Ephesus Tour from Kusadasi
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Ephesus Tour from Kusadasi

By Puerto Travel
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Feel the comfort of your daily tour. Find inner peace by praying in the holy Shrine of Mother Mary, which is one of the most important biblical sites in Turkiye. Discover the must-see highlights of Ephesus Ancient City, such as The Great Theatre, Celsus Library, Temple of Hadrian, Roman Baths with your guide. Imagine yourself; as an audience in the Great Theater, where St. Paul preached to the Ephesians, as a bookworm reading books in the Celsus Library, as an inhabitant walking in the Marble Streets to go shopping in the Agora. Enjoy taking photos in the most beautiful photo spots that your guide recommends to you. Admire the Temple of Artemis, used to be one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Realize how three religions’ houses of worship came together in the same neighborhood. Learn much more than books thanks to your knowledgeable, local & licensed tour guide. Book it now to experience...
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Ages 0-99, max of 15 per group
Duration: 6–8 hours
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Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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Highlights

  • Professional Licensed Local Tour Guide
  • Fully Air-conditioned Brand new vehicle with Separate Driver
  • Port / Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • All Taxes
  • All Parking fees
What's not included
  • Entrance fees (We will arrange tickets of Ephesus in advance, so you will skip long ticket lines)
  • Lunch
  • Entry/Admission - Ancient City of Ephesus
  • Entry/Admission - Ephesus Terrace Houses
  • Entry/Admission - Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
  • Ege Ports, Camikebir, Liman Cd. No:10, 09400 Kuşadası/Aydın, Türkiye
    Kusadasi Cruise Port, Kusadasi Hotels
Pickup details
  • Free pick up from Kusadasi Port, Hotels in Kusadasi area, Selcuk Ephesus area & Kusadasi Setur Marina.
Hotel pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
    Port pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.
    • Kusadasi Port
    • Kusadasi Setur Marina
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Wheelchair accessible
      • Stroller accessible
      • Service animals allowed
      • Near public transportation
      • Infant seats available
      • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
      • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 216972P1

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
      • Please contact us after you complete the booking process to confirm pick up time and place.
      • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
      • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
      • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 216972P1

