Itinerary
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Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
You will be picked up from your hotel in Istanbul and transferred to the airport.Arrive at the Istanbul airport for your flight from Istanbul to Izmir.Fly From Istanbul to Izmir
Pass By: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Upon your arrival at Izmir Airport you will be met by our driver and transferred to Ephesus to join the daily Ephesus Full Day Tour.
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye
House of Virgin Mary is the place where Mary may have spent her last days. Indeed, she may have come in the area together with Saint John. This place was offically declared a shrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1986, and since then it has become a popular place of pilgrimage. Pope Paul VI visited shrine in 1967. The visit to the House (church) takes about 45 minutes and after our visit; there will be a 5 min drive to Ephesus.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
Ephesus is an exceptional testimony to the cultural traditions of the Hellenistic, Roman Imperial and early Christian periods. Ephesus is an important site for Christianity; being one of the seven Churches of Revelation. Apostle Paul probably spent two and half years in Ephesus during his third missionary journey. In two hours, you will be exploring the city by walking on the marble streets, accompanied by our English speaking tour guide.
o In our tour, we will be seeing Odeon, State Agora, Prytaneion, Memmius Monument, Domatian Temple, Hercules Gate, Curetes Street, Hadrian Temple and Latriens. The visits to The Private House (So-called brothel, ‘Terrace Houses’) is an optional visit for an extra 25 ₺/person and your guide should be informed before hand. After Terrace Houses, we will carry on with our exploration with Celsus Library, Marble Road, Commercial Agora, Great Theather, and Arcadine (Harbour Road).
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkiye
We will carry on with the visit to the Temple of Artemis; which is one of the Seven Wonders of antiquity. Here, there will be good chance to shoot photos of Church of St.John and Mosque of İsa Bey from the best angle as well.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sirince, Sirince, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
o Sirince is an old village of ‘Rum’ (Byzantine Greeks) situated on the hills of Selcuk and 7 km from Ephesus. As part of the peace treaty after Turkish National War (1919-1922), a formal exchange of Turkish and Greeks, was agreed upon and Sirince is inhabited by Turkish now. The village is popular for beautiful traditional houses and fruit flavoured wine production; and you will have a free time for some wine tasting.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Our Daily Tour will be finalised around 4:30 pm and you will be transferred back to the airport for your flight to Istanbul.
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Our driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you back to your hotel in the evening.
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Istanbul Airport, Tayakadın, Terminal Caddesi No:1, 34283 Arnavutköy/İstanbul, Türkiye
Traveler pickup is offered
You will be picked up from your hotel in Istanbul and transferred to the airport
04:30 AM
14 to 17 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Not wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Maria Camila R
The tour was very well organized, and Gul, our tour guide, was amazing. She was knowledgeable and fun. Our only recommendation is that the tour could be organized to spend more time in the Ancient City of Ephesus, as there was enough time it.
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Posted On : 2024-05-17
Posted By : Patie_F
An awesome experience and worth the guided tour
The ruins are so vast that the tour is necessary. It means you have a clear picture of the city and its populace by the end
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Posted On : 2024-05-15
Posted By : CalgaryTraveller6693
A fantastic trip, I would highly recommend it and our personal guide Genghis. The hilight of the trip to me was the countryside, the small village of Sirens and naturally walkimg through the remains of Ephesus. We learned so much from our guide not only about the trip, sites but also Turkey in general. It was a long day but a very rewarding one. I would recommend it, communication on the trip itself was through Whats App. Lunch was great!
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Posted On : 2024-05-12
Posted By : marisaw372
We had a wonderful day trip from Istanbul which we couldn’t have arranged by ourselves, all arrangements & details were smooth and communicated very well.
Neilson our guide was a great host and very well informed on all details of the tour and Turkish life.
I highly recommend this tour to Ephesus & Selcuk.
Thank you!
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Posted On : 2024-02-21
Posted By : Gonzalo_R
This one of the best tour I have had, They guide Nisam was great, he knows al lot and share it in a very frinedly way, also super intersting way to explain for each person what, why and how, so defenelty a gerat tour guide with some Archeological experience. Also the dirver we got were all on time, the fligth was easy and on time, so even as it was a low season tour, all good. Actually we were very lucky, because teh weather wa snot so bad, and it was not as cold as Istambul, so was good to have a day out.
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Posted On : 2024-01-08
Posted By : Trek19946271814
The service of the travel agent is nice, our tour guide Mel is very friendly and knowledgeable. It would be better if they arrange some place to visit in the afternoon, because otherwise we just spent the whole afternoon sitting at the gate waiting for our plane back to Istanbul.
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Posted On : 2023-12-21
Posted By : Maria_R
the best part was the part we paid extra for where we saw the aristocrat homes.
it was not included in the tour but it should be included.it was very interesting
Mamet was a great guide. very pleasent an knowledgable.
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Posted On : 2023-10-23
Posted By : maritzas361
it’s was incredible place and our guide tour super nice.
the lounge great service and nice place with a wonderful food!!! totally recommended
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Posted On : 2023-09-24
Posted By : Gidey
Tour guides were perfect. Knew the subject matter and very funny. Transfer from the Hotel to the Airport and back was on time. The whole process was very smooth.
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Posted On : 2023-09-13
Posted By : 394rosemarys
Our guide Melike was funny and personable; our driver should also be mentioned( just dont remember his name). Lunch was excellent!
There is the mandatory stops at the carpet shop and candy store; most of the people in our group enjoyed the candy shop. Ephesus is a must.
Just wished i was booked an earlier flight back to Istanbul.
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Posted On : 2023-09-04
