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Ephesus (Efes) is one of the greatest ancient sites in the Mediterranean. During its heyday in the first century BC, it was the second-largest city in the world, with only Rome commanding more power. Many reconstructed structures and ruins, including the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, can be seen here.
The House of Mother Mary is located at the top of the Bulbul mountain and it’s only 6 km away from the Ancient City of Ephesus. It is believed that The Mother Mary spent her last years in this shrine. According to Catholic Christianity, After the Crucifixion of Jesus, Mother Mary was brought from Jerusalem to Ephesus by St. John the apostle to live. The foundation of the house is based on Anna Catherine Emmerich’s visions and was founded in 1891. When they found the house, was already collapsed by the earthquake. After The House of Virgin Mary was re-built as a church and has been visited by Pope Paul VI in 1967 and Pope John Paul II in 1979, has been registered as a place of pilgrimage.
Private Ephesus, Terrace Houses and Artemis Temple Tour from Kusadasi, combines the most significant sites of this corner of Turkey with history, culture and breathtaking sights! Magica
The ruins of the ancient Roman city of Ephasus are located in Selcuk, Turkey. The city was the second most important city in the Roman empire during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. One of the popular sections of the ruins is the Public Latrine, next to the Hadrian Temple and the Bordello. The public latrines were the city's public toilets, and they were built in the 1st century AD as part of the Scholastica Baths. These baths were built to provide the city with the modern conveniences of public works, including 36 marble toilets.Visitors can still see, but not use, the toilets that are lined up along the walls. There was an uncovered pool with columns surrounding it which supported a wooden ceiling. Underneath the latrines was a drainage system. There was also a trough with relatively clean water near where your feet would be. People who wanted to use the toilets had to pay an entrance fee.
One of the most popular resort towns along Turkey’s Aegean Coast and the gateway to the UNESCO-listed wonders of Ephesus, the Kusadasi Cruise Port welcomes some 200,000 cruise passengers each year. It’s also a jumping-off point for regular ferry service to the surrounding Greek Islands.
It is known as the first settlement of Ephesians where the Temple is. However, today only the basic structure and a column remained from the temple, but worth a visit even in the current atmosphere of the temple.
In the end of our tour, we return to the Kusadasi Cruise Port according to your ONBOARD TIME! PLEASE NOTE THAT: There are several Ships with different arrival and departure times. We carefully check all the timings, confirm with the passengers, and coordinate our return time to Cruise Port
What an amazing tour! Between the ancient city of Ephesus and the tour of the “Virgin Mary’s’ house the tour was fantastic! Ali Tanriverdi our tour guide was excellent and spoke great English. Highly recommend this tour and guide!
We had a wonderful private tour with ali visiting Ancient Ephesus, Mary's House, amazing lunch at a local farm and a carpet making demonstration. We visited a local farm with pottery demonstration, visited several art galleries, and leather shop for a fashion show. Such a wonderful day with Ali giving such great detail and providing the best local experience. The people Selcuk are so friendly and hospitable. Many thanks to out driver Onur as well. It was the perfect day. We feel as if we made new friends.
Funda is very knowledgeable and very experienced. She knows the history inside and out . She treated us like family. Very courteous and very nice and caring.
First I would like to say our tour guide (Rose) was simply amazing. She had 14 years experience with incredible historic knowledge of the Ephesus sites as well as Kusudasi. She was very pleasant to listen to and attentive to all our questions and requests. The driver was also great, on time and pleasant as well. The Ephesus site was much more interesting than expected. Learned so much about early civilizations, their technology and culture. All in all this was one of my best tours and I highly recommend to anyone visiting this region. Ask for Rose to be your guide ! 5 on 5 Stars !
Great experience Our guide was absolutely amazing It was a unbelievable trip…… we all enjoyed. Our guide was so knowledgeable, knew all of the history and told us so many interesting facts and stories.
Our guide was nice and informative. He answered any questions relating to the historical sites and definitely an enjoyable experience.
Had the absolute most amazing tour guide , Numan . Tailored my private tour to all the things I wanted to see & also gave me great recommendations. The timing was also perfect , had enough time to shop , try lots of Turkish treats and take many photos . I felt very safe as it was my first time in Turkey alone & was a gentleman . Definitely coming back again to tour with friends & family !
Really Nixe Trip. Everything went well. Really friendly TourGuide! Awesome view. Would do it anytime again
Our guide Luke was truly a gem. He was extremely knowledgeable about all of the history and such a pleasure to learn from. He is an excellent guide and provided us with the best possible experience. We felt very fortunate to have him and highly recommend.
The private tour was amazing and so worth it. We had such a wonderful time. Orcun who goes by “Fortune,” our guide was very knowledgeable, professional, and punctual. He speaks fluent English; he is respectable and trustworthy. He showed us Turkish culture during this trip and made our stay in Izmir the highlight of our entire Turkey trip. He took care of us and treated us as if we were family. Our driver was also kind and a safe driver. We highly recommend this activity.
I booked this tour 3 weeks before ali picked us up from port he is our guide he was very knowladge i suggest this tour with ali
Loved this tour, our guide & driver. Excellent price, our sites that we visited were just inspiring & I never thought I would get to tour such a beautiful country.
Me and my family visited ephesus with ali who is our handsome and knowledge guide .ephesus and virgin mary house is very important for us thanks to guide he shared his excellend experiences with us l recomment this company and guide ali
Visited a lot of historic places in just a few hours. A lot of information was provided and very interesting.
We did this back in 2014 for my 50th birthday...but hey, asking for a review 4 years later is OK with me! From what I recall the trip was excellent. My only disappointment was the touristy place we stopped for lunch. Decent food, crappy souvenirs.
We had been to Ephesus and Virgin Mary with 8 couples .our guide was Ali his tour guide performance was simply great.he provided us with a safe enjoyable and rewarding experience in Ephesus l wholeheartedly recommend this company and this tour guide .
They were very punctual, the van super comfortable and the guide super friendly and explained everything perfectly. They took us to eat somewhere very rich. I highly recommend this Enterprise
Great experience with a very kind and attentive guide. We were able to discover all the beauty of the city of SultanAhmet and were even able to shop through the addresses of the guide
Excellent walk a guide that took us to know the historic center, neighborhoods, bazaars. A very good guide who knew how to guide, teach and show with passion and dedication. I'm chugging this ride a lot.
Wonderful. All perfect. Our guide Adil very attentive. We spent the whole day with him, we did
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