No Shopping Stops, No Hidden Fees Ephesus 3 / 4 Hours Group Tour

This was a great tour with 8 of us and our guide. Our guide was very knowledgable and we enjoyed our time with her.

Our tour guide made Ephesus come alive. The story was so interesting. The fact that more is being uncovered is incredible. We still talk about it months later.

We definitely fit a whole lot in a short trip. We visited the main sites of Old Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis. Also had time for a carpet maker and leather maker. Worth the money.

A great tour, so nice to be in a small group. Our guide was very knowledgeable. We enjoyed seeing a pot thrown at the pottery!

Aleyna was a wonderful guide as we explored Ephesus. A much better experience than large cruise ship tours. Agenda was knowledgeable, spoke great English and was very flexible. Highly recommend.

We did a semi private half day tour to Ephesus. It ended up being just 4 of us , my wife and I and two others. We were picked up promptly at the cruiseport , clear sign with our name . Our guide was Esram , who was amazing . He was very knowledgeable, found ways to navigate among the crowds ( even in May it is busy ) , and spent lots of time answering our questions. We saw all of Ephesus , it is spectacular, including the cliff houses ( definitely do this !) and short stop at Artemis and a pottery place ( could have skipped the pottery place tbh) .

Mediha was a fantastic tour guide! We had a great day exploring with her. Our driver was also great!I would recommend this.

Very well organised tour. Our guide Tayfun was excellent, providing a lot of information about the sites. I liked the fact that there were only 10 of us. I also want to point out that our experience booking this tour was very very good. Ferda, the person we were in contact with was very reactive and provided very clear information.

Excellent tour guide! Excellent tour! Excellent driver! It is our second visit to Efes with Curio Travel. We enjoy our visit in Efes!

Alex was very informative and his English was terrific! His knowledge and insights into the life at Ephesus was exceptional! We appreciated his tour very much, Kusadasi and Ephesus are beautiful!

The guide was extremely knowledgeable about the area and answered all our questions. Also the driver was pleasant and efficient. A most enjoyable and informative tour. Highly recommended.

Gurkan was our guide and he was such a delight! It was a pleasure learning about Ephesus and just the general knowledge and history around not just the tour areas but Turkey as a whole. This is an honest guide company and we highly recommend them!

We had a very private tour with our very informant guide. He was extremely knowledgeable and although the tour was not as long as I expected, (because we were one of the earlier groups). When we were nearly finished the crowd was getting much bigger.

Orkan is an excellent tour guide. Very patient and accommodating.. We really got a chance to feel what a wonderful country Turkey is through the warmth of our great guide.

Very knowledgeable and super friendly. The vehicle was a 13 passenger sprinter van, Mercedes. It was clean and great. The tour guide spoke perfect English and was very knowledgeable. We visited all the major sites with our private tour. Highly recommend for all groups

The tour was very good, particularly enjoyed the walk through Ephesus with the tour guide. Would highly recommend due to the personal nature of the tour.

Ephesus was amazing! We were grateful to have had on good walking shoes. Cankut, our guide was very knowledgeable and enjoyable.

Our guide was wonderful - extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the sites. She allowed us to pace the trip according to our interests. The mini group was great. I very highly recommend!

The tour was great. Ersan is very informed, friendly, and articulate. He made sure we stayed in shady spots as much as possible during the tour. He even bought us fruit to refresh us at the end. Highly recommended.

The van was so comfortable, the driver was skilled, and Ozzy our guide was informative, entertaining, well versed in the history of the area and responsive to our needs.

Great shore excursion! We were quickly met by our nice and knowledgeable guide Pinar at the cruise exit, We then (with only one other couple) set off in a clean van to see the sites. During the booking process, we added the Terrace houses to our reservation and are so glad we did! Such an amazing part of Ephesus and well worth the extra cost. Had the option to visit carpet weaver, but no pressure to do so. I would definitely recommend this tour.

Our guide Pinar was amazing. Don't skip the terrace houses, they are probably the highlight of all the ancient sites we have visited. The tour group had only 6 people (we had 3 teens) which made it easy to hear the guide, and allowed her to find us shady places in the record-breaking summer heat. I kept on watching the enormous cruise-ship groups, and was grateful to have taken this smaller tour.

