of Turkey. We were very grateful for his help.
Gayle and David
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Mdsailor-ii
Nov 8, 2022
Relive the history! - This is a great company, and owner/guide Volkan is the best tour guide I have ever seen. While giving information about places we visited, he made us feel like we were there for thousands of years ago!
Great experience, highly recommended it!
K.A.
Washington DC / US
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B1837ytelizabetha
Nov 8, 2022
Great tours around Ephesus/Kusadasi - Volkan’s passion for history was amazing—he clearly loved sharing insights on Turkish and overall Mediterranean history with us. He gave us great recommendations of places to go and things to see and gave us some great restaurant recommendations! A friendly, helpful, insightful guide you’ll enjoy traveling with. Highly recommend.
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Gary_c
Nov 7, 2022
Fantastic Tour - Vulcan was our fantastic tour guide. We had an entire day of private touring with him and had the best experience. He is very knowledgeable and easy to understand.
We had plenty of time to see all the major attractions along with a great lunch stop. He even took great photos for us at major stops. The best tour we have taken.
Would highly recommend this tour.
Review provided by Viator
940arcac
Sep 20, 2022
Perfectly Guided Tour - Our tour of Ephesus and Sirince was perfectly planned and thoughtfully organized. We avoided all of the lines while seeing everything that we wanted to see. We were very thankful to have done the tour with our guide as she was very knowledgeable about the history but also the area, so she made sure we avoided most of the heat, crowds, and other time wasters. Definitely the best tour we had in Turkey.
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Linda_c
Jun 4, 2022
Euphesus with Tuba - We were so pleasantly surprised and pleased with the entire Viator Guided Tour experience with Tuba! A lovely like new Mercedes van and driver and the most enthusiastic knowledgeable guide we could have enjoyed! Her command of English and other languages inc Japanese
proves her professional commitment to sharing the significant importance of Euphesus and the area…and she is most fun! Thank you Tuba for bringing the history to life!
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Onlyronnie5051
Nov 5, 2019
Best tour of Cruise - This was my first time in Turkey and was nerves about not booking though the cruise ship and booking my own tour. I am so glad I picked Hello Ephesus! It started with their knowledgeable staff who answered all my emails quickly. When the cruise changed port day, they were quick to reply that it was not a problem to switch days. But the best part was our amazing tour guide, Tugrul Sezgin! He is very knowledgeable about Ephesus, the area and Turkey itself. He made it the best tour I have ever been on. Because of him, we will defiantly visit Turkey again.
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Carmela_v
Jul 24, 2024
Worth the Trip! - She was very knowledgeable about the history of the place. She helped us navigate big crowds and busy site. She also brought us to a very good tavern with really good food at affordable price.
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