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      About the operator
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      • Puerto Travel
        5.0 of 5 bubbles144
        Kusadasi, Türkiye
        Joined in November 2019
      • Dan H
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great Experience
        Wonderful guide and driver. Great knowledge and gave just enough information about everything. Gufte obviously proud of her country. Highly recommend
        Written February 7, 2025
      • SanzenY
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        For those who love ancient history
        I like ancient history so I liked seeing the cities of Ephesus, Prime, and Miletus. Our guide, Güfte, helped paint the picture of the cities in ancient times and give us a better understanding. Our driver, Ogün, was always punctual and drive very safely.
        Written December 20, 2024
      • XiaoPuff
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Highly recommended tour!
        Our guide Gufte and our driver Ogun took good care of us , Gufte explained lots of details to us about the history which is difficult to understand without her. Ogun drove carefully and made sure the transportation is clean and efficient. I highly recommend them.
        Written December 20, 2024
      • Prajyot K
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Amazing day tour of magnificent city of Ephesus with the great tour guide
        Our tour guide Derya was extremely knowledgeable & professional. She provided us with great context and historical facts about the places we visited. Additionally, she also planned the day as per our preference, with activities well paced & food places catering to our diet restrictions. As for the city of Ephesus & the house of Mary, it was well beyond our expectations & turned out to be the highlight of our Turkey trip. 100% recommend the tour
        Written December 4, 2024
      • Diana L
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Private Ephesus Tour
        What a great experience from start to finish. First time booking a private tour and it really was so worth it. Private pick up at the airport and customized tour once our guide spoke with us and determined what we would like. Tour was modified as we went through the day to accomadate time and interests. Highly recommend
        Written November 27, 2024
      • frankjmarchan
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        An Archeological Tour
        We asked Puerto Travel to design a tour which had(in my opinion) the most important archeological sites. This would include Mt. Nemrut, Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe. I also wanted to visit Ankara and Istanbul. The trip worked very well. I was picked at the programmed time, and we(my wife and I) were able to see all the sites. They were very attentive to the needs of my wife, who has mobility probems. Additionally, they chose guides who were very knowledgeable about the history of the sites we visited. In summary, they were able to taylor our trip to the requirements we put forth, booking the appropriate flights in order to insure that we could make the most out of the limited time we had.This is our second time using this tour company and I would contract them again in a heartbeat.
        Written October 21, 2024
      • sadiyyam2024
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Aaifa as our travel agent was always on top of everything. Our experience was seamless. Customer experience was tops
        Hotels, views, scenery and site seeing absolutely awesome. Our agent that guided us through our tours was absolutely awesome, thank you Aaifa.
        Written August 20, 2024
      • Paradise59614130183
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Tour Pamukkale and Ephesus. You won’t regret this tour!
        If I could give Gufte more than 5 stars I would! Gufte is a very knowledgeable guide whose pride in modern Türkiye, its many faceted culture & ancient histories made touring a relaxing & stress free experience. Personable & with good humour, Gufte’s warm & truly friendly personality made us at ease & happy to spend two days touring with her. For Gufte nothing was too much trouble or not open for discussion. A highly recommended guide with an excellent driver!
        Written June 28, 2024
      • galina g
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Best day in Ephesus
        One of our best tour ever! Our tour guide Güfte was very friendly and knowledgeable . She made a whole tour very personable and answered all our questions. Highly recommend this tour and especially Güfte for any tours. Thank you Güfte!
        Written June 3, 2024
      • Happiness287089
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Best day in Ephesus
        Very informative and interesting tour . Best tour guide I’ve ever had . Highly recommended to anyone. Güfte was very knowledgeable and informative tour guide.
        Written June 3, 2024
      • Roopks
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        A worthwhile private experience
        Date of experience - 27th May 2024 We met Huseyin, our guide on arrival at Izmir airport and had the day with him to see Ephesus. We had such a lovely time with Huseyin, learning about the region and its sights He took very good care of us, away from the crowds and was very friendly yet professional. Huseyin took us to a very quaint and cute local restaurant for lunch which was peaceful and had excellent local Anatolian food. Ephesus was a huge awe inspiring site definitely worth visiting. Thank you for the nice time and we wish Huseyin all the best for his future.
        Written May 29, 2024
      • jhimjhumbo
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        A good guide makes all the difference
        Hold on to your hats everybody as I am about to state the obvious. "A GOOD GUIDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE". We first visited Ephesus and its associated attractions in 2019 and left confused and frustrated due to our guides complete inability to relate to anyone without a Masters in ancient history. Fast forward to today for the do over. We were picked up on time by the team from Puerto Travel. Gufte was our guide and Askin was our driver. We give them both 12 out of 10. Askin has a beautifully clean vehicle and was a very safe driver. Gufte was an amazing guide who had great language skills and could put all the relevant information into an easy to understand commentary, something our previous guide could not do. The day started with a visit to the house of the Virgin Mary and proceeded on to the city of Ephesus. We then had lunch at a lovely rustic cafe (try the gozlemes) and proceeded on to the Temple of Artemis. You can choose to visit leather, turkish delight or carpet outlets on the way (the carpet one was really interesting). We were returned to our hotel with a new found appreciation of these sites thanks to Gufte. A big special thank you from us to Gufte, Askin and everyone at Puerto travel for a great day😄😄
        Written May 27, 2024
      • olgavira
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Wonderful guide
        Derya Şimay Özkurt is an outstanding tour guide. Experienced, knowledgeable, warm and engaging, she’s a passionate storyteller. Her enthusiasm and passion for Ephesus are contagious. Our tour of Ephesus was not a cookie-cutter excursion but a personalized experience. She’s exceptionally knowledgeable but also flexible and attentive to detail, and adept at tailoring her tours to meet the interests and needs of her clients. During the tour we made some requests, and she masterfully adjusted the schedule to accommodate us, without loosing any site seeing. Derya’s ability to connect with tourists on a personal level and share her genuine appreciation for the region's unique features ensures that the tour is not only informative but also inspiring and memorable.
        Written May 26, 2024
      • edithrI2481CF
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Turkey 2024
        Thank you Pueblo travel for your excellent service, I highly recommend our tour guide Gufti and the driver Ogun both of them made an excellent team. they were very attentive to listen to our needs and went the extra mile to make sure our needs were met. They absolutely made our trip to the seven churches and pumakkale memorable 😊🇹🇷
        Written May 23, 2024
      • 980neryg
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Seven churche , Pamukkale. A group of 5 ladies
        We did The seven churches and Pamukkale. Guftee was our tour lady. She was patient, knowledgeable, attentive, caring and much more. I believe she does mix groups but, if is a group of ladies , she’s your girl. Ogun was our driver. He also was caring attentive toward us. He kept cold water bottles in a cooler for us at all time. Overall, puerto agency is your travel agency.
        Written May 23, 2024
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      Mike S
      Bolton, UK5 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Sep 2023 • Family
      The tour included House of the Virgin Mary Ephesus, lunch at a local restaurant and the Temple of Artemis. The tour bus picked up people from three different hotels before setting off.
      Due to the fact that there were two cruise ships in Kusadasi the Virgin Mary was absolute pandemonium. Queues to the toilets were ridiculous, there were even women in the queue for the gents.
      The tour includes priority tickets but they are not paid for, you can pay by card at the ticket office (about £56).
      At Ephesus it was busy but we'll organised. The Ephesus tour involved three long hours of walking in the hot sun over quite uneven ground - we found it fascinating especially the Terraced houses (an extra charge)
      Our guide was delightful but her english was not so great and I didn't understand a lot of what she said.
      Lunch was OK. All drinks are extra. Service involved a lot of shouting which we found quite funny. The food was not bad.
      By the time we got to Artemis, most of the group had seen enough.
      The bus ride back to the hotels was uneventful. We tipped the tour guide and the bus driver.
      Overall we enjoyed ourselves.
      Written September 30, 2023
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      888Deb
      Margaret River, Australia11 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Jul 2024 • Couples
      We highly recommend taking this tour if you want to see historical sights from Kusadasi. We were picked up from our hotel in a modern air/conditioned minivan with a driver and guide and were happy to find we were the only ones so it was like a private tour! We visited the Virgin Mary House, the incredible city of Ephesus, Library of Celcus and the Temple of Artemis. We also stopped at a traditional pottery making place that was very interesting. We had time for a delicious lunch so in total it was about 6 hours, plenty of time. Our guide Huseyin was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of information about the places we visited and took great photos of us in each location. It was a lovely hassle free way to see the ancient sights in comfort and style.
      Written July 5, 2024
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      OnAir10790312767
      2 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Aug 2024 • Family
      A fantastic experience. From the first moment our Guide, Hugo, has made us enjoy the tour and look forward to continue despite the temperatures. The explanations in Ephesus, the House of the Virgin Mary and the Temple of Artemis were spectacular, with details but without getting heavy and enjoyable. They took us to the sites in an extremely comfortable minivan where we enjoyed the views. These views were complemented by the explanations of Hugo, who took the tour a step further and took the initiative to tell us interesting curiosities and information of the country and the area also in the journeys (especially at the beginning, much was appreciated). In short, a great experience that I would recommend to all those curious and curious wanting to know this magnificent place. They'll enjoy it a lot, especially if it's up to Hugo.
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      Written August 9, 2024
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      wenbin
      Brookfield, WI2 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Oct 2024 • Family
      Mrs. Güfte Kilic of Puerto Travel
      Kusadasi / Turkiye 🇹🇷 is probably the most friendly, passionate and knowledgeable guide we ever had after traveling over ten some countries recently. She has a witty way to tell the inside story and the historic background. She is a guide that worth all your money and a handsome tip. Well, at least we did.

      Wenbin
      Written October 21, 2024
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      Anchal83
      Bengaluru, India38 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      I contacted gufte (tour guide) over what's app to check the price and other yours on offer. She was so helpful, she not only help me with the ephesus and pamukale tour but also the shuttle to the airport.
      To start the tour, the bus was right on time, the bus was comfortable and the group was amazing. Gufte has experience with regards to the walking we need to do and the time when the crowd swells up, she made sure we went to mother Mary's place first to avoid the crowd early and then walked down from the higher gate of Ephesus, which is normally the evening point for many.her knowledge was great, she was full of energy and answering all the questions that we threw at her, and most importantly she kept smiling. The lunch offered was a buffet in sultan which I felt could have been better (heard others going to a traditional Turkish restaurant) but can't fault them as buffet has more options.
      Over all it was a great experience, we also did the pamukale tour where the lunch was adjusted to Turkish restaurant :).
      Pluses: on time, great tour guide (gufte you are amazing), cheaper than other travel companies, good driver (ogun the bill Clinton), good bus, very knowledgeable, and adjustable to your needs.
      Minus : the lunch part but that too was taken care the next day :)
      Very recommended
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      Anchal
      Regards
      Written January 4, 2020
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      Hello Dear Anchal, Thank you so much for saving time for this beautiful comment. Your feedback is so valuable for us. Both your good words and criticism are a way for us to improve ourselves. As you said it was an amazing tour for me too with an appreciative group. We were all smiling during the day which means we were making the most of it. It is good to hear that we could make you happy with the lunch next day in Pamukkale tour and so sorry for Ephesus one. Our driver Ogun thanks you, he is doing a good job by being punctual and driving safe. It was such a please for me to meet you Anchal and your pretty wife Ayushi. Hope to welcome you again our country. Thanks again for choosing us.
      Written January 13, 2020
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      James M
      1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Jul 2019
      Four of us travelled in a private mini-bus with Cengiz and we had a wonderful day of touring. We were picked up from and devilled back to our cruise ship without stress or worry about times etc.

