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Best of Ephesus Tour
The classic trio — Ephesus Ancient City, House of Virgin Mary and Temple of Artemis — in our single most-booked itinerary.
Your day, your rules
Create Your Own Ephesus Tour
Made for travelers who do things their own way. Give us a pickup point and a wish list — we will do the rest.
- from $37 per person
- ⏲ You decide
- Private · your group only
- Lunch + skip-the-line included
- TÜRSAB No. 15746
- No prepayment
- Skip-the-line included
Tour overview
What makes this tour special
Some guests want sunrise photography at the Library of Celsus. Some want to trace grandmother's hometown, propose at a viewpoint, or spend three hours with local artisans and thirty minutes in the ruins. We have arranged all of these — because this tour has only one fixed ingredient: it is built entirely around you.
Tell us your pickup point — hotel, cruise port or airport — your available hours, and what you love. Our local team drafts an itinerary, refines it with you by email, and on the day your guide executes it with local precision while staying flexible to every whim.
Mix and match anything on our site: Ephesus, the Terrace Houses, the House of Virgin Mary, Sirince's wine houses, Isa Bey Mosque, the museums — or things that are on no menu at all. If it can be done well, we will do it.
Highlights
- A written custom itinerary before you commit — free of charge
- Any combination of sites, including ones not on our standard tours
- Photography timing, mobility needs and special occasions handled with care
- The same private guide, private vehicle and no-hidden-charges promise
Price, pickup & practical details
Everything you need to decide
from$37per person — final quote depends on your group size — from solo travelers to full-coach groups of 44; every group gets a private guide and a private vehicle
Lunch and skip-the-line priority entrance are included. Entrance tickets are paid separately at the Ministry’s gate price — we buy them for you, with no mark-up. No prepayment is needed to reserve, and there is no cancellation fee.
- Duration
- You decide
- Start time
- Your choice — we suggest 08:00, when the gate opens and the streets are quiet; cruise guests start the moment they are ashore
- Pickup / meeting
- Your hotel in Kusadasi or Selcuk, the Kusadasi cruise port, or Izmir airport — door to door
- Group size
- 1 – 44 travelers, private — never shared. Full-size coach available for big groups
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian, German
- Walking
- Moderate, mostly downhill — comfortable shoes, hat and water in summer
- Tickets
- Bought for you in advance at the official gate price — see current entrance fees
- Cancellation
- No prepayment, so no cancellation fee — read the policy
Step by step
Your day, hour by hour
Tell us your dream
Use the booking form or email — pickup point, date, hours available, interests, and anything special we should know.
We draft, you refine
Within 24 hours you receive a proposed itinerary and quote. We adjust it together until it is exactly right.
Your day, delivered
Name sign at pickup, a guide matched to your interests, and an itinerary that bends whenever you want it to.
Priority access
Skip the line at every gate
Book with us and you do not queue. As a licensed Turkish travel agency, Gezginol holds priority passes and buys your tickets before you arrive — so you walk past the ticket line and straight into the site.
On a summer morning at Ephesus the queue at the gate can run to an hour. Independent visitors join it; cruise groups join it; our guests do not. Your guide has the tickets in hand before your vehicle stops, which is the difference between starting your visit at nine o'clock and starting it at ten.
- Skip-the-line entry — tickets bought in advance, never at the gate with you standing in it
- Fast pass at busy sites — the priority lane where the site operates one
- Priority entrance across Turkey — not only Ephesus: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Pergamon and every other region we guide
- No mark-up on the tickets — we add nothing to the fast-pass tickets. You pay exactly the same price the Ministry of Culture and Tourism charges at the entrance gate; we simply buy them for you in advance so you never stand in the queue
To be precise about what this is: we skip the ticket queue, not the security check, and no agency can override a site's daily capacity. But the ticket line is the one that actually costs you your morning.
It is one of the quiet advantages of booking a licensed agency rather than turning up alone.
No surprises
What's included
Included
- Skip-the-line priority entrance at every site on the itineraryWhat skip-the-line does and does not skip
- Lunch included — whatever is local and fresh, cooked by local chefs, at a local artisan center
- Private licensed tour guide (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian or German)
- Private air-conditioned vehicle with professional driver
- Hotel, cruise port or airport pickup and drop-off
- Parking fees and fuel
- All taxes, official expenses and required insurance
Not included
- The cost of the entrance tickets — we buy them for you at exactly the gate price set by the Ministry, with no mark-up (see our entrance fees page)
- Personal drinks
- Personal expenses and souvenirs
- Gratuities (optional, always appreciated)
Arriving by sea?
We serve all of these cruise lines
Whichever ship brings you to Kusadasi or Izmir, our guides know its pier, its schedule and exactly how much time you really have ashore.
Guaranteed pick-up and drop-back on time — for every one of these cruise lines.
Good to know
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a custom tour more expensive than a standard one?
Not necessarily — pricing follows vehicle hours and entrances, same as our standard tours. A custom half-day often costs the same as the Best of Ephesus Tour.
How far ahead should we start planning?
A week is comfortable; a day is often enough; and if you write to us tonight for tomorrow, we will still try. Complex days (multiple cities, special access) benefit from more notice.
Can you handle mobility limitations?
Yes — tell us in advance and we will plan step-free routes, arrange vehicle access to the lower gate of Ephesus, and pace the day accordingly.
Do you charge extra for the skip-the-line tickets?
No. We add nothing to the fast-pass tickets — you pay exactly the same price the Ministry of Culture and Tourism charges at the entrance gate. The only difference is that we buy them for you in advance, so you walk past the ticket queue instead of standing in it.
Ready for the Create Your Own Ephesus Tour?
Every tour is private and tailored to your pace. Send us your date — a local expert replies within 24 hours.
- TÜRSAB No. 15746
- No prepayment
- Skip-the-line included
- Reply within 24 h
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