According to your tour pick-up time, meet your guide and start your full-day tour. Your first visit is **Ephesus**, an archaeological treasure and the best-preserved classical city in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the 1st century AD, Ephesus was the second-largest city in the world after Rome, with more than 250,000 citizens. It stood at the center of the known world and served as a gateway between the East and the West. With its giant harbor, it was also an important trading center in antiquity. Ephesus was not only a rich commercial city but also an impressive one, where even Mark Antony and Cleopatra spent their honeymoon. It is also home to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the **Temple of Artemis**. Ephesus is so well preserved that walking along its ancient streets among beautiful monuments such as the third-largest library of the ancient world and the largest Roman theatre on the Asian continent gives you the feeling of traveling back in time. Next, visit the **House of Virgin Mary**. Located 6 km north of the ruins of Ephesus, a church was built in the 6th century AD on top of the foundations of a house from the 1st century AD. It is declared by the Church to be the final house where Mary spent her last days. It is also believed that the Assumption took place there on 15 August. After lunch, continue to the **Temple of Artemis**. Also known as Artemision, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its ancient cult dedicated to Artemis was very famous in antiquity and made Ephesus a much-visited pilgrimage place. The temple had a total of 127 Ionic columns, each 19 meters high. It is also considered to be the earliest bank in the ancient world. At the end of the tour, drive you back to your departure point.
One of the largest and best preserved ancient cities in the world.
House of Virgin Mary is one of the pilgrimage centre of Christians where Virgin Mary passed her recently time and died. Pope Paul VI visited the shrine in 1967, and 'unofficially' confirmed its authenticity. Pope John Paul II also visited the shrine in 1979. Pope Benedict XVI visited this shrine in 2006. While their visiting, they gave some gifts for this shrine what you can see.
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
ENTRY TICKETS
Ahmet was an amazing guide. Great english speaker and gave us choices. Let it be our tour and he was just an information bucket. He was great!
We loved Mel!! She was fantastic! She accommodated us in every way, and her love for her city and her culture was evident throughout the tour! It gave us an extra dimension to an already beautiful area!! Also, the Home of the Virgin Mary was beyond words!
Very good tour, Süha made the tour very enjoyable. Excellent Explained everything we needed to know, very knowledgeable.
The tour was great! It was a very hot day but Elif always explained things in the shaded area. She was very informed, and answered any questions. She was also accommodating taking pictures, bathrooms, sunscreen and shopping etc. Thank you!
A very good experience, we made the visit to Effeso 5 hours, our guide Melissa a charm, everything was very very good.
We had a fantastic day with Ahmet. There were nine of us on the tour and Ahmet was really insightful and very flexible in terms of what we did during the day tour. Everyone had a fabulous day. Thank you Ahmet!
Our tour guide Mel was excellent! She moved at the pace of our group. She was full of knowledge and answered all our questions. Definitely recommend her for your tour. We came from the cruise port and we were ahead of everyone on the cruise who were also in a larger group. Easy to find as we exited cruise. Also, our driver was excellent as well, felt safe the whole time, which was important to me.
It was a great trip with beautiful Ephesos. We love the place and have a lot of memories and pictures from it. Our guide Melike was fantastic and gived us a lot of useful information. It was a pleasure for our family!
