Private Ephesus Tour
The full classic day: ancient city, Terrace Houses, Virgin Mary’s house and St John — private, unhurried, yours.
Choose your day
Ephesus Tours
Every tour on this page is private — your group, your guide, your pace. Start with a classic, or tell us what you love and we will build the day around it.
Ephesus divides naturally into a handful of perfect days — the marble city itself, the Christian sites in the pine hills, the village afternoons, the white terraces a little further out — and the tours below map onto them. All are private, all are led by licensed guides, and all can be reshaped freely: these pages describe our favourite versions of each day, not fixed products.
The classics
The essential Ephesus days
The routes every first visit should consider — done privately, timed against the cruise crowds.
Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary Tour
The marble city and Mary’s hillside chapel in one reverent, unhurried private day.
Ephesus & Terrace Houses Tour
The classic city plus real time inside the frescoed Terrace Houses — Ephesus for people who love detail.
Ephesus Half-Day Tour
The essential marble city in four door-to-door hours — the honest choice for tight schedules.
From your port or city
Shore excursions & arrivals
Door-to-door days from the Kuşadası cruise port, İzmir, Selçuk hotels — or even Istanbul.
Ephesus Shore Excursion from Kuşadası Port
Gangway to the Library of Celsus in 25 minutes — a private port day timed around your ship’s clock.
Ephesus Tour from İzmir
Door-to-door from İzmir hotels, airport or cruise terminal — one hour each way, all of Ephesus in between.
Ephesus Tour from Kuşadası
From your Kuşadası hotel to the marble streets in 25 minutes — the region’s easiest unmissable day.
Ephesus Tour from Istanbul
Morning flight, full guided Ephesus day, evening return — Istanbul’s classic side trip, quoted to your dates.
Combinations
Ephesus and somewhere lovely
The ancient city paired with a wine village or the white terraces of Pamukkale.
Ephesus & Şirince Village Tour
Ephesus in the morning, Şirince’s lanes and fruit wines after lunch — history with dessert.
Ephesus & Pamukkale Tour
Ephesus plus Pamukkale’s white terraces and Hierapolis — one long day or two easy ones, quoted to your plan.
Good to know
Ephesus Tours — quick answers
Which Ephesus tour should a first-timer choose?
With a full day: the Private Ephesus Tour, which adds the House of the Virgin Mary and the Basilica of St John to the ancient city. From a cruise ship: the Shore Excursion, built around your ship’s clock. Short on time: the Half-Day Highlights still covers the heart of the marble city.
What do your prices include?
Guide, private vehicle with driver, pickup at your port or hotel, lunch with a local artisan visit on full-day tours, parking and taxes. Museum and site entrance fees are quoted separately — state prices change yearly, and we would rather be transparent than tidy.
Will we be back at the ship on time?
Always. Ephesus is 25 minutes from the Kuşadası pier, we track your ship’s all-aboard time, and we build a buffer into the afternoon. In many years of port days we have never delivered a guest late to a gangway.
Not sure which day suits you? Ask a local.
Tell us who is travelling and what you love, and we will suggest the day that fits — then make it happen.