For Cruisers: Private Ephesus Ancient City & Ephesus Museum Tour

Tour guide very knowledgeable. Friendly. Excellent English. Answered every question. This price for a private tour was unbelievable. Well worth it!

Josh was great ephesus was amazing we enjoyed the tour and service. Would recommend this tour!!!!!!!!

We had the pleasure of spending the day with Ozzy. He was informative, entertaining and kept the tour fun. Mr B. Our driver was also very good I would definitely recommend this tour

Great day. Guide was knowledgeable and keen to share facts and historical insights with us. He was friendly and ensured we enjoyed ourselves - giving us options and accommodating to our demanding teenagers fussy eating. She came away saying it was one of her top three experiences of our vacation We loved learning about the investment iby govt to ensure the traditional process and craft of the hand made rigs is maintained. We also purchased a rug which was exceptionally priced and loved that we witnessed the place it was made in and knowing profits go back to the community to keep the craft alive.

Josh was amazing! Made our family feel very comfortable throughout and made this a true VIP experience! Never been to Turkey - we learned a lot and made so many memories!! Will use Josh when we return.

There was so much to see. We definitely needed a tour guide to get the most of the 2-1/2 hours spent in the historical beautiful Ephesus. We were just in awe of the sights all around us. The virtual movie Nilay brought us to immersed us into what life was like in that ancient city. Most visitors would have most likely missed this movie/museum without a good tour guide., We had the best with Nilay and will ask for her next time we’re visiting Turkey. We checked with this app because we wanted to make sure we picked a good reputable tour company. They were excellent and deserving of their positive reviews. They kept us informed and gave specific meet up directions.. They were on time and Nilay spotted us first with no problem. We’ve been in Europe for about 3 weeks., This tour of Ephesus and the Carpet Museum included with Turkmen Caroet company was my favorite. We got see the women working their artistry on their looms. We came away with appreciation for the work involved and incomparable quality of these hand made one of a kind Turkish carpets. We thoroughly enjoyed this feature included in our tour. Many thanks Nilay and the Iglesiast Tour Company (hope I have your name right.)

Nilay was a wonderful, knowledgeable and patient guide. You can tell she is passionate about her country and its rich history. She customizes your itinerary based on your preference and interests. 5/5 I would recommend!

An amazing place. Opted out of the Turkish lunch and rug making/selling portions of the tour despite the guides' insistence. For us, this tour would have been improved by just providing us transportation to/from Ephesus, a general presentation at the beginning along with a brief written guide to the major interesting points and then let us proceed by ourselves at our own pace. Felt like this tour was more the guides' tour than for us.

Really great trip, the tour guide was very informative and was great to bring to life the culture and history

Ismail our tour guide met us right at the exit gate of the ship. He was very knowledgeable and easy to understand. We had a wonderful lunch and time to shop in addition to seeing the wonderful sites at Ephesus.

Our guide, Necat, gave us a wonderful introduction to the classical ruins at Ephesus. We saw the major sites and there was no question he could not answer about this ancient Greek city. We learned a lot and hope to return soon. And to top it off he kept us cool on a really hot day (101F) - Thanks Necat!

My husband and I were picked up at 7:30 (as recommended and great advice) from our cruise port and explored Ephesus, which was amazing! Our tour guide was great and very knowledgeable. Having a tour guide is really helpful to help learn more about the city. I have already recommended this tour to a friend who will be going on a cruise next year.

Ozzy was an amazing guide! Very knowledgeable / interesting and friendly. One of the best guides i have had. I would recommend this tour in Ephesus it was well worth it. Do yourself a favor and ask for Ozzy you will not be disappointed.

We absolutely LOVED this tour! Being private we were able to customise it to suit our families needs. Effesus was brilliant! And the knowledge our guide had made it even more meaningful and magical to explore. It was easy to find our meeting spot, the car was air conditioned and very comfortable, the site was brilliant to navigate and our guide was lovely. The rug stop was very interesting and the lunch was also great - just be confident when you say 'no thank you' if you don't want to buy anything.

Ozzy was an amazing guide. Our family of eight, including two young kids and four seniors, had a smooth, enjoyable day. Ozzy customized the itinerary exactly as we needed to juggle seeing the most important sights with staying cool on a very hot day and getting us back to our boat on time! He had great suggestions along the way to avoid the other really large tourist groups at several sites AND gave us really interesting historical insights and local knowledge at every spot!

