All Inclusive Private Ephesus, Village Tour and Traditional Lunch

Posted By : Laura F
We had a great tour! Very nice guide. Friendly and interesting. Transportation in nice van with great air conditioning. Amazing lunch buffet of authentic foods in a beautiful location. She was accommodating to our wishes and answered all our questions. Weather was very hot but glad we did it. Bring an umbrella for shade.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 07:11:04

Posted By : T5561YUjulieh
We had a great day with the friendly and fun Nilgun. She is a very knowledgeable guide who navigated the crowds of Ephesus, taking us from shady area to shady area, telling us about the Hellenic and Roman times. As a private tour, we asked not to go shopping so she honored our wishes and we were able to see exactly what we wanted to see, and spent exactly as much time as we wished. The terrace houses were amazing! Lunch was also exceptional. The van was very cool and comfortable. Cold water was included as well. Highly recommend!!
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 07:10:59

Posted By : alisonpH9348IQ
Yavuz was an excellent tour guide. Loved every minute of our tour. We got to choose what some side trips were. Highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in the history of Ephesus.
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Posted On : 2024-05-27 08:14:10

Posted By : Aaron_T
We had an amazing time. We were picked up in a nice van and first saw House of Mary and Ephesus. The ruins and museum were great.

Our guide then took us to a shop where they had samples of tea, baklava, Turkish delight, and other snacks along with oil products. The workers were so generous and kind with samples teaching us about it all. We then went to have lunch and the food was really good and the patio was relaxing.

After that we went to Sirince where our guide took us to have Turkish coffee and taste wine and walk the village streets. She taught us so much about Turkish culture, the food, the history, just everything. It was so great traveling with a local. It was truly a highlight of our trip.

Teşekkürler !
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Posted On : 2024-05-21 11:04:05

Posted By : mancunian2014
There were only 4 of us on the tour

Guide was waiting for this when we got off the ship. It was a short walk to the immaculately maintained tour bus.
In an attempt to beat the crowds at the house of the Virgin Mary we went there first first.
Following that we had an approximately 2-hour total of the Ephesus site including the terrace houses-which I don't think are normally included in this tour.They are certainly well worth seeing

He gave us plenty of time to wander around by ourselves to take photographs.
Following this we went for a traditional Turkish lunch at a carpet factory. Lunch was tasty. The only extras with the adult beverages.
Following lunch we went up to the Village where we were given an hour and a half free time to wander around and sample the pomegranate juice and Turkish coffee.Most of the tourists were Turks themselves
It was then about a 30-minute drive back to the crew ship terminal.
Our guide was excellent and obviously takes pride in his job. The only minor criticism of the tour was the seemingly mandatory carpet factory visit and hard sell

Would thoroughly recommend this tour
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Posted On : 2023-11-29 09:57:24

Posted By : M1898HJamyb
This is the second time I have toured with Ephesus Shuttle and it was just as amazing the second time around. We added 4 more people at the last minute and they accommodated us with no trouble at all.

We went to Ephesus and then to the Sirince Village. Our guide, Emre, was outstanding!! His knowledge was incredible and he really made us feel like friends/family! There was never any pressure to do anything we didn't want to do - Emre asked what we wanted to do that day at the beginning of the tour and that is exactly what we did. He offered other stops (i.e. rug market, leather outlet) but since we were not interested, he did not push either.

I wish there had been more hours in the day - I could have spent the entire day in the Village and our lunch was outstanding!!!!

I highly recommend this company and Emre in particular!
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Posted On : 2023-11-27 08:38:33

Posted By : Adrian_A
small group.Luxury minibus.Minimal waiting.Excellent guide

Could do without the obligatory carpet show room stop though
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Posted On : 2023-10-17 08:48:54

Posted By : kellykX368IK
We had a wonderful time! Our guide Ozgur Ozan (Ozzie) was amazing! He customized everything based on our desires. it was over 100 degrees and it was very uncomfortable but he made it fun and great for us nonetheless. We had a beautiful lunch with no tourist around and we saw peacocks while we ate in this great shaded garden then looked at lovely carpets. Awesome day

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Posted On : 2023-08-04 12:24:11

Posted By : Kelly_K
My group and I loved this private tour with Ozzy. He was such an amazing guide and customized the tour based on what we were interested in and all his suggestions were amazing. It was over 100 degrees and he made sure we saw the important things without passing out. Lunch was great … everything was amazing!
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Posted On : 2023-07-29 11:57:27

Posted By : B8214VOlisas
We had a great experience with Sado who prepared a lovely day for us in Ephesus. He even arranged a birthday cake for my husband at Agora Restaurant! Emre was our very knowledgeable guide who was ready to share all of his biblical knowledge with us! He was kind & made our day run smoothly. This was important as there was road construction that altered our plans & required an earlier departure back to our ship. We were disappointed to miss one stop, but they got us back to the ship in time where others were greatly delayed. This was our second time working with Sado & I would recommend them over & over.
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Posted On : 2023-05-21 00:42:53