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Full Day Tour of Ephesus with Traditional lunch
6 h
Lunch
Full Day
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Itinerary
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Pass By: Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park, Turgut Ozal Blv., Kusadasi Turkey
Your tour guide will be ready at your hotel lobby in Kusadasi or at Kusadasi Cruise terminal at pre-arranged time. Drive to Ephesus through Gazi Begendi Park
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Drive to the House of the Virgin Mary approximately 25 minutes from Kusadasi. The House of Virgin Mary is one of the pilgrimage center 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 and Pope Benedict XVI has visited this shrine After House of Virgin Mary.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
We drive to Ephesus, famous in antiquity for its Temple of Artemis during the years of the Roman Empire, the Greek port of Ephesus became the greatest city in Asia Minor. You will start your Ephesus excursion at the upper Magnesia Gate, and work your way down through the city, ending near the ancient Harbor.
Along the way you will see the Forum, the Odeon, the Library of Celsus, the Thermal Baths of Scolastika and the Great Theater, built in the Greek era and reconstructed in the Roman period. It has played host to programs as varied as Paul and his sermons to the Ephesians, to concerts by Sting, in part due to its remarkable acoustics.
You will walk along the Arcadian Way, where once Mark Antony and Cleopatra rode in procession. You will hear stories of Alexander the Great, the Virgin Mary, and many other famous visitors who walked the same marble streets that you are walking.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Basilica of Saint John, Isa Bey Mahallesi, 2013. Sk. No:1, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
After Lunch, we will visit The Basilica of St. John it is believed that the evangelist St. John had spent his last years in the region around Ephesus and buried in the southern slope of Ayosolug Hill.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Selcuk Turkey
Then Continue to visit Temple of Artemis which is one of the seven wonders of Ancient time. Returning back to your hotel / Cruise terminal in Kusadasi and the end of our tour.
Duration: 20 minutes
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park, Turgut Ozal Blv., Kusadasi Turkey
Your tour guide will be ready at your hotel lobby in Kusadasi or at Kusadasi Cruise terminal at pre-arranged time. Drive to Ephesus through Gazi Begendi Park
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Drive to the House of the Virgin Mary approximately 25 minutes from Kusadasi. The House of Virgin Mary is one of the pilgrimage center 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 and Pope Benedict XVI has visited this shrine After House of Virgin Mary.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
We drive to Ephesus, famous in antiquity for its Temple of Artemis during the years of the Roman Empire, the Greek port of Ephesus became the greatest city in Asia Minor. You will start your Ephesus excursion at the upper Magnesia Gate, and work your way down through the city, ending near the ancient Harbor.
Along the way you will see the Forum, the Odeon, the Library of Celsus, the Thermal Baths of Scolastika and the Great Theater, built in the Greek era and reconstructed in the Roman period. It has played host to programs as varied as Paul and his sermons to the Ephesians, to concerts by Sting, in part due to its remarkable acoustics.
You will walk along the Arcadian Way, where once Mark Antony and Cleopatra rode in procession. You will hear stories of Alexander the Great, the Virgin Mary, and many other famous visitors who walked the same marble streets that you are walking.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Basilica of Saint John, Isa Bey Mahallesi, 2013. Sk. No:1, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
After Lunch, we will visit The Basilica of St. John it is believed that the evangelist St. John had spent his last years in the region around Ephesus and buried in the southern slope of Ayosolug Hill.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Selcuk Turkey
Then Continue to visit Temple of Artemis which is one of the seven wonders of Ancient time. Returning back to your hotel / Cruise terminal in Kusadasi and the end of our tour.
Duration: 20 minutes
Included
- Lunch
- Professional Licenced Tour guide ( If requested, Bible Oriented Tour guide can be organised without any extra
- Hotel or Port pickup and drop-off
- Private tour
- Transport by air-conditioned mercedes Van
Not included
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
- Entry/Admission - Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
- Entry/Admission - Ancient City of Ephesus
- Entry/Admission - The Basilica of Saint John
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travelers can participate
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- At time of booking, hotel guests must provide hotel name
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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It was amazing, our tour guide was really good and knowledgeable. Best tour of my life, we loved it!!!