Skip-The-Line: Ephesus, House of Mary, St John Basilica w/LUNCH

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Duration:4 hours to 6 hours (approx.)
Location: Kusadasi, Turkish Riviera

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Visit > Ephesus Ruins, Virgin Mary House, St John Basilica, Temple of Artemis

SKIP-THE-LINE Tickets, Pick up and drop off from Kusadasi Port, Lunch in a local restaurant, Transportation

This is a Best Seller Ephesus tour with an expert local guide and gives you an opportunity to choose SMALL GROUP or PRIVATE TOUR options.

Visit Ancient Ephesus; walk on the ancient roads where Mother Mary, St. John, and St Paul walked, see the monuments such as the Great Theater, Celsus Library, Trajan Fountain, Odeon Temple, and more, See Terrace Houses where rich Ephesians used to live, Visit Mary House; where she spent her final days, St. John Basilica; where John wrote his gospel. Learn history about early Christians and Romans from your local guide, and take a photo from the best photoshoot points.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

1.
According to the pick-up time that we will arrange according to your ship's arrival time, meet your guide at the port and set out towards the first visit point
2. Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
located 6km to the north of the ruins of Ephesus, a church was built from the 6C AD to the top of the foundations of a house from 1C AD and it is declared by the church to be the final house where Mary spent her last days.
3. The Temple of Artemis
was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its ancient cult dedicated to Artemis was very famous in antiquity and made Ephesus a much-visited pilgrimage place. There were a total of 127 ionic columns with a height of 19m. The temple is also considered to be the earliest bank of the ancient world.
4. The Basilica of Saint John
3 km away from the ruins of Ephesus a small church was built dedicated to John in 2C AD, Later in 6C AD it was replaced by a huge basilica built by the Emperor Justinian, The impressive ruins are still standing today.
5. Ancient City of Ephesus
An Archeological treasure, The best-preserved classical city in Eastern Mediterranean. During the 1C AD, Ephesus was the second-largest city on the planet after Rome with more than 250,000 citizens. It was in the center of the known world and played the role of a gateway between the East and the West with its giant harbor, it was also the center of trading in antiquity. It was not only a rich commercial city but also the honeymoon place of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra. An impressive city, ıt is also home to one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world, Temple of Artemis. Ephesus is also so well preserved that, walking on the ancient streets among the beautiful monuments such as the third largest library of the ancient world or the largest roman theatre on the Asia continent, gives you the feeling of a time traveler.
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At the end of the tour, we depart for Kuşadası port.

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Posted By : zaaric
Gökçe (Gigi) was an amazing and knowledgeable tour guide! She made our tour easy to get through and understand. We ended up asking her for some places she would recommend to find gifts for friends and family and brought us to a perfect place that she trusted! If you decide to come to Turkey, Gigi would make your experience worth while!
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 07:29:44

Posted By : Sanjiv S
Our guide Mustafa Mert was terrific and spoke good English. We covered the four main sites very efficiently and yet comprehensively.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 06:08:52

Posted By : S1980HHnaomim
Very educational guide. The lunch was provided, as advertised, and we had a great time. Visited several sites and had the relevance and history explained to us.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 00:25:52

Posted By : ashleyhN2357JE
We hit all the main attractions. Taylan was knowledgable with history, religion, geography and economy. He was able to answer all our questions and make sure we understood the importance of the places we were able to visit.
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 12:01:47

Posted By : Brooke P
Taylan was an awesome guide. He knew so many interesting facts about the sites we visited and had a great personality.
Turkey is beautiful and we have enjoyed our time here so much!
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 12:00:17

Posted By : stephaniegX6565AD
Excelent Tour!! Our tour guide Volha was super kind to us! Speaks Spanish very well! The tour fulfilled our expectations and was very complete!!
I fully recommend it
The lunch was very nice to
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 11:40:35

Posted By : Explore53325067099
birsen was a very good guide, tour went smooth, it was good to have context for the historical sites to really appreciate the experience
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 11:19:06

Posted By : H6670LTandrewm
Birsen was amazing the way that she was really passionate about everything she taught us it was amazing and it made the experience better
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 11:18:19

Posted By : Resort05391990092
Birsen was amazing and shared many amazing facts about all the places and answered all our questions thoroughly. The views were beautiful and would highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 11:18:17

Posted By : buddyb529
Birsen was incredibly knowledgeable of the area and the sites we saw. She was also super efficient with time letting us see enough of everything we wanted to
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 11:16:56