1 Day Ancient City Ephesus and House Virgin Mary Trip from Bodrum
Description
This full day excursion takes you to Ephesus, an ancient city that is an UNESCO world heritage site. Visit the city that used to be second most important hub, in the ancient world, after Rome, and learn its history. Available on a daily basis, this tour promises unique images and emotions. The schedule includes, also, visits at the beautiful Bafa Lake, the charming town of Selchuk, and the house of the Virgin Mary. Spend a day full of exploration, enjoy one of the best sightseeing experiences, and make your holidays memorable with a tour that combines everything you need. ✅ Step into antiquity on a full-day trip from Bodrum to the Ancient City of Ephesus that explores the ruins of a Roman port. ✅ Explore the UNESCO-listed ruins of Ephesus including Celsus Library, Great Theater and the Odeon. ✅ Learn about the history of Ephesus through your guide's commentary.
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Itinerary
Our tour starts early in the morning. A fully air conditioned and comfortable bus will pick you up from your hotel. During this trip you will be accompanied by a professional tour guide, who will be in charge to explain everything you need to know about the places of interest.
The bus drive from Bodrum to Ephesus is around 3 hours.
The tour continues towards the ancient city of Ephesus. During the Roman times, this settlement was the second most important city after Rome. As a centre for trade and politics, Ephesus was entirely constructed with marble and showcases an exquisite example of upgraded aesthetics and ancient design.
We set off to go to the Virgin Mary's house and after approximately 20 minutes of driving time, we take a 40-minute break here.
There is a 1-hour break for open buffet lunch in our restaurant located in Selcuk region.
We have a break of approximately 45 minutes at the ceramic shop. Here you can get information about the ceramics and take pictures.
We return from selcuk to bodrum and it takes to drive around 3 hours.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Most of the hotels in Bodrum Region has got high privacy rules. Please meet us at the main entrance gate of your hotel not the reception please.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(21)
Our day trip to Ephesus was an experience. We booked on short notice, but the arrangements were efficient and good. Transport arrived on time. The bus was in very good condition and our guide, Fatma, was very good. The lunch we had after the visit was authentic and tasty. All in all a great experience.
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This activity was great and the guide knows very well this visit was so pleasant and the guides are at the top !! The view was amazing
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Great tour round Ephesus. But the unannounced stops for hard sell of jewellery and Turkish delight were not appreciated All the dallying and diversions meant we didn't get back till 9pm after a 6.30am start. Ephesus is literally 170km from Bodrum.
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Good organisation, the pick up bus came just on time, the guide was very helpful, overall an amazing experience, totally recommended !
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Thank you.! The tour went very well. Ephesus was amazing and beautiful. Thanks for the good organization of the tour. Perhaps the visit to the jewelry factory was unnecessary, because tourists are going to see Ephesus and are not ready to make expensive purchases on the way.
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Great tour, very well organized, with friendly professional and knowledgeable staff (Eric - guest relations and Ali - guide👍🙏) Would definitely recommend
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Amazing trip! We loved it! A long bus journey but a few stops along the way to break it up. Ephesus is truly fantastic to see! Our English speaking guide was lovely! Many thanks! Thess
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I was collected from my hotel and they were on time. The bus service to bodrum was great. Then we had to swapped to another bus which will take us to Ephesus. The guide was attentive. The tour felt rush and they take you to expensive markets on the way really shame as people said there are more local bazaar where they can direct you to have a better experience. The tour was all day (I was picked up at 6 am and returned to my hotel at 8 pm) Ephesus is a beautiful place. But definitely check if you can go by your own as you will have to rush to take pictures and follow the guide. The food was the best either they will take you to another shop and rush you to eat. It will be better if they ask if anyone wants to buy stuff and take time from your lunch time. Rather than later you have to rush with it. Virgin Mary trip is very short. You can't take pictures make sure you realise you can't come back.
This trip should take 6–8 hours (2 to 3 hour drives each way), but due to 3 forced shopping trips, and a lack of organization it took 13. The tour guides were friendly, but their English is not at a level where they should be giving guided tours. They also on multiple occasions said information that I know for a fact to be incorrect. Not sure if this was them being uninformed or they just didn’t realize what they were saying in English meant something else. Nothing other than an average lunch (no drinks) is included so you’re basically paying $50 for a bus ticket, an average meal, and a bad tour of Ephesus. I ended up wandering Ephesus solo ten minutes into the tour, b/c I didn’t feel like following a guide who would point at something and provide information like “This is Roman Baths. This is where they bathed.” The entry to Ephesus is an additional 40 Euros, and the House of Mary sounded like it was another 20 Euros (like I said it was hard to understand the guides.) If you don’t go to the House of Mary, they drop you in a town for 1.5 hours (was told it would be 45 minutes) that has nothing to do. Also worth mentioning they didn’t know who was on the bus, and would have left Ephesus without one of the other passengers had I not stopped them. I then had to go back and find the lady, b/c they had no idea who was on their bus. It would be cheaper and a better use of your time to simply rent a car and drive to Ephesus yourself. I wish I had done that. I’m sure you could find a better guide for cheaper at Ephesus or an audio tour if you so desired.
A well recommend trip. It was fantastic our guide Mete was very polite and keep us informed with everything and she was very helpful as me and mum had walking sticks and she made sure we was both ok. We both really enjoyed every minute and the stop we did for breakfast was breathtaking thankyou so much mete for giving us a wonderful experience
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