Istanbul to Ephesus Guided Full Day Tour with Flight and Lunch | La Vacanza Travel

Istanbul to Ephesus Guided Full Day Tour with Flight and Lunch

Duration: 14 hours
Destination: Turkiye, Turkiye, Istanbul
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  • 14 hours
  • Istanbul
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This is a customized full-day small-group tour with an expert local guide. Visit Ancient Ephesus; The best-preserved classical city in the Eastern Mediterranean, Temple of Artemis; was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, House of Virgin Mary where she spent her last days. Airport transfers, Economic class domestic flight tickets, Guided full-day Ephesus tour provided. Do not miss your lifetime experience.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul

Upon early pick up from your hotel drive to Istanbul Airport for your 1 hour 30 min domