Private Ephesus Tour: Explore Roman Ruins with Historian Guide from Kusadasi

Embark on a private tour of the ancient city of Ephesus with a professional historian guide. Explore Roman ruins, uncover captivating stories, and immerse yourself in the rich history and architectural wonders of this once-thriving city.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kuşadası Port Türkiye - Guests will be collected from Kusadasi Cruise Port and promptly escorted to their luxury vehicle without delay.
  • Virgin Mary Statue - Begin the journey with a tranquil photo opportunity in front of the Virgin Mary statue at the House of the Virgin Mary, setting a meaningful tone before exploring the Ancient City of…
What's Included
  • Port pickup and drop-off by Luxury Van
  • Professional English Speaking guide
  • Guarantee ON TIME RETURN TO CRUISE SHIP
Additional Information

Engage in an exclusive excursion from the Kusadasi cruise port to the historical city of Ephesus, conducted by an expert historian guide. Journey back in history as you survey the remarkably maintained remains of this once prosperous Roman city, acclaimed for its magnificence and historical importance. With your guide’s knowledge, unwrap the fascinating…

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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Ian_w
Jul 18, 2025
Our tour guide was very... - Our tour guide was very informative and very communicative and knew her history beyond the tours. Showed us around to a tannery, pottery and Turkish delight factories. Very friendly.
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Ashley_f
Jul 13, 2025
Great Tour for Cruise Family! - Tijen was an excellent guide for our tour. Her communication started well before the tour helping us coordinate the best time and location to meet her to beat the heat and crowds. We arrived off our cruise ship around 9:30am and she explained that we can be flexible and do whatever we wanted. She took us to Efes and was very knowledgeable about the history. We did a few other stops including lunch and were back in time for some shopping around the port. Great Day would book again thank you Tijen!
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Lisa_j
Jun 20, 2025
An unexpected favourite - My daughters and I did this tour of Ephesus with Mehmet as an excursion while on a cruise. He was very communicative and met us at the port with a clean, comfortable air conditioned minivan and driver. He was very accommodating and customized our tour for us as we made a couple of little changes. Ephesus itself is larger than expected, it was hot with little shade and was very crowded; a private guided tour is the best way to explore and learn about this site. There isn’t enough detailed information posted to really learn and appreciate the significance and all of the history there is here. Mehmet has a passion for learning and history, which was made evident throughout this tour. His memory and eye for detail is incredible. He is very fluent in English which made the experience even more enjoyable, no fumbling for words or trying to figure out what he was saying ( which I sometimes struggle with when it comes to accents) My daughters came in this tour for my benefit, but at the end of our cruise they said it was their favourite excursion. Mehmet was very patient and understanding that they wanted to take plenty of photos and he just continued the tour with me while they came and went. It was a very relaxed, unhurried pleasant afternoon. At the end of the tour there is an indoor 3D interactive sort of show (included in the price) which nicely ties the information from the guide to the site giving a visual to how it would have looked back in the day. There is also a newer cafe with a lovely bathroom located just before this. If you’re interested in archeology then I would recommend this tour, with a private historical guide. Thank you Mehmet for such a memorable day!
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Paradise56371279459
Feb 25, 2025
Fantastic tour with Selin! - The guide possessed exceptional knowledge which she conveyed so we remained interested throughout. The Terrace Houses presented an exhibition of what luxurious Roman life used to look like. Highly recommend this tour!
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Ricardovu4543cn
Feb 18, 2025
Excellent tour. Everything taken care of. - Great tour. Was able to see many different attractions in one day without worrying about organization or scheduling. Özkan was my tour guide and he was very knowledgeable. Great story telling. He also provided me with great recommendations.
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Nkreuzer
Oct 10, 2024
Amazing Private Tour! Highly recommended! - Our tour guide Gizem was amazing! Extremely knowledgeable & friendly. She went out of her way to show us out-of-the-way traditional Turkish experiences aside of the obvious highlights. The driver was great - professional and the van was first class.
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Gms518
Jul 27, 2024
Furkan gives the best Ephesus tour !!! - I saw the historical sites with an amazing guide, Furkan Karagun! He has so much knowledge about everything we saw and presented in a friendly way. He was very accommodating about my physical limitations too. He has great English and is very charming! In the vehicle between sites we shared many cultural practices and I got to understand Turkey 🇹🇷 on a more in depth level from him . If you can get him for your guide, you will be very lucky !!!
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Sanjeevkumar923
Jul 23, 2024
Lovely trip - We took a private trip to make sure we had the flexibility to go at our own pace. We had a very helpful and knowledgeable guide (Huseyin) and had a lovely visit.
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Y1057iamandym
Jul 12, 2024
Amazing experience of Ephesus - We were so lucky to have Yavuz as our tour guide to explore Ephesus today. Not only is he exceptionally knowledgeable, but we were able to clearly see his passion for Turikye. He was thoughtful, considerate and looked after us so well. A lovely bonus was getting to visit Turkish rug co-op. We would highly recommend to anyone and will seek out Yavus as our tour guide when we return to Türkiye in future.
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Russell_s
Jul 4, 2025
Our tour guide was great.... - Our tour guide was great. Unfortunately the entry fees to Ephesus and parking not included. I feel the pricing was disingenuous. Additionally we had to set thru hard sale sells presentations for items we had no interest in
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).