Small Group Ephesus and Sirince Day Tour from Kusadasi/Selcuk
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Overview
- Explore the ancient city of Ephesus
- Discover the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
- Savor lunch at a local restaurant
- Visit the Virgin Mary House
- Indulge in some wine tasting in Sirince
Tour at a glance
What's included
- Entrance Fees
- Professional English Speaking Tour Guide.
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Parking fees
Not included
- Drinks
- Personal expenses.
Itinerary
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1
The House of the Virgin Mary
House of Virgin Maryis 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.
1h Admission included -
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Ephesus Ancient City
Ephesusis 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. In our tour, we will be seeingOdeon,State Agora,Prytaneion,Memmius Monument,Domatian Temple,Hercules Gate,Curetes Street,Hadrian Temple,Latriens. The visits to 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 withCelsus Library,Marble Road,Commercial Agora,Great Theather,Arcadiane (Harbour Road).
2h Admission included -
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The Temple of Artemis
We will carry on with the visit toTemple of Artemis; which is one of the 'Seven Wonders' of antiquity. Here, there will be good chance to shoot photos ofChurch of St.JohnandMosque of İsa Beyfrom the best angle as well.
30 min Admission included -
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Sirince
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.
2h Admission free
Meeting & pickup
Hotel pickup is included for all travellers.
We will pick you up from the your hotel.
Schedule
Good to know
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Traveller reviews
The tour was very nice the tour guide knowledgeable, polite entertaining. It was a good and funny day. I recommend it
Very nicely done small group tour of the Virgin Mary’s last home, Ephesus, ancient city, temple of Artemis, local vilage with fruit wine tasting. Huray was very personable, extremely knowledgeable guide. We Highly recommend this tour.
Our guide was fantastic, very good-natured and did a great job managing the group which was diverse with some young children and older people so we didn’t move very fast. We would have enjoyed more time in Ephesus which was the main reason we came to the area. We did add the Terrace houses (paying additional 15€ each onsite when asked if anyone wanted to stop there - it’s inside the ancient city) though nobody else in the tour did this. We thought it was super interesting to see what an actual Roman house and village looked like. But had to zoom through it since timing so tight and this took even more time away from the short duration to see Ephesus ruins.
Amazing experience! Guide was extremely knowledgeable, funny, and friendly. Would highly recommend.
Guide was awesome knowledgeable friendly and professional Great lunch. Good value.
had a wonderful tour experience. Huray is an excellent guide who shared insightful information about the places we visited and the local culture. She was friendly, warm, and made the journey truly enjoyable. Mr. Shahmitten was also an excellent driver, ensuring a smooth and comfortable trip throughout. Highly recommended. We enjoyed our Turkish lunch, comfortable van and the route that were planned out for us.
Thank you so much for such an amazing tour! Huray was our tour guide and it was so great to have someone giving the tour with such great historical knowledge. The tour company is very accommodating and the Lunch was great!
Booked through Get Your Guide with this company. Excellent day trip. Gulay, our guide, was extremely informative and spoke excellent English. The tour gave us plenty of time at each of the sites, and also included a very tasty, filling lunch. The bus was clean and spacious. We particularly enjoyed that this was a small group experience as it was also very nice to get to meet the other passengers from a wide variety of countries. Ephesus itself was incredible, such an interesting and enjoyable place to visit. I would advise visitors to wear sensible shoes as the marble sloping walkways are very slippery. The village of Sirence was also very pretty and we enjoyed visiting here as part of the trip. Overall, we felt the trip was well organised and good value for money.
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