Private Tour
Private Tour : Customized Ephesus Tour for Cruisers from Kusadasi Ephesus Port
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
THIS IS A PRIVATE TOUR ONLY FOR YOU AND YOUR TRAVEL COMPANIONS / Welcome to Ephesus during this amazing full day tour. You will see all the most popular sights and experience the best parts of the city with a local tour guide. This is a big chance for you to discover fascinating sites around the town with an expert local tour guide on this private shore excursion departing from the Port of Kusadasi / Ephesus. You will be met at port and guaranteed on-time return to your ship. As your private tour guide, we can adjust the schedule, duration and activities to meet your needs. The options are; Ancient City of Ephesus; House of the Virgin Mary ; Terrace Houses ; Temple of Artemis; Basilica of Saint John; Village of Sirince; Archaeological Museum of Ephesus and Shopping Options in Carpet weaving centre, Leather Outlet, Pottery Factory and Jewellery. You can create your program during the tour with recommendation of your tour guide.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
No dress code
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Ancient City of Ephesus
Ancient City of Ephesus that is one of the best well-kept Greco- Roman ancient city in the world, famous with Odeon where the music concerts were organized; Domitian Temple that is one of the first temple dedicated for a human; Celcus Library which was the third biggest library in the ancient time; Amphitheatre where is one of the biggest amphitheatre in the world with 24.000 people capacity and St. Paul preached to Ephesians; Marble Street; Roman Baths ; Fountains; Temples; Agora; Love House; Public Toilets
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
House of the Virgin Mary where mother of Jesus Christ spent her final years. 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 during your visit
What‘s Included
Fully Air-conditioned Brand new vehicle with Separate Driver
Professional Licensed Local Tour Guide entire day
Port / Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour
All Taxes
All Parking fees
100 % Satisfaction
Entrance fees ( We will arrange the tickets in advance, so you will skip long ticket lines
Food and drinks
Gratuities are appreciated
Pickup points
Ephesus
Kusadasi
Options
Private Tour : Customized Ephesus Tour for Cruisers from Kusadasi Ephesus Port
Pickup included
Reviews
16 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Very accommodating for assessable challenged client.
Meg H,,Oct 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Ot guide as fantastic. Helps us narrow down our tour to accommodate our wheelchair. Very good English and personable.
Guide was excellent, very...
Terry P,,Oct 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Guide was excellent, very thorough very well organized and very personable. Would highly recommend her.
Ephesus without Any Hassel with Emma.
Jill M,,Sep 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This private tour for four is the only way to go! Emma took us where we wanted to go. No fluff - just pure sights. Emma made every minute count. We were able to beat the crowds at Mother Mary’s house as well as Ephesus where there were throngs of tourists. The fixed lunch that was provided was a traditional Turkish meal with a wide variety of delicious plates. Emma had perfect English and her knowledge of history was widespread. No complaints whatsoever. Plus, our driver was excellent and dropped us off as close as possible - passing all the tour buses. Well worth the money. We are so glad we had this private tour. Highly recommend this one with an air-conditioned, roomy van.
Best tour we’ve ever taken! Fatih was an awesome guide!
Dirk W,,Jul 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was by far the best tour we’ve ever been on. Fatih was a terrific tour guide and made our experience so much fun. It was all personalized to what we wanted to do and see. He gave lots of great recommendations and let us pick and choose what we would like best. He took us to mass as we had requested and was a wealth of knowledge about all the different religions and beliefs in the area. Then we went to a carpet place where we got to see how they made their beautiful hand made rugs and even how they get the silk from silkworms! Even my kids loved this rug experience and I would’ve thought they would be bored. It wasn’t boring at all!! Super cool! We ate an authentic Turkish lunch that Fatih explained everything we ate and we enjoyed it son much more knowing the background of the dishes. I can’t say enough about how much my family enjoyed this tour. We would recommend it 1000%.
Turkey and Ephasus are worth it!
Sylvia M,,Jun 9, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide, Azime, was amazing! Turkey is so much more than I ever knew! We saw and learned so much from her! One of my favorite stops on our cruise!
Great way to see the Ephesus highlights
Norry M,,May 20, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great tour. Oktay met us off the boat and took us in luxury SUV to Ephesus, Temple of Artemis etc. he was very knowledgeable and interesting. Happy to do what we wanted for as long as we wanted. We really enjoyed our time with him.
Eda was fabulous
Kimberly O,,Sep 27, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Eda Aksoy was fabulous!! Do to husband's impaired mobility, she got us to the most important sights ahead of the crowds & ensured we had a great experience. Very personable and knowledgeable! A+!!
Braying sites but beware of the carpet making demo
Scott G,,Jun 1, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent tour guide abs fantastic food. The only down side was the "carpet making" demonstration. It was very good, but any shown obverse was met by a perpetual assaults from sales personnel to get you to buy...... and prices dropped 40% from original price
Ephesus Tour
philip2019909,,Nov 12, 2019
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide Azer is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. We have a wonderful day. Highly recommedted.
One of the best private tours I have ever taken.
KEVIN S,,Oct 4, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I was traveling with a group of 13 people on a cruise to Greece and Turkey. Honestly, I thought Turkey would be a “throwaway“ port. Boy was I shocked. Turkey is absolutely beautiful, clean, and the people are friendly. Of course, another contributing factor was Hakan and Ephesus Port Tours. The leader of our group booked a private tour with Hakan, and he did not disappoint. He was organized and very informative. He was able to flawlessly negotiate the crowds of people at all of the sites, and assemble our group of 13 before he started giving any information about each of the mini stops. On other tours we went on, the guides talked as we walked from sight to sight, and only a few people could hear. Hakan waited until EVERYBODY was assembled before he began educating us about the site. He definitely knew his stuff, and made it fun to be on the tour. He knew where to go, where to take pictures, and kept the tour at a comfortable pace. I give Hakan and Ephesus Port Tours my highest recommendation. And, don’t sleep on Turkey, it is a beautiful place to visit.
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