ALL INCLUSIVE Private Ephesus & The House of Mary & Turkish LUNCH
Description
NO HIDDEN COSTS in OUR PRIVATE TOUR. : Many companies DO NOT include entrance fees to their published prices. Entrance fees and Lunch are included in our tours. You do not have to pay any HIDDEN costs when you are in your private tour. Entrance fees, LUNCH , Private licenced Tour guide, Brand-new A/C transportation are INCLUDED in the price. Why Private Tours with Us? Please check includes and excludes of the tours carefully before you book your tour.
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Itinerary
When you compare our rates with others, please check includes and excludes carefully. Our rates include ENTRANCE FEES & LUNCH. Most of the other travel agents do not include entrance fees to their rates. There is not any HIDDEN COSTS in our rates. Your tour guide will be ready at Kusadasi Cruise terminal at pre-arranged time. ( Meeting time is vary for each cruise ship. We will email your pick up time in 24 hours after your reservation ) Your personal guide will have YOUR NAME sign at the port. Drive to Ephesus
Our first stop is Ephesus, famous in antiquity for its Temple of Artemis during the years of the Roman Empire, the Greek port of Ephesus became the greatest city in Asia Minor. You will start your Ephesus excursion at the upper Magnesia Gate, and work your way down through the city, ending near the ancient Harbor. Along the way you will see the Forum, the Odeon, the Library of Celsus, the Thermal Baths of Scolastika and the Great Theater, built in the Greek era and reconstructed in the Roman period. It has played host to programs as varied as Paul and his sermons to the Ephesians, to concerts by Sting, in part due to its remarkable acoustics. You will walk along the Arcadian Way, where once Mark Antony and Cleopatra rode in procession. You will hear stories of Alexander the Great, the Virgin Mary, and many other famous visitors who walked the same marble streets that you are walking.
Drive to the House of the Virgin Mary. The House of Virgin Mary is one of the pilgrimage center 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 and Pope Benedict XVI has visited this shrine LUNCH IS INCLUDED
Traditional Turkish Lunch is included in a local restaurant.
Continue to visit Temple of Artemis which is one of the seven wonders of Ancient time
Drive back to Kusadasi Center through Gazibegendi Park to have the best view of Kusadasi Port and center
After the tour return back to Kusadasi city center and the port
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The meeting time at Kusadasi port varies for each ship. Generally, the meeting time is 45-60 minutes after your ship arrives. The Kusadasi Port meeting time will be sent via email. There is not any HIDDEN COSTS in our rates LUNCH and ENTRANCE FEES , Private Professional Licenced tour guide, Private Transportation with A/C brand new vehicle, are included in our rates Meeting point : Kusadasi Cruise Terminal for cruisers only. And from selected hotels only. We can pick our guests who are staying in those 4 selected hotels. Please check includes and excludes of the tours carefully before you book your tour. Many companies DO NOT include entrance fees to their published prices. Entrance fees are included in our tours. You will walk only 100 meters from your cruise to meeting point. Your Private Tour guide and Your driver will meet you at Kusadasi Cruise Terminal with YOUR NAME sign. Meeting time will be given in your confirmation message. Suggested meeting time is 30 minutes after your arrival to Kusadasi Port. This will be very helpfull to beat the crowds.
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- All Inclusive private tour to Ephesus , The House of Virgin Mary and Artemission temple
- Lunch, Entrance fees, Private Professional Tour guide, Private Transportation are included
- No Hidden Costs in our private tour
Reviews(798)
Nejd from Curio Travel was excellent! Very personal, fun, and knowledgeable. Having a separate driver so Nejd could sit in back with us was a great benefit, especially for the (slightly) hearing impaired 😁. Highly recommend. Thank you again Nejd.
Fall in love with Turkey… we enjoyed this tour the most from all our cruise tours. The knowledge Gonca shared and every experience was perfect. Private car was so comfortable always waiting for us to not have to walk too far. We never felt rushed to explore. Traveling with kids as well and we felt comfortable and taken care of. Thank you again for a beautiful experience. I would recommend this tour to anyone that wants it all taken care of for them.
We had a great experience with our driver and guide, Nejdet. Our guide was very informative and did an outstanding job explaining and showing us the historical sites in Turkey such as the Library and House of Mary. He honestly gave us more time than we paid for and we never felt rushed... actually quite the opposite. We finished with an incredible Turkish meal and then gained an understanding of the handmaking rug process which we all found fascinating. I will say that the rug presentation ends with somewhat of a "timeshare" type sales experience (for those that are familiar with timeshare sales in the US). Regardless though the rugs are incredible and we we were all glad to get to experience the presentation while having beer and Turkish coffee. We were also presented with a short sales presentation on Zultanite. A stone I had never heard of. Nejdet made it clear to just say "no" if we weren't interested (which we did). After getting back on the ship, we heard several stories of this nature with the rug sales experience. It seems most all tours/excursions lead back to a rug sales presentation. The fellow presenting the rugs was always nice and respectful and I've always been in and around sales so if didn't make me uncomfortable but some of our fellow cruise guests, on other tours NOT this one, were upset about. I just think it is good to know going in and I have a hunch that there is some type of kickbacks going on to tour operators or at the very least they provide the free lunch there provided you take the tour. In the end this was a 5 star experience and i would enjoy a future tour with Nejdet.
Very informative tour and attentive guide. Toured Mother Mary's last known residence, some ruins, a turkish rug factory, a leather factory, a pottery factory and a nice authentic turkish restaurant. The scenery along the way was beautiful.
Our family of 9 had an awesome time on this tour. We had other family members book almost the exact same itinerary for more than double the price through a cruise. I was so happy to have had such a good time and experience for far less money. The food was excellent, and the full tour of Ephasis is definitely worth it. It's absolutely amazing.
What a great day! Melih was very nice and so knowledgeable. The air conditioned van was a welcomed relief on a very hot day. Melih adjusted the lengths of our informative presentations to suit our needs which we really appreciated. The rug making portion was very interesting. Could have done without the rug selling portion but I understand the reason behind it. The lunch was delicious!! We highly recommend this tour!
It was a very tailored tour to what we wanted to experience. Olgu was very knowledgeable and did a great job explaining explaining everything and checking wait times to maximize our time at each area. He also did a great job engaging our 14 year old son.
Excellent private tour of Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary and temple of Artemis. Orkan was our guide and told us all the history, funny stories as well as Turkish customs! Highly recommend! Air conditioned van and Turkish lunch was provided. Thank you for a memorable day.
Incredible tour of Ephesus and Mary’s house. Would highly recommend. Our guide was helpful and knowledgeable.
This excursion made all of our group realized turkey was very underrated in our expectation and knowledge. Our tour guide Tez shared an incredible amount of knowledge about the history archaeology as well as assisted our group who wanted to make good purchases.
