SKIP THE LINE : Best Seller Private Ephesus Tour / PRIVATE TOUR

We loved this tour. Our guide, Dilek, was amazing. She worked with us to create an wonderful customized day for our group. She was very flexible and work around some of the mobility issues one of our family members has. She even help me find some lively jewelry and helped negotiate a great price.

We had a wonderful day in Ephesus. Metin Yörök taught us a lot, took great care of us and made for a great experience. He was accommodating and made sure we saw whatever we wanted!

This was a fabulous tour! We booked this tour as an excursion from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked at Kusadasi, Turkey. We were a party of four-2 adults and 2 teenagers. They promptly communicated with me regarding pick up location and details which I appreciated. They advised us to meet early to avoid the heat and crowds. This was very wise and we were glad we heeded their advise. The tour was conducted in a comfortable van which the driver kept very cool which is important on a hot day. Our tour guide, Azer, was very knowledge and easy to understand. We started the day at the site of the Virgin Mary house and we beat the crowds by the early start. Next, we visited the ancient city of Ephesus. What made us the envy of all other tours was this tour company provided umbrellas for shade! Others looked with longing at our umbrellas as we had shade from the unrelenting sun. This was so appreciated as it was over 90 degrees F and very little shade among the ruins. We could wander freely and listen to Azer explain ancient life in Ephesus. After we got our fill of the ruins, Azer called ahead to our driver to start to cool the van in preparation for our return. These little details were very appreciated. We then visited ceramic and Turkish rug factories. The processes of both of these arts were explained and demonstrated. We then were brought back to the port with time to explore before boarding the ship. One item of note, generally when I book tours, we are responsible for all entrance fees. But since Turkey uses the lira and not euros or dollars, the tour guide paid for all entrance fees and I paid the total back at the end of the tour by euros (or I could have paid in dollars if I had those with me). It was appreciated that they arranged this since I had not thought to bring any Turkish Liras with me. Thanks for a great experience in Kasadasi!

Excellent tour! The guide Taner was very very good. Lot of knowledge and knew how to tell history in really intresting way.

Our guide, Dilek, was phenomenal! She was so kind and knowledgeable. She knew to take us to Ephesus first before the house of Virgin Mary to best avoid the crowds. The umbrellas to avoid the sun were a very useful and nice extra touch. I would highly recommend this tour!

This was my favorite day of our trip. Our tour guide Ender was so knowledgeable and kind! We learned so much about the incredible ruins we were seeing and about the Turkish culture. Lunch was delicious and the demonstrations we saw were absolutely wonderful. I highly recommend this tour and Ender!!

An incredible day-long experience. Ulas was an A+++ tour guide, probably the best one we’ve ever had in any of the countries we’ve visited. He is truly an expert in Anatolian history, culture, religion and the details of the specific places we visited. This felt like a Michelin-star restaurant experience. In addition to being knowledgeable, he’s an extremely pleasant and engaging person to be around for an entire day. My wife and I loved spending the day with him going to the Virgin Mary’s home, the ancient city of Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, a traditional Turkish lunch (delicious), a rug making tour, a pottery making tour, a local mosque and the Basilica of St. John. We traveled around all day in a comfortable, air conditioned Mercedes van with a great driver, and we were picked up directly from our hotel in the morning at 8am and delivered to the airport at 5:45pm. We’ve been on so many vacations and tours and this was the very best. 100% recommend. This is not to be missed. Thank you Ulas!

What a wonderful excursion! This was truly the highlight of our trip. Our guide Eda was fabulous and really made the day wonderful. I highly recommend this company and in particular this private tour.

Such a fantastic tour. Our guide, Nicol (“Nickle”) was so knowledgeable and taught us so much about the history, geography, culture, ruins, religions, it was amazing. He encouraged us to be earlier off the boat which we were and he was able to take us to the home of Mary and Ephesus before all the buses and crowds arrived. He took us from place to place in a super fancy van with a kind driver, Aladdin, whom Nicol would call ahead for curb side pick up at each location. Lunch was delicious and we even enjoyed a free tour of the Turkish rug workshop next door to the restaurant where we were able to purchase a rug to be mailed to us back home.

What can I say. Marci our guide was magnificent and made the day for us by being so enthusiastic and attentive. Nothing was too much trouble and her knowledge of the sites we visited was so detailed and amazing. So nice to have a local resident as our guide. We do hope her son received an excellent end of year report and she manages to have a fabulous summer break with him.She deserves it. Everything with this booking through Viator has been so simple and the tour exceeded our expectations. Would definitely recommend, and if you manage to have Marci as your guide you will have a fab time. Best wishes Marci from your babies😂