Small Group Ephesus & Sirince Village Tour From Kusadasi / Selcuk
Description
We reach to Ephesus. Ephesus, was the second largest city in the Roman Empire over 250.000 people in the 1st BC. The House of Virgin Mary, is a place where according to the beliefs of many people Mary, the mother of Jesus, spent her last years of her life. Sirince Village, this pretty old Greek orthodox village, 12 kms away from Ephesus, was once Cirkince (Ugly). After years, visitors understood that the village was not ugly at all and called it Sirince (Pretty). Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek Temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus and it was one the seven wonders of the world. The Isabey Mosque, constructed in 1374 – 1375, is one of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian Beyliks. In the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to Kusadasi. Stores to Visit: Carpet Village Leather Factory
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Ephesus, was the second largest city in the Roman Empire over 250.000 people in the 1st BC. Ranking only behind Rome it was the second largest city in the world. Ephesus was the harbour city. This giant city was built only with marbel.
The House of Virgin Mary, is a place where according to the beliefs of many people Mary, the mother of Jesus, spent her last years of her life. She was supposed to arrive at Ephesus together with St. John and lived there in the years 37-45 CE until her Assumption or Dormition.
Sirince Village, this pretty old Greek orthodox village, 12 km away from Ephesus, was once Cirkince (ugly). Indeed its habitants gave this name of purpose as they did not want to be bothered by foreigners nor to share the beauty of their village. Still after years, visitors understood that the village was not ugly at all and called it Sirince (pretty). As the village is located on the top of mountain, anyone will enjoy the impressive wineyards and peach trees views on his way.
Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also know less pracisely as the Temple of Diana, was Greek Temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus and it was seven wonders of the world.
The Isabey Mosque, constructed in 1374 – 1375, is one of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian Beyliks. The mosque is stuated in outskirts of the Ayasuluk Hills at Selcuk – Ephesus.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up from all Kusadasi Hotels and Kusadasi Port, Selcuk Hotels
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Ephesus entrance fee is 40 €. You can pay to the guide for skip-the-line tickets.
- Virgin Mary's House entrance fee is 500 TRY. You can pay to the guide for skip-the-line tickets.
Reviews(7)
We had a good tour of the Ephesus area. Our tour guide Cemal explained a lot of the history of Ephesus, virgin Mary house, and Sirince village to us. We had a nice and informative trip with flexible time to walk around.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your tour of the Ephesus area and found Cemal's insights on the history of Ephesus, the Virgin Mary's house, and Sirince village informative. It's great to know that you appreciated the flexibility during your trip, allowing you to explore at your own pace. If you have any further feedback or need assistance with future travels, please don't hesitate to reach out! Best Regards Peron Tour Team
We had an amazing time and the weather was perfect. Rose was a wonderful tour guide always taking us to the locations when there would be less people which we really appreciate and it just made the day so enjoyable. Definitely worth the trip.
Thank you for the 5-star review! Your positive feedback about our tour and guide makes us happy. Your feedback always motivates us to serve you better. We are looking forward to seeing you again.
This was amazing, I unfortunately cannot remember my guides name but she was amazing I think it was Serbu, she was very knowledgeable about all the places we visited but what I liked the most is that she knew exactly what time to take us to all the sites to avoid the crowds. Big ups for that. She was pleasant and did not mind to play photographer too. Sirince is a must see quaint town and is incorporated into this tour which is an added bonus. Lunch was great and overall this trip was amazing. The tour operator also communicated and was on time for pick-up. Definitely recommend it
Thank you for the 5-star review! Your positive feedback about our tour and guide makes us happy. Your feedback always motivates us to serve you better. We are looking forward to seeing you again.
Very good service that we had through this company. We went to Ephesus first to see the ruins. For everyone that comes to Kuşadası you need to go to Ephesus and go with a guide they let you live the history of these days. Our guide erdem took very good care of us. 3 hours we spent there i guess. Than we went to the house of virgin marry. Than a nice open beufet restaurant. And at last we went to Şirince the wine Village. Erdem took us to wine tasting. Delicious fruit wines they had. Our guide was also good with my teen children. Keep going
Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to share this 5-star review with our team! We love hearing how much you enjoyed this tour. We know you have choices when it comes to your travel adventures, and it means the world to us that you’ve chosen to book an experience with our team. Thank you again for supporting our business and we hope you’ll visit us in the future!
The three of us booked this particular day-trip based on the excellent reviews it received and the fact that it included an additional stop at the Sirince village. However, our experience could only be at best described as average because we genuinely felt that we were shortchanged. Contrary to the selected start time of 8.30 am, we were informed on the day before that our pickup would be at 9.40 am due to the later opening time of tourist sites because of Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst we accepted this later start time as unavoidable, we found it unbelievable that our entire day-trip of 9 hours (as advertised) lasted only, if not under, 5 hours. We were last to be picked up from our hotel at 9.40 am and first to be dropped back off at our hotel at around 2.30 pm. It was definitely a half day-trip, and not the full-day trip of 9 hours as advertised. It would be hard pressed to solely justify this ‘shorter’ day trip on the lower turnout (5 people in total) as the day- trip was meant to be in a small-group to begin with. We visited every single tourist site as advertised for the day-trip but felt rushed through at every single stop. For example, we were in the Ancient City of Ephesus for just 1 hour as opposed to the advertised 2 hours and around 30 minutes in the Sirince village as opposed to the advertised 1.30 hours. Lunchtime was definitely a rush. The highlight of the day-trip was meant to be the Ancient City of Ephesus but we ended up spending only an hour there. That’s a big disappointment! All these stemmed from the fact that the two German participants in the group who initially booked the half-day Ephesus tour ‘suddenly’ decided to switch to the full-day tour that the three of us had booked (this was told to us by the tour guide himself at the first stop of Isa Bey mosque) and the two Germans had to undergo their Covid-19 test at 3 pm that day. This was later ‘confirmed’ by the telephone conversations undertaken by the tour guide with either the hotel where the two Germans were staying or the test centre that they had their Covid-19 test booked in in an attempt to ‘defer’ their test appointment time. Why would the tour operator, Peron Tour, try to please the two Germans at the expense of three of us is really mind boggling? We were contacted, via text message, two days later by the office of Peron Tour, for our feedback of the day-trip. We gave our fair feedback and highlighted the shortchange but heard nothing back.
Thank you for taking the time to write such a positive review for us. I love to read that you enjoyed all the destinations and activities 100%. Because this is exactly what we want for you and our visitors.
Baris was a wonderful guide. Enthusiastict and knowledgeble. We had a fabulous memorable day. Highlights were Sirence village and lunch.
Thank you so much!
Last night, we went on an efes tour of the holiday sirasi.Our idea is that this tour was at the sirasi.We went to the artemis tapinagi of the sirasi of the breathtaking Mary.Our guide is very pleased with the family.I recommend the peron tour to everyone.
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