      We visited the main sites but Cengiz was happy to recommend other places and avoid places we did not want to visit. He was really very knowledgeable, and friendly and helpful all day.

      We would actually do this whole tour again the next time we visit Kusadasi.
      Written June 27, 2020
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      Odyssey40058495702
      1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Aug 2024 • Family
      Wonderful and awesome tour of Euphesus. Husein our tour guide was great. Very friendly and knowledgeable, great story teller. He did a fantastic job in guiding us through the different places making sure we don't end up in a spot in a crowded time. He was easy to communicate and answered all our questions.

      The BEST was the TURKISH traditional lunch place. A MUST have and it was nice to try the local food. Vegetarian option also available.

      For our group of 6, the tour taxi was comfortable (cool - compared to the hot weather).
      Written August 28, 2024
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      Ghazala K
      6 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      This was our first time in Turkey and Gufte was our tour guide of Ephesus. She is not only fluent in English but her knowledge of the area is phenomenal. She is excellent very punctual, efficient and interesting story teller . We changed our dates several times and she accommodated us . She is not only a very well read and knowledgeable tour guide but she is also an excellent tour organizer. She has excellent team of tour guides. Her communication skills are par excellence and was always available for advice, restaurants recommendations.
      Written April 27, 2022
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      Astrid GN
      Ituzaingo, Argentina5 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Jun 2023 • Solo
      My tour to Virgin Mary house, Ephesus and Artemis temple was amazing! My tour guide Seyhan Dogan made an incredible day of this tour that turned out to be private since I was the only one assigned to his group so I was lucky to enjoy every single part. His knowledge about both places we visited was amazing and I could see his excitement when talking about Ephesus history. Great experience that I recommend to anyone going to Kuşadasi!
      Written June 29, 2023
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      Julio-colombiatravel
      Medellin, Colombia24 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      We spent a full day with Hugo and it was wonderful. We visited the house of the Virgin Mary, the city of Ephesus and the temple of Artemis.
      Very good explanation, no sales pressure. Perfect Spanish.
      It's worth having a guide, so you can learn from history.
      Super recommended
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      Written November 9, 2024
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