There is a lot of walking in the sun, uneven surfaces. We did see a couple of people in wheelchairs- for one the wheelchair broke and they walked beside! Ephasus is amazing and vast. Eileen was an excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable, gentle, and helpful to take us to everything we wanted to see. The driver was excellent too. Car super comfortable.

Was amazing!! We are family with two little ones! Fatima gave us a complete highlight tour, explained everything, she was patent, we meet with her was so easy , she was lovely with our kids we feels very safe and the van was very clean, A/C all the time ! The driver was very kind 200% recommend

The communication from the company was great and we were well looked after by out guide and driver who added on a side trip to Mother Mary church without any extra charge. The tour company recommended an early start to avoid the crowds and heat and that was a really good idea. They picked us up from the cruise port and dropped us back in plenty of time to re-join our ship.

I had an excellent experiences. My tour guide Valeria from Ephesus, Kusadasi port is very knowledgably, professional and friendly who made the tour very very enjoyable.

Ephesus ruins and museum private group tour (5 couples) was amazing. We had a knowledgeable, personable guide and safe driver. They allowed us to customize the itinerary which was critical for us.

Booked private tour because my daughter is mobility impaired.. We were able to go at our own speed and see much more than I thought we would be able to. Canan was great.

Seeing the library and the theatre from so many millenniums ago and preserved. Standing where Paul made his speech and then the riots broke out.

Dennis was great. Very knowledge. Doing the private tour allowed us to spend more time or less time at in specific areas.

What an amazing tour by Bugra, Not only was he highly educated on the history of tour but all of the surrounding areas. Loved every bit. If you can request him , You must.

We had a wonderful day with our guide, Sedat Kirkan! We visited the Ephesus ruins and the Ephesus Museum and he was extremely informative. Our group was driven around in a very nice air conditioned van and we were given choices for where to go. I appreciated that Sedat kept finding us shade to stand in while it was very hot!

Our tour guide was excellent. She gave us a fantastic tour. She was showed us some of the local villages and was very easy to understand and knowledgeable.

Great private tour with Ismael our guide. His English was very clear and easy to understand. He was very informative and answered all our questions. He took the time to understand what we wanted for our tour and ensured we had time for everything.

We met our guide Fatima at the cruise port. Pre-tour communication was perfect via WhatsApp, so finding our guide was effortless. We were driven to Ephesus and were given a thorough explanation of many areas to Ephesus as we walked through the ancient city. We were given some time to independently walk through the library building at the site. The tour continued to the amphitheater following which we reboarded our transportation for a short trip to the Ephesus museum. Fatima walked with us through the museum explaining to us what we were seeing. The best artifacts from the ancient city will be found here. Following the museum we visited a textile facility which trains women the craft of Turkish rug making. This was a most interesting stop and very informative. A must stop if you take this tour. We then visited two other manufacturing facilities, one that made leather goods and a second that did high end pottery. These to were every informative. We then were returned to the cruise port of Kusadasi said our farewells and reboarded our cruise ship. I highly recommend this tour as it met all of my groups expectations and then some.

Our guide Oscar was a fantastic person. We had been to Ephesus before but Oscar showed us new things that we did not see or hear from our previous trip. He and our driver were waiting for us as we exited the ship. He gave us extra time when we needed it. He also took us to some places we hadn't seen. Oscar and our driver always listened to us and answered our many questions.

Easy pick up at port. Our guide Josh spoke perfect English, very knowledge, kind and professional. We had a great driver with nice new van. The tour of ancient city, museum and Mary’s house was so interesting and informative. Delicious lunch followed by a fantastic fashion show at leather factory. I highly recommend this excursion.

Our guide Ishmail ensured we had an excellent tour completely tailored to our wishes. He was very knowledgeable about the history of the area but didn’t overload us with too many dates.

very knowledgeable guide who was actually a history teacher and told us so much about the ruins and relics we saw as well as the culture and lifestyle of the people. luxurious, comfortable van took us to each venue and catered to our every need. delicious lunch also. this is the only way to go - highly recommend!!

Fatima, our tour guide, and Ozo, our driver, were fantastic. Fatima was very knowledgeable in Turkish history and we learned a lot about the Turkish country and culture. We shared a lunch with them at a local government chef school and the service and food were perfect. I would highly recommend this trip, and in particular, Fatima. Thank you for sharing your history with us!!!!

Our guide was memorable. Learned a lot of history. She would accommodate our schedule. Added a stop at pottery store. Would book her again. Excellent experience from pickup to drop off