Ephesus Tours from Izmir

Your private Ephesus Tour Guide will welcome you at Izmir Port, Izmir Airport, or your hotel in Izmir. You will then meet your private driver and travel in a luxurious, air-conditioned, and comfortable vehicle. After about 45 minutes of driving, your spectacular day will begin. First, you will visit the House of the Virgin Mary. We will drive up the mountain where the house is located, in a peaceful nature park between Ephesus and Selcuk. It is believed to be the last home of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The peaceful site is sacred to both Christians and Muslims and is visited by many pilgrims and travelers. The house was later visited by Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II, who recognized it as an important place of pilgrimage. On November 29, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass here. Next, you will visit the Ancient City of Ephesus. For a few hours, you will feel like a Roman citizen living in the ancient world. Your Ephesus Tour Guide will have your entrance tickets ready, allowing you to skip the ticket lines. Your tour will start at the upper gate and finish at the lower gate of the Ancient City of Ephesus. You will have an extensive tour of this magnificent ancient site. Along the way, you will see the Temples of Domitian, Trajan, and Hadrian, the huge Roman Baths, Harbor Street, Marble Street, the Gates of Mazeus and Mithridates, the Commercial Agora, Latrines, the Scholastica Baths, Curetes Street, the Pollio Fountain, Memmius Monument, the Prytaneion, Odeon, State Agora, the Library of Celsus, and the Great Theater, one of the largest ancient theaters in the world. After the Ephesus tour, you will enjoy a traditional Turkish lunch at a peaceful, local restaurant away from the tourist crowds. Artemis was the main goddess of Ephesus, and the Ephesians built one of the largest temples of the ancient world in her honor. You will visit the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, also known as the Artemision, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. At the end of your Ephesus Tour, you will be driven back to Izmir. For more options, please see our other Ephesus Tours from Izmir..