Great tour! Gurkan was a fantastic guide and took great care of us. Ephesus is gorgeous - we had 3 teenagers with us and they all enjoyed the tour.

Our guide Fusun was very knowledgeable and delightful. She accommodated our requests with no issues. We had a great lunch at a typical Turkish place. For your next tour ask for Fusun and you will not be disappointed.

Just amazing...and our guide, Ozzy, was very informative and knowledgeable. Only 6 in our group in a very comfortable air-conditioned 10 seater Mercedes mini-bus. Highly recommended.

I would highly recommend this tour toe everyone. Selda wasa 1st Class tour guide with a huge knowledge of and pride in her country. Ephesus was truly magical although very hot. Our Lady's house was lovely and serene. There were 6 of us in the mini van. A great experience Thank you Selda and driver

Enjoyed the tour thoroughly. Inknur was knowledgeable and incredible kind and great with our kids. She made sure we saw all the sites we wished to see in an efficient manner. Highly recommend the tour and Inknur specifically.

I went on a tour with Ersan (our guide) and Adnan (our driver). The tour was really great. Ersan is clearly very knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. I highly recommend booking this tour.

We took this day long tour to see places in KUSADASI on 28th June ! Our tour guide is a young boy named ORKUN who is extremely witty , well behaved and has a wonderful knack of explaining and talking ! Really enjoyed the day seeing the ancient places of importance to the human civilisation ! Keep up the good work , young man ORKUN 👏👏

This was a wonderful excursion. Taz our guide was very informative and friendly. A beautiful mini bus and a very comfortable ride. A great tour, I would definitely recommend.

Had an awesome tour of Ephesus...Our tour guide (Emre) was top notch! Well informed and very patient with our questions! We were picked up and dropped off from the port. Our driver was also great! We felt safe and well taken care of. Would book again!

Selenay was amazing, she picked us up at our lobby with. A beautiful smile, otw she explained us about Turkey and some Ephesus facts. Once we reached she showed us all the places and explained us in depth without boring. Beautiful host. And the view was amazing, gave us enough time to click pictures etc.

The Temple of Ephesus is a great attraction and the guide was great! The meeting point was given incorrectly but managed to sort it out

This was a fabulous tour. Ozzy is such a good guide that our 13-year-old granddaughter, who hates history, said it was her favorite tour and that Ozzy made history come alive for her. After our tour of Ephesis, he took us to a porcelain workshop that was very interesting with fabulous hand-painted items. Then he took us to a rug-making workshop where we saw women making rugs by hand on looms and enjoyed seeing a wonderful selections of completed rugs. It was an outstanding day. Thank you, Ozzy, for your wonderful introduction to Turkey!

Very comfortable and informative trip to Ephesus with a friendly and knowledgeable guide Tez. Weather was so hot and Tez was very considerate of this. We were in a very comfortable air conditioned vehicle which helped.

Friendly tour guy and driver, clean mini bus, clod water served Mr. Volkano was helpful I was a bit late and they thankfully waited for me. One suggestion is to limit the time spent in giving information as this took most of the time while the tour it self can be done in in less than 2 hours, just to concentrate on relevant and important informations.

We were met outside dock gates by Seleny our wonderful guide she radioed the mini bus who came and picked us up the bus was modern and clean and Seleny was a knowledgeable guide friendly and helpful we would highly recommend this company it was a great day

Emre the guide was amazing, explained everything with joy. He had the best knowledge about the Efes and showed us the places we wanted to visit. Also the minibus was great and we were happy to come back to it after the hot day

Very good trip, well worth the money. Our guide Ali was very knowledgeable and made it very interesting. Would recommend going early, was great to walk around Ephesus with very few people there, massive queues on way out. ………..

