Private Ephesus and Terrace Houses Tours
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Places to see “Duration : 4 hours (approx.) “ 
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Highlights
- Take a half day trip to the ruins of Ancient city of Ephesus the great cities & home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- Visit the Ephesus Terrace Houses ( Houses of the rich.) used from the 1st century to 7th century AD.
- Enjoy authentic Turkish cuisine.
- Transport by Private De-Luxe Cars.
- Private Local Licensed Guide.
- No shopping stops along the way ! “ Without the hassle of being taken to various factory outlets or shopping “.
Schedule details
When you arrive in the port of Kusadasi, your private guide will be waiting to lead you to your own luxury vehicle, during a 20 minute ride to Ephesus, your guide gives you a brief info about the area and about the country.
As you arrive in Ephesus, you will first see the Magnesia Gate, a marvelous example of ancient architecture that once stood tall as an entrance to the city. Begin a downhill walk with your guide into the city’s ruins. The route will take you past the Odeon, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Great Theater. The theater, one of the city’s best-preserved monuments, it is still used today for the local spring festival. It once had seating space for 24,000 people, and it is believed to be the site where St Paul preached to the Ephesians.
This tour includes a visit to the Terrace Houses. ( Houses of the rich.) used from the 1st century to 7th century AD.
After enjoying authentic Turkish cuisine at lunch, returning to port of Kusadasi where you tour concludes.
Inclusions
Pickup and drop-off included
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Additional information
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 7 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability.
- At time of booking, Cruise Ship passengers must provide the following details under Special Requirements: Ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time.
- Children 6-18 years must be accompanied by an adult
- Please enter your preferred pickup time in the Special Requirements box at the time of booking, and reconfirm 48 hours prior to the tour’s departure time.
- Ephesus requires walking long distances over uneven surfaces, comfortable clothing and closed toe, sensible walking shoes are recommended. Sunglasses and sunscreen are suggested.
- We will ensure your timely return to the Kusadasi or Izmir port for this activity. If you are not returned to the ship in time to board, we will arrange for transportation to the next port-of-call.
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A fabulous day! Thank you
We had a wonderful time on our tour of Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary. Our guide, Yesim, was so nice and a very knowledgeable tour guide. There were only 7 of us on the tour and we really had a nice time meeting the other people on our tour.
como dice el eslogan disfruta de la libertad de el tour privado… yo creo que lo dice por todas las posibilidades que te entregan en ella de dia completo puede ser de medio dia cualquiera de las dos realmente valen la pena hasta el ultimo centavo que se paga ya que la calidad de guias y los coches son de lujo el guia en el idioma que tu quieras por ejemplo en castellano fue muy bueno tenia muy pocos errores era muy divertido tambien simpatico el coche o van era de lujo nueva del anho y con aire acondicionado apesar del calor que hacia afuera dentro de la van estaba bastante fresco…. en efeso nos demoramos un par de horas ya que nos explicaron con muchos detalles el coliseo de efeso las casas terraza la biblioteca y luego fuimos a la casa de la virgen maria que es un lugar muy espiritual e incluso cuando entramos alli lei que decia que era un lugar considerado como lugar de peregrinacion… cuando terminamos de en esos dos lugares fuimos a la basilica de san juan tambien un lugar bastante bien conservado El templo de artemisa la verdad podria haber sido mejor pero bueno hay que entender que son ruinas 🙂 en general el pais esta muy bien conservado, una de las cosas que mas me agrado de todo fue que las personas son muy amables y amistosas y a pesar de todo las culturas del pais y de las personas no se han perdido del mucho no hubo presion en ningun lugar que entraramos sea grande o pequeno nos ofrecian beber el famos te turco o de manzana que a todo esto estuvo muy bueno, el almurzo ni que hablar 🙂 yo antes habia comido algo de cocina turca pero cuando fui nunca pense que seria mucho mas rica de la que habia comido en mi pais la verdad me fascino todo muy sabroso… bueno para terminar mi comentario quiero decir que si ven este tour privado en algun lugar no lo dude un minuto y cojalo ya que como les explique todo es de la mas alta calidad realmente vale la pena todo lo pagado 🙂
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fue una experiencia buenisima la verdad el tour privado es algo que contratare a todas partes que viaje mi rpimera fue en efeso hise el tour completo y si que fue completo todo perfecto van con aire acondicionado guia en mi idioma y los mas importante comodidad creo que algun dia volvere…
I don’t think I could have made a better choice. We had a great time!
We started the day by visiting Ephesus and went into the back entrance, which was incredibly smart because it meant we were going against the crowds and that we had the wonderful amphitheater mostly to ourselves. Our price included all entrance fees, including into the Terrace Houses, which were definitely a highlight of the day and the House of Virgin Mary.
We enjoyed our day, learned a lot, and felt the price to be very fair. Many on our cruise ship simply took Royal Caribbean’s shore excursion and missed out on several of the things we saw…
This is an extra cost but well worth it. This magnificent excavation just blew me away with how much was preserved. Also being under a sun roof it was a great break from the heat.
We really felt that this tour was well worth the money, and would highly recommend Koksal as a guide.
nos recomendaron private tour en nuestro viaje, con mi esposa hemos hecho varios viajes atravez del mundo pero la diferencia la vivimos con ese tour ya que nos entrego todo tipo de comodidaes el auto privado aire acondicionado en eso dias de calor:) y un guia maravilloso, la verdad la recomiendo a ojos cerrados fue uno de los mejores tour que vivi con mi mujer…
By far the best part of Ephesus. Ms. Arzu from aboutephesus.com was our guide and she gave us a thorough and interesting look into real life in the ancient past.