EsPrivate Classics of Ephesus Tour
Tours Detail
Professional licenced tour guide will meet
with you at Kusadasi port or your hotel at a given pickup time. your professional tour
guide will be awaiting you with a board where your name is written at the hotel
lobby . Then you will join your guide to get to the van. After 30 min. driving
you will be arrived to Selcuk town where Ephesus ruins stand.
Firstly, you will stop in Ephesus Ancient City. The extensive ruins which
include Varius Bath Complex, The Odeon, State Agora, The Temples of Dea Roma,
Prytaneion, Domitian Square, Hercules Gate, Curetes Street, The Fountain of
Trajan, The Baths of Scholastica, Temple of Hadrian, Celsius Library, The
Gymnasium, Great Theatre.. And much more monuments stand in the special
atmosphere of Ephesus, charming each one. Once it was a commerce and trade
center of the ancient world, later on became a sacred religious place of the
early Christianity and today, a famous and unique tourism center proving all
its perfects to the visitors as one of the biggest open air museum in the
world.
Next stop is to visit The House of Virgin Mary, the place where it is
believed that she had spent last years of her life. It is considered that St.
John brought Virgin Mary to Ephesus after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and
that a small house was built for her on Bulbul Mountain. On July 26, 1967, Pope
Paul VI visited The House of Virgin Mary and declared one of the pilgrimage
center.
Then drive to the Isa Bey Mosque which was constructed in 14th AD as
a first mosque of turkish people in Asia Minor. Then we are going to visit one
of the oldest mosques of Turkey, Isa Bey Mosque was built by order of the
leader of Turks(Mr. Isa) in 1375. It is the first example among all mosques
which was constructed with a courtyard in Turkey. You can see transitional
differences from Seljuks to Ottoman architecture.
Inclusions
- Licensed professional tour guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
- Transportation (non-smoking), air-conditioned van or coach
- Parking fees
- Private tour
Exclusions
- Gratuities for guide and driver
- Drinks (unless specifically mentioned)
- Personal expenses
- All entrance fees
- Lunch
