Biblical Ephesus Tour: Private Full-Day Experience

Embark on a private biblical tour of Ephesus, exploring the early history of Christianity and its pre-Christian heritage. Customize your itinerary, enjoy flexibility, and savor delicious Turkish kebabs along the way.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kuşadası Port, Turkey - The private guide will meet guests at Kusadasi Port at a pre-arranged time. The pick-up time will be provided during confirmation.
  • Ancient City of Ephesus - After the greeting, there will be a 20-minute drive to the Ephesus area. Ephesus (Rev. 2:1-7), a major port city on the Aegean, was the commercial, political, and…
What's Included
  • Private tour for your family and friends only
  • Private transportation by brand-new vehicles with AC
  • Traditional Turkish Lunch
  • Bible-oriented professional tour guide
  • Entrance fees with pre-paid tickets to skip the lines
  • Guaranteed on-time return to port
What's Not Included
  • Drinks and tips are not included in the price
Additional Information

No hidden fees in our pricing. Entrance fees and lunch are included.
Enjoy a private, full-day Biblical Ephesus tour with our knowledgeable, Bible-oriented guide.
This tour blends the early history of Christianity with pre-Christian heritage.
This is a private tour for your family and friends, allowing you to choose the departure time. Our guide will…

Location
Kuşadası Port Türkiye
Feribot Limanı
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ninachyd
Dec 9, 2025
MUST BOOK EPHESUS TOUR! - The tour was perfect! Our tour guide, Tezcan (pronounced Tessian) is so knowledgeable, fun, easy going and very patient! When he heard about our next visit to Istanbul, he recommended some places to visit. We revised our itinerary accordingly and every single recommendation was amazing (he suggested places to go, eat, visit). We're so glad to have gone for this tour and met him. Would totally recommend to every single person I know who will visit Turkey.
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Ashleybc7872ak
Dec 4, 2025
Best Turkey Tour experience! - My husband and I really enjoyed this tour! The van that transported us was very clean and supplied with cold water. The places we went were interesting and full of history and cultural significance. Finally, the guide was the very best part. He was knowledgeable, relatable and funny. Would totally recommend to anyone!
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Mark
Nov 26, 2025
Flexible experience perfect for families. - Our guide was attentive, flexible, and knowledgeable! We enjoyed our experience and would highly recommend this private tour.
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Pate214
Nov 25, 2025
A most excellent personalized tour - Visited as a cruise excursion and feel like we hit the jackpot when we got Olgu as our tour guide. He and the driver in Kuşadası picked us up in a clean, well-appointed minivan. As we left the city, we discussed our interests and desires for the tour, and Olgu personalized it for us. We hit all the appropriate places on the tour, as well as a fabulous outdoor lunch at a carpet factory. Olgu took pictures of us, and overall, you could not find a better tour guide. Highly recommend him for a “Personalized” tour.
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Jimmn1429so
Nov 24, 2025
An amazing informative BEST experience!! - Milleh Is a superb, knowledgeable, friendly professional, easy to understand guide who clearly knows his material, especially as it is referenced in the Bible (I checked! ✔️), As we explored the archeological excavation of Ephesus, he pointed out areas and events that accurately corroborated the Acts 19 account of Paul’s time in Ephesus, and that Scripture is a true and reliable source of archeology and history—wow! Milleh also loves his country and is proud to show off the varied plentiful and delicious offerings of the lunch that was served; as well as the beautiful and artistic handmade rugs and carpets (we had to buy one!) All in all we highly recommend this guide and trip!!
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406ingaa
Nov 21, 2025
Wonderful tour with short time due to cruise ship docking timeframe - Our ship was only stopping in Kusadasi for a half day, but we went ahead and booked this tour anyway, and it was perfect. We were able to see all three sites that we wanted to see, Mary's house, Ephesus and St John Basilica. Our guide Inan, was wonderful, he was very knowledgeable of all the sites and was flexible to let us spend the time we wanted at each site. We decided not to have lunch, even though it was included in our tour, because our boat arrived at 1pm and we had to be back on the ship by 7pm. There was a lot to see, but it wasn't super rushed, if we had more time we would have spent more time in Ephesus, but we didn't feel shorted because we had limited time. We were even able to visit a local family's pottery factory which was specific to the area and not in a touristy section of Kusadasi. Overall a great tour.
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Lisav416
Nov 14, 2025
Fantastic Tour in Turkey! - This was a phenomenal tour. Tez was our guide and he was great! He was very knowledgeable and could answer any question you threw at him. One thing right from the start, he had a driver, so he was not trying to drive and talk to us. We were picked up in a van and he sat in the back with us, so his attention was totally on us while the driver took us to each place. Lunch was delicious as well. Turkey was one stop on our 11 day cruise and we were so glad we booked this tour!
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Cathy_j
Nov 6, 2025
Great Experience - We enjoyed learning the history of the city of Ephesus and seeing Mary's House. Our tour guide Okaff was wonderful as well as the lunch. Okaff gave us valuable advice regarding the vendors. We were taken to a beautiful leather shop where we saw a fashionshow. Don't feel obligated to make a purchase.
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Barb_b
Nov 1, 2025
Favorite tour on our 9 day cruise!! - Ephesus was one stop on our cruise and by far our favorite! Cengis was not your average tour guide. He was extremely knowledgeable and patient with all our questions. He made Ephesus come alive for us. We could really imagine Paul living and working in this city. We also saw many other sites. Finally Cengis took us to Nakkaş Rugs where we learned how hand knotted Turkish rugs are made. It was really interesting and amazing. They are made of both silk and wool and are works of art. I highly recommend this tour!
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551dejanr
Oct 31, 2025
One of the best Ephesus Tour Experience - Ephesus has always been in our bucket list of places to visit and we stumble upon this biblical tour experience among other tour experience, you pay a bit more than normal one but they covered the entrance tickets to all places that we’re going and it’s also a private tour so you can personalize the trip to your own pace & liking. Our guide Oglu is also really informative and friendly, he really knows the history of the place, its biblical context and significant really well We loved the tour experience with our guide Oglu! Whether you’re in for the biblical context or just the history itself, we think it’s worth paying extra for it.
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From $89
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).