Ephesus Tours by Locals is a small, licensed team based between Selcuk and Kusadasi, operating under GEZGİNOL TURİZM VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ, a travel agency registered with the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB), registry number 15746. Every tour is led by an official professional guide licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Born here, guiding here
The difference a local makes is not marketing — it is knowing which gate is quiet at 9am in July, which family kitchen still cooks the old way, and which corner of the Terrace Houses most visitors walk straight past. Our guides learned these ruins not from a textbook but from a lifetime of walking them, and many trained formally in archaeology, history or tourism on top of that.
How we work
Every tour we run is private — your group only, never pooled with strangers — and shaped around your pace, your interests and your schedule. We guide in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German, and we pick you up wherever your trip begins: a Kusadasi or Selcuk hotel, the cruise port, or Izmir airport.
What we promise
- A licensed professional agency (TÜRSAB No. 15746) — never unlicensed operators
- Private tours only: your group, your pace, never shared
- Guiding in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German
- No prepayment to reserve — you book a conversation, not a deposit
- A personal reply within 24 hours, any day of the week
Have a question before you travel? Our contact page reaches a real person, and our booking form takes about two minutes. We would be glad to show you our home.