Private Ephesus Trip & Bodrum Transfer

Itinerary
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Pass By: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey

You will be/can be met at the harbour / Izmir airport or even at your Hotel in Kusadasi early in the morning. The guide will be holding up a sign with your name on it clearly so that you take the correct pick up service for your convenience, it’s here you shall also meet your tour guide for the day who will give you some information of the plan for the day before heading off on your way to your destination. We will be passing through the verdant countryside before arriving at Ephesus. Our first Stop will be to the Virgin Mary s House where Mary spent her last years and died. After the visit which approximately takes 45 minutes we will take a drive down to the Upper Gate of Ephesus Ancient City. Ephesus tour is starting with your local Ephesus guide, walking tour will take you throughout one of the most magnificent excavations in the world. See the Odeon, The Fountain of Trajan, the steam baths of Scholastic, the temple of Hadrian and impressive library of Ephesus. The library is adorned with columns and statues. The Grand Theatre, where Saint Paul preached, is the largest theatre is antiquity with capacity of 24.000 seats. You will return to the bus through the Arcadian Way, where Mark Anthony and Cleopatra once rode in procession. The next stop on your tour is the Temple of Artemis (Diana),built in a honour of the Greek Goddess of hunting, wild nature and fertility, Deemed as one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world. The temple of Artemis used to be the largest marble temple in the ancient Greek world since it was four times as the big as the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The temple served as both a marketplace and religious’ institution. Offerings by thousands of pilgrims each year enable the temple to grow so wealthy that it became the world`s first bank. Today, little remains of the magnificent structure. Your guide will describe its importance, its wealth and tension that existed between the Romans and Christians that settled in the area over the centuries. Once the tour comes to an end its time to head back on the bus and head on the road for the journey back to Ephesus which will take about 3 hours, as you reach your allocated drop off points it’s time to say goodbye, we trust that your tour has been excellent and hope to see you again in the future.