For this customizable, private tour, your guide will pick you up and drop you off at the Izmir Port / Airport / hotel, and drive you to Ephesus by air-conditioned minivan. You may visit all the historical sites of the area, including the ancient city of Ephesus, Terrace Houses, Artemission Temple, Basilica of St. John, Selcuk Museum, Sirince Village, Isa bey Mosque, and Seven Sleepers. Or tell your guide exactly where you would like to go; personalized service is available for up to 8 hours
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 13.
Your guide will meet with you at your hotel lobby in Izmir city center or at Izmir port or Izmir Airport with your name sign. You will drive to Ephesus region around 1 hour.
Drive to the ancient city of Ephesus, where you'll explore the area's landmarks, attractions, and historical sites. Your guide can suggest an itinerary or you can create your own. You may visit sites such as the Sevel Sleepers, Isa bey Mosque, Sirince Village, the Selcuk Museum, the Basilica of St. John, Artemission Temple, and the Terrace Houses. Entrance fees are at your own expense. Midday, choose to stop for lunch at your own expense, your guide will be happy to suggest a place. Please be prepared for a moderate amount of walking and note that modest dress is required to enter some places of worship.
At the end of the tour, drive back to your hotel in Izmir, or to Izmir Airport or to Izmir port. End of our services.
Pick up from Izmir City Center Hotels, Izmir Cruise Port and Izmir Airport.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Private Izmir to Ephesus Full-Day Customizable Tour lasts about 7–8 hours. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $359 per person for this Izmir experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. Pick up from Izmir City Center Hotels, Izmir Cruise Port and Izmir Airport. Pickup points include Ibis Styles Izmir Bornova Hotel, Piano Hotel Alacati.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 12 travellers can book together.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Specialized infant seats are available
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 39 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Kusadasi Private Tours.
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A very knowledgeable, friendly, lively and engaging guide (Jade). She and the driver were prompt, on time, met us in the lobby of our hotel as planned and tailored our tour exactly per our request/priorities. An amazing day, stress free, great access and information as we toured the most fantastic site.
Our guide Ekim Ateş was excellent and created a fully customized tour for our small group of 3 adult family members. We preferred to spend more time viewing the amazing tile mosaics in the hilltop houses in Ephesus and less time at the ruins of the temple of Artemis, and Ekim accommodated our request. It does take some time to reach Ephesus from the airport, so give the amount of time spent on the return trip to the airport, next time we would probably try to spend longer as there is a lot to see if you are interested in Roman history.
This was a great tour! We had 5 girls so doing the private tour was perfect. Our tour guide & driver were awesome. Just be aware that all tours want you to stop at one of the "factories". It can be rugs, jewerly, pottery...etc. With a private tour you can decline. We did go see the leather. They even did a fashion show. The city of Efes is definitely worth seeing. Make sure to go see Virgin Mary's house.
Best tour guide we’ve ever had. Remarkable experience. Thank you.
for those with limited time and on a customizable guided tour - recommend skipping Temple of Artemis, House of Mary and lunch at neighbouring “picturesque” villages. So much to see in Ephesus - don’t miss the terrace house. Stone walkways are very slippery so wear shoes with good grip.
The Service very professional and friendly at the same time, has been an appropriate tour for the time we had (which was little) we have made the most of our time. The guide Simon has been a great help, he brought his knowledge and experience
Absolutely perfect day! Ali was amazing, patient, and incredibly knowledgeable! He adjusted the schedule to avoid the peak crowd times and we always felt safe. I can’t recommend this tour and Ali, as the guide, enough!
Ozzy, our local tour guide was informative and entertaining as he introduced our group to wonderful historical Turkish sites. Super nice lunch and tour of authentic Turkish carpet weaving operation. Transportation provided in very clean and comfortable tour van. Highly recommend!
Our guide, Ekim, completely made this tour. Ephesus is definitely a special place but can also be long, very busy, and overwhelming. Ekim had the perfect balance of fun, history and just a wonderful person, with so much knowledge and maturity. We've been on many tours around the world and this was one of the best. If you book this, make sure you request Ekim!
Zelda was amazing! Very knowledgeable and kind. With it so busy she was able to adapt and navigate our tour group around the long lines. We didn’t have to wait for more than a couple minutes in any line! Our driver was great too with a very nice van. Fantastic job!!
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Izmir to Ephesus Full-Day Customizable Tour | 7–8 hours | 5.0 (39) | $359 | |
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 Full-Day Max 10 pax MINI -Group Tour to Ephesus from Izmir | 8 hours | 5.0 (9) | $149 | View |
 Full-Day Ephesus tour from Izmir, Lunch included | 1 day | 5.0 (1) | $166 | View |
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