FOR CRUISE GUESTS:BEST SELLER EPHESUS PRIVATE TOUR/On Time Return
Description
THIS IS A PRIVATE TOUR ONLY FOR YOUR PARTY, NOT A GROUP TOUR THAT YOU SHARE YOUR TOUR GUIDE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. SO, YOU CAN SPEND YOUR TIME IN EACH PLACE AS MUCH AS YOU WISHED, EXPLORE THE AREA WITH SLOW PACE, NO RUSH. BECAUSE YOU DO NOT COME HERE EVERYDAY / Do not lose this opportunity that may come once in your life time. You will visit the most popular sights with an expert local tour guide. This private tour lets you devise your own itinerary. Choose to visit Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, and the House of the Virgin Mary, Terrace Houses; shop for traditional handicrafts; have a great local lunch. You will see all the highlights of area. This private tour lets you devise your own itinerary. Choose to visit Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, and the House of the Virgin Mary; shop for traditional handicrafts; or Terrace Houses.
Tour Options
Itinerary
You will be met by our team at port
House of Virgin Mary is one of the pilgrimage centre of Christians where Virgin Mary passed her recently time and died. Pope Paul VI visited the shrine in 1967, and 'unofficially' confirmed its authenticity. Pope John Paul II also visited the shrine in 1979. Pope Benedict XVI visited this shrine in 2006. While their visiting, they gave some gifts for this shrine what you can see.
Ancient City of Ephesus
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Located very closed to port that can be seen after you met your guide at port.
Located opposite of the Port of Kusadasi.
Market is located very closed to port, so you will have time to look around yourself at the end of the tour.
Kusadasi Port / Ege Ports is the place where you will be met by your tour guide after your ship docked.
Ege Ports is the place where the cruise ships docked and we met you with a sign of your name.
Kusadasi
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
FOR CRUISE GUESTS / We highly recommend you to meet at port after 30 / 45 minutes your ship docked to port in order beat crowds / school buses and hot weather in the afternoon. It is better to meet early to have a better tour in Ephesus before the crowds. THIS TOUR IS FOR CRUISE GUESTS ONLY. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM A CRUISE SHIP, PLEASE DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR AND CHECK OUR OTHER TOUR OPTIONS Some Advantages of Our Private Tours Instead of Group Bus Tours - It might be your first and only one time in Ephesus. Do not lose this opportunity that may come once in your life time. - You do not have to stop your tour if one fellow gets ill or fell down in big groups in the ruins. Because, the guide of the big groups has to care with this person. Your tour will come unbearable although it might be your only day in Turkey. - With a large group, you are dependent to their schedule. But in a private tour, you do not have to follow any of the program, you decide what you would like to see, when you want to start and conclude your tour. Because this is your own private tour, you are the boss and you decide to everything. - In large groups, sometimes tour guides skip the most interesting details in a sight because it might be impossible to show it to everyone in a large group. - In a private tour, you do not have to wait all the group with about 30-40 people who have different interests, try to take a picture of everything and usually stay behind the group. - If you can not hear the guide in a large group or you fall behind because the pace is too fast, you are just out of luck. - In a private tour, while visiting the ruins you do not wait for a long time in lines to get ticket or get into the ruins or museums. Because your private tour guide will make everything ready for you. - You can spend your time in Ephesus and other sites as much as you wished, we do not give rushed tours.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- For Cruise Guests / WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TO MEET AT PORT AFTER 30 / 45 MINUTES YOUR SHIP DOCKED TO PORT IN ORDER TO BEAT CROWDS / SCHOOL BUSES AND HOT WEATHER IN THE AFTERNOON. IT IS BETTER TO MEET EARLY TO HAVE A BETTER TOUR IN EPHESUS BEFORE THE CROWDS.
- WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TO MEET AT 8.00AM IF YOUR SHIP’S SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TIME IS 7.00AM. IF YOUR SHIP’S SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TIME IS LATER THAN 7.00AM, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TO MEET AFTER 30 MINUTES YOUR SHIP DOCKED TO PORT IN ORDER TO BEAT CROWDS FROM CRUISE SHIPS, SCHOOL BUSES AND HOT WEATHER IN THE AFTERNOON.
- THIS TOUR IS FOR CRUISE GUESTS ONLY. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM A CRUISE SHIP, PLEASE DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR AND CHECK OUR OTHER TOUR OPTIONS
- OUR TOURS ARE ONLY IN ENGLISH, WE DO NOT GIVE TOURS IN SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGAES
- WE GUARENTEE TO GET YOU BACK TO SHIP ON TIME
Reviews(615)
Tamer was phenomenal as a tour guide. English was great and his knowledge was superb! We were so tired from the past few days excursions so we were worried about a long day and super long lines. Tamer get us past most of the lines and knew the timing of heavy crowds. Definitely recommend the tour and ask for Tamer.
Fatih & his driver were excellent tour guides. Fatih was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. We all had a fantastic time & were returned to cruise port in ample time.
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The guide was knowledgeable. However, we were led to believe the leather and rug places would be the best deals. They were not. The vendors by the port were less expensive. The leather jacket I purchased would have been over 100 euros less.
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your kind words about your tour guide. We are delighted to hear that you found their knowledge and explanations valuable during your visit. Regarding prices, we completely understand your concerns. As with many places around the world, prices can vary depending on the quality of the products, and this is the same everywhere. Please be assured that our guides make their recommendations with the best intentions, focusing on quality and reliability to ensure our guests receive lasting value. We truly appreciate your comments and hope to welcome you again in the future.
We enjoyed the tour, and had a knowledge guide. She was very flexible. The only thing we didn’t like was we felt a bit forced into the shopping. With that said we would use this company again, just make it clear if you don’t want to shop.
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It was a wonderful experience, we loved seeing the ruins. Our Guide Emma was fabulous, very knowledgeable and pleasant. We ate a delicious lunch and went to a workshop to see how carpets are made which was amazing to see.
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Murat was an amazing Tour Guide! Informative, patient, friendly, respectful and tailored the tour to our personal interests. If you want to see the historical sites of Ephesus and learn about them also, this is the tour to go on.
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Our tour guide Mustafa was great! Very informative ,friendly and had a lot of local knowledge.Would definitely recommend him as a guide.
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This private tour was exceptional and Mustafa was the best tour guide we could have asked for! We were picked up promptly and were able to customize our itinerary. Mustafa gave us a great history of Ephesus as we toured the ruins. We then went to a local family run pottery business and got an in depth explanation of how they make their pottery. We then had lunch and got to see how Turkish rugs are made. I even got to put a few knots of the rug in! I would highly recommend this tour.
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Azime our tour guide was very good! Very nice car and day all around. We did beat the crowds to get into places. Private tour allowed us to ask our own questions and hear everything. This was much less expensive than doing a private tour through our cruise line.
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First Zafer Bozoglu was our tour guide. He was so friendly and knowledgeable about Mary’s home , Ephesus and John’s church and burial site. He asked us what we wanted and shaped the itinerary to see the sights and helped us recreate the history of these 3 sites. We spend the majority of our time in Ephesus recreating the history as well as focusing on Paul’s mission to the Ephesians as if we were back in 1st century AD. We learned a semesters worth of information In a few hours. This is the ONLY way to do this tour. Zafer was an A++!
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