Ephesus Tours

Ephesus Tours with different highlights and durations are prepared for you by our experienced team. We will pick you up from Kusadasi, Izmir or Istanbul port/airport/hotel. Our Ephesus tours include visits to Ancient Ephesus, House of the Virgin Mary, Terrace Houses, Basilica of St. John, Artemis Temple, Sirince Village and Ephesus Museum. We are very happy to customize your Ephesus excursions according to your needs and expectations. Your Ephesus Tours can be longer, shorter or we can add different places in your tour program as you request.

You will be guided by a private professional licensed tour guide throughout your Ephesus tour and will be transferred by a private comfortable, A/C and non-smoking vehicle. Your tour guide will pick you up from Kusadasi/Izmir port or from your hotel in Kusadasi/Izmir and drop you back to at the end of your Ephesus Tour. Ephesus is only 20 mins drive from Kusadasi port. You will be transferred to Ephesus by your private driver by a luxurious and comfortable vehicle. We guarantee that you will be dropped back to Kusadasi port 45 minutes before your cruise leaves Kusadasi port.

If you let us know at the time of booking, you have the chance to have English speaking, French speaking, Spanish speaking, German speaking tour guides for your Ephesus Tours. All of our tour guides are selected carefully and they do their best to make it a great and memorable day in Ephesus. Your private local tour guide will give you most of the information during your tour. You can ask your tour guide as many questions as you wish because it is a private tour and you will be the only ones throughout your Ephesus Tours.

We will provide Ephesus tickets before your arrival and your guide will have them ready on the tour date. All the entrance fees stated in the itineraries, private guide, private transfers, parking and lunch are included in the price. There are definitely no hidden costs.

Are you in Istanbul and want to see Ephesus for one day? Then, we will pick you up from your hotel in Istanbul and provide you with a full day private Ephesus Tours from Istanbul.

We are very proud to arrange Ephesus Tours as a local tour company established in 1993, Kusadasi Turkey. Magical Steps Tours deserved the Certificates of Excellence in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Please visit our TripAdvisor page for our reviews written by our visitors who booked their Ephesus excursionswith us. Click here for our reviews on Tripadvisor. With our wide range of tours, professional services, selected tour guides and best prices, let us make it a Magical experience!

Ephesus History

The first civilizations in Turkey generally take us to 12.500 years before. Civilizations in the Aegean region including Ephesus History are approximately from 7.000 before. It is known that Ancient Ephesus and its surroundings are 6.000 year old.

Ephesus is stated as ‘Apasa’ in the Hittite inscriptions. It is said that Apasa is the name of one of the princesses of Amazon’s among the founders of Ephesus and Ephesus name comes from this name.

Ephesus History

The first civilizations in Turkey generally take us to 12.500 years before. Civilizations in the Aegean region including Ephesus History are approximately from 7.000 before. It is known that Ancient Ephesus and its surroundings are 6.000 year old.

Ephesus is stated as ‘Apasa’ in the Hittite inscriptions. It is said that Apasa is the name of one of the princesses of Amazon’s among the founders of Ephesus and Ephesus name comes from this name.

Terrace Houses, Ephesus 

The Terrace Houses, sometimes called the Slope Houses or the Houses of the Rich, were built on three terraces dug into the lower slope of mount Bul Bul, opposite Hadrian’s Temple.