Ephesus Private Tour: Explore Ancient Wonders

Immerse yourself in the cultural heritage and ancient wonders of Ephesus on this private full-day tour. Explore the ancient city, visit the House of Virgin Mary and the Basilica of St. John, and marvel at the Temple of Artemision. Skip the lines and customize your tour with a knowledgeable guide.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ancient City of Ephesus - This enclosure for archaeological remains at Ephesus elegantly reconciles historic conservation with accessibility for visitors. The site of a succession of great ancient civilizations, Ephesus, on the south-west coast of modern Turkey, embodied a peculiarly fertile synthesis of architecture and culture. In 356BC the…
What's Included
  • Transport by Luxury Private Vehicle
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
  • All Parking Fees and Taxes
  • English Speaking Tour Guide with Archaeological Background
What's Not Included
  • Entrance Fees(Your guide will have pre-purchased tickets to skip the lines. )
  • Local Lunch
Additional Information

Our PRIVATE Ephesus Tour is one of its kind about places it covers and it’s our best-seller! This tour is a perfect option for those who have a full day to spend around the most important sights of the Ephesus area.
This tour is guaranteed Skip-The-Line with pre-purchased tickets.
You can always customize your tour with your private guide.
This tour…

Location
Ancient City of Ephesus
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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884patyr
Jul 11, 2025
Incredible experience, we loved it - Incredible experience, our guide Selin Çizmeci was the best, always attentive to us and explaining every detail, the tour exceeded all my expectations
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Elaydas
Jul 6, 2025
Amazing tour guide and visited gorgeous locations - Our tour guide Nur was absolutely amazing. She was friendly, showed us the best souvenir shops and had the best locations for our photos. Her positive energy definitely enhanced the experience of our trip. Additional the local lunch tasted so good. An amazing cultural experience!
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W6283xkminak
Jul 6, 2025
Lovely Ephesus tour with Nur! - Truly one of the best highlights in Türkiye. Our tour guide, Nur was phenomenal and friendly. She was extremely helpful. I would also recommend adding the local lunch if you enjoy the turkish cuisine. Overall, anyone who is thinking of booking for a small private group, go for it!
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18nikolask
Jul 6, 2025
Amazing informative tour guide with friendly and welcoming tour guide! - Nur was a very friendly and welcoming tour guide. She was also very informative about the history of Ephesus and even about facts beyond that. Would definitely recommend!
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Carlosgj7887dt
Jul 3, 2025
Full day, private Izimir tour - What an amazing tour from Elif! A amazing tour through Izimir. If you need a local tour guide with historical and local knowledge is perfect! Thank you again !! I highly recommend.
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829ajithh
Jul 2, 2025
Ephesus private tour - Great tour. Our guide GG and the driver Engin were awesome. Explained us everything and gave a nice lunch. Really enjoyed the tour and we recommend to everyone.
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Dean_d
Jun 26, 2025
Historical Journey - Our Guide, Ahmet - and our Driver Engin were fantastic. Ahmet spoke very good English, and provided a lot of historical context as we drove from Izmir to Ephesus. Engin was masterful climbing the tight roads up the mountain to go to "Mary's House". We left the hotel early (0700), which helped get us ahead of the cruise bus excursions... After Mary's House, we went to Ephesus proper. The excavations are amazing, as Ahmet said it is only 25% complete. A sprawling compound, once a port city. What a historical site it is!! Very glad we went there. Finally, we went to the Temple of Artemis, where Pagan god worship, a distant Mosque where muslims worship, and St. Lukes Basilica where Christians worship - all in a tight view. Very unique in the world. The only thing we did not particularly enjoy was the "ending" we were encouraged to go to a cultural facility for lunch - it seemed a lot of "pressure" to purchase goods from the salesmen there.... it took a lot of time, and would have rather spent more time having lunch and finalizing our tour with robust discussion, but the sales workers really put a lot of pressure on all of us to purchase jewels or hand woven rugs.
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Brookealina
Jun 16, 2025
Fantastic Day of Learning and Fun - Highly recommend seeing Ephesus and surrounds with this company, in a small group rather than a big group tour (yuck!). Everything was smooth, the price was right and there were no hidden costs. Our guide Gocke was incredibly knowledgeable and lovely which made the day so enjoyable. I would recommend going as early as possible to beat the crowds and the sun.
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Sameer_b
May 29, 2025
Great tour guide and driver with an unfortunate rug/jewellery sales pitch - We had an overall very good trip with Elif, our guide, and Ibrahim, our driver. Both were kind, courteous and friendly. Elif's knowledge of Ephesus and other sites around Izmir were great and enjoyed learning about her family, her education and interest in English. At pickup, she had a sign with my name on it at the Airport when we left the arrivals hall. We would have given her 5-stars, except for lunch we went to what was obviously a "tourist-trap" and sat down for a slightly lengthy presentation on how Turkish rugs are made, followed by a sales pitch for Turkish rugs and random jewelry. That left a bad taste unfortunately since before lunch I specifically told her that we didn't want to eat at any "touristy" style place. You'd think if you are paying for a private tour, you would get to customize the tour (within reason).
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Jaime_p
May 17, 2025
Expensive for what it is - For 300 euros rather poor the tour, I do not recommend it, it is not worth it, nothing that you can not do alone and a third of the way through Price
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From $56
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).