Full Day Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary, Artemis Tour

Your driver and licensed guide will meet you in front of Izmir's ship port passenger Terminal or at your hotel in Kusadasi. Once you are picked up you will continue on to the Full-Day Ephesus tour visiting the following sites:

Ephesus antique site: Enter through the Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of this Roman provincial capital. Your route takes you past the Odeum, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Great Theater. The Theater had seating for 25,000, was the site where St. Paul preached to the Ephesians, and is used today for a local spring festival.

Temple of Artemis: The temple of Artemision is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Antic world. It has been built in the areas of Ephesus on a flat area which has over the centuries turned into a swamp.

House of Virgin Mary: Virgin Mary House, It is the place where Mary may have spent her last days. Indeed, she may have come in the area together with Saint John.

Isabey Mosque:  Isa Bey Mosque is one of the most delicate examples of Seljukian architecture, situated below the basilica of Saint John. The mosque was built by the master Syrian architecture Ali son of Mushimish al -Damishki, between the years of 1374 and 1375.

Ephesus Museum: Ephesus Archaeological Museum is located in Selcuk, which is 70km away from Izmir, where Ephesus ancient city is found.

After the tour you will be transferred back to the cruise port or to your hotel in Kusadasi.

Note: For this tour, pick up from the Kusadasi.
.The Izmir airport can also be arranged for extra cost if required.