Looking to learn? Take this tour! - Elif, was one of our favorites. She made us feel like family and tailored our experience, as we requested changes. We got to see everything we wanted to and more! Communication before and after the tour was perfect. We made it from the ship on time and back with time to spare. And gosh, we absorbed so much info, I felt like I walked away with a years worth of knowledge from a history class.

Great experience exploring Ephesus and beyond - Nur was a fantastic guide. Knowledgeable, insightful, friendly and fun to talk to. Exploring Ephesus was the goal but we experienced so much more. This tour was a highlight of our 15-day Turkey trip.

Local Guide Makes Excellent Experience - If I could provide more than 5 stars - I would! Our guide Ceyda Baydur was beyond impressive, with her knowledge of the city and attention to detail, it truly made our day in Turkey perfect! If you are thinking about the best way to see every single sight - I highly recommend this tour. Not only do you drive around in the AC, but Ceyda knew the best spots for photos, foods, and gifts! We only had a day here and this is the ONLY way I would spend a day again. Please book this tour - you won’t regret it!

Great Ephesus Tour - Gokmen was a great guide. Very understanding about having an older more mobile challenged person in our party and a 6 year old. Accommodated us throughout. The lunch was at a local establishment and while the carpet process was nice to see, the sales tactics were less than pleasant and wasted a decent amount of time there. Didn't see anything other than Ephesus.

Taz was the best tour guide and provided an amazing tour of Ephesus, Turkey. - This was an AMAZING tour! I wasn't looking forward to the day in Turkey on our Greek cruise. I was concerned about safety and not particularly interested in the history, but my friend convinced me to go with her on the tour. She had been in contact with the tour company and they allowed us to customize it to what she was most interested in (and skip the stuff we didn't want to see). This ended up being my favorite day! Our tour guide, Taz, met us (our group of four women, aged 21-57) at the port as planned. While the outstanding driver drove us to our first stop in Ephasus, Taz gave us some history and answered any questions. It was a conversation, not a lecture. He also advised us on safety tips (watch your purse, don't talk to strangers) and made sure we had water, etc. Ephesus was amazing! Taz was our guide, telling us about the different things we were seeing and providing context. You can TOUCH the ruins! The road we walked on to the library was three THOUSAND years old! Wow!!! Needless to say, I was impressed and enthralled. My tip is DO buy the extra admission to the inside area of recently excavated ruins. Beautiful to see the tilework and how the houses were constructed. Taz was able to show things like how they were heated, cooled and water equipped. Lots of steps but you can go at your own pace. Definitely wear comfortable shoes with good grip. The marble inside and out has dust (of course!) which can be slippery. After that tour, we had lunch with local food. All good and shaded. Felt like you were in someone's backyard cafe...in a good way. Next door was a Turkish rug school. We saw a demonstration about rug weaving and silk spinning. My friend bought a rug/wall hanging. She'd wanted to do that on this trip so it was nice to have that opportunity. No pressure to buy from the rug place. Great demonstration of the different rugs. We also went to a leather factory, but that was less interesting. Final stop was back in the marketplace near the port. Taz took us to his favorite place for baklavah. I've had it before in the US, but this was different/better/amazing. We poked around the marketplace some before heading back to the ship. There were some deals to be had, and the shop keepers are very willing to bargain. But it was ok to say, "no thank you" as well. I cannot say enough positive about our tour guide Taz. He really made this day in Turkey the highlight. He was smart, respectful, interesting, and made sure our group had a positive experience in his country. He's an asset to the company. I suggest you ask for him by name: Taz.

Best way to spend the day! - Devrim our tour guide was amazing! We loved the private tour, and knowledgeable from our guide. It was the best way to see Ephesus! This beats a gigantic large tour bus any day! Do the private tour it’s worth it!

Great day with. Private guide! - Our day was amazing! Devrim was our guide and she was awesome! We would recommend this tour! It was way better than being on a crowded bus. Our guide was so knowledgeable and we learned so much. The tour was flexible so that we could choose what was of interest for us. We highly recommended this tour! Best day!

Amazing experience of Ephesus - Amazing experience seeing the Ephesus ruins and the Virgin Mary’s House. This was made even more special by our friendly guide Gokham Baydur

100% Worth the Visit - We picked this tour based on the description. We believed we would be going to different locations in Kuşadası, but the majority of the places mentioned were right inside the Ephesus Ancient City. What we got was a visit to the Virgin Mary’s House, the Ephesus Ancient City and some shops right outside the ruins. Instead of visiting the Basilica of Saint John we only did a drive-by because our tour guide commented on why it was not worth a visit and we had just spent a couple of hours walking in hot weather at the Ephesus Ancient City, so we were happy to not have to leave the airconditioned van. We also drove-by the Temple of Artemis on the way to lunch at the carpet factory with jewelry shop and got dropped off at the Bazaar right outside the cruise port. The carpet factory was definitely worth a visit. Just make sure to bring your wallet. My wife fell in love with a silk tapestry about 2.59’ x 3.25’. The asking price was 44,000.00 euros! Were we happy with the tour? The answer is YES! I think if the description just stated that it was a visit to the Ephesus Ancient City instead of listing each point of interest as a separate stop, we wouldn’t left feeling misled.

Average tour but amazing history - Ephesus was amazing to see. Our guide did have good knowledge of the subject matter. Sirence was also amazing. Fun village to explore. The lunch was also good. However, there were some issues with this tour as well. It seems to be the Taylor made Tour is somewhat of a misnomer. When we met up with our guide, he seemed like he wanted to try and avoid going to sirence. He told us we do St. John’s basilica on our own since our hotel was there. Overall, the guide seemed to be Anxious and tried to hurry along. Kept mentioning that he wanted to avoid the crowds and get out of the heat. We felt very rushed. We eventually made it to Sirence but we had to pay an additional $30 per person which was never disclosed to us by the company prior to making the booking. When I booked this tour, I assumed paying per person included the guide for the list of activities they sent to me. I knew I had to pay entrance into Virgin Mary and Ephesus Separately, but nobody ever mentioned that I needed to pay an additional $30 per person for sirence. Would’ve also been nice to have a guide for the ruins of St. John Basilica, but we were told we can do that on our own. Also frequently mentioned tipping, which was a little annoying. We thought we were getting a full day tour, but we were back to our hotel room by 1:15 PM. In general, if you’re staying in Selçuk You probably can just do this on your own and save a bunch of money. By the time we paid for this tour plus the entrance fees, it cost us almost $400 for the day and we did not feel we received a $400 day. Additionally, I left this review on another website and the guide called me 5 times and sent me 13 text messages to delete it at 10pm. The reality is, this was an accurate representation of our day.