We were coming from the cruise port. The tour arranged was super easy, they always replied within 24 hours with email. The tour guide, Inan Akpinar, was on time to pick us up right from the cruise terminal exit. Mini van was clean and driver was polite and punctual. On the way to Ephesus, the tour guide kept saying how lucky we were, because there were no other people in this tour, as it essentially was a private tour. While we were in Ephesus, the guide walked through very fast, and we stopped few times to take pictures, it finished in one hour. Because of our 'fast tourist-less' tour, the tour guide wanted to take us to different places, which sounded like a good idea. He ended up taking us to the carpet factory, which was very educational at first, bu we didn't purchase any carpets. He was disappointed and directed the driver to take us to a leather factory, which were selling fake designer bags and jackets. The 3rd stop was to a pashmina and souvenir shop/ market. The tour guide was quite pushy about buying items from the shops he took us to. I was very frustrated considering I did not have phone signal in Turkey, we were blindly being led into shops that we were not interested in attending to. Overall, would not recommend this particular tour guide but the company seemed well.

Tour guide was awesome! Very patient with slow walkers and had detailed explanations. We loved the theater!

We was picked up at the port on time and our guide was Selenay who was wonderful and the whole trip went like a dream couldn’t fault it we will definitely use Viator again

Selda was an amazing guide. She picked us up at the port on time. The instructions she sent were clear and it was easy to locate the pick up spot. The tour was impressive and her hospitality was greatly appreciated. She even offered to take us to two additional spots not mentioned in the tour which were appreciated and allowed us to better understand the Turkish culture. I would highly recommend this tour over a cruise arranged excursion!

I found this company online prior to commencing my tour. Communication via email and Whatsapp was prompt and very helpful. Their quote for the morning Ephesus tour, included pickup, transport, entry and guided tour, was a quarter of the cruise line price. We were met at the port by friendly staff and introduced to our guide Tye. His commentary during the ride from Kusadasi and during the Ephesus tour was superb. On completion, back to Kusadasi to enjoy 2 hrs free time before rejoining the cruise. Highly recommended.

We located our guide easily in a very chaotic port exit. Transport was very comfortable and the guide was very knowledgeable and had lots of information to share. Our party was ourselves, and one other couple, and the guide took the tour at our own pace. We made an unplanned stop to very interesting ceramics workshop, which included a cup of tea and a demonstration of how the pots are made with no obligation to buy and no pressure to buy. All in all great value for money and would definitely recommend.

I rarely ever leave reviews but we had such a great time on this tour I feel compelled to leave a review we were not expecting much for Turkey It was one of the stops on our cruise and we weren’t sure what we were going to do there because I was on a family trip with seniors one of which had mobility issues and teens so we weren’t sure the ruins or Ephesus were going to be the best choice for us not to mention all the tours with our boat were for large groups and involved a lot of walking so we opted for this tour instead and it was the best choice we could’ve made our tour guide Conchita was absolutely amazing she customize the tour to our needs and not only did we have our own private tour guide, driver and transportation but she was also able to communicate with my Spanish-speaking parents and do the tour in both Spanish and English for our teens so everyone in our family participated. Conchita was a wealth of knowledge she knew the best times and routes to everything so we avoided most of the crowds got great pictures she was full of knowledge and details and history regarding the ruins and Turkey she made everything interesting for everyone she also recommended a great local restaurant explained all the dishes and was kind enough to join us for lunch which made everything so warm friendly and personal. Overall i highly recommend this tour and if you can try and get Conchita as your guide. We all left hoping to be back again

The tour was great, 10 out of 10. Our guide met us at time in our hotel, the transfer to Ephesus was very comfy - fresh air conditioned mini-van. The guided tour to Ephesus took 2,5 hours, and it was packed with information. I enjoyed it a lot, actually, as our guide was knowledgeable and experienced guy, he really made his excursion very interesting. Moreover, they made us a huge favor and provided private transfer back earlier than the rest of the group. Many thanks for that!

Gostamos muito da guia, do motorista e do transporte, muito confortavel. Unico ponto negativo é que foi muito rapido.

Very well the tour avoiding the lines private tour at our pace, very good disposition of the Driver and Guide. Very clear explanation of the Guide nice and interesting pending from us at all times If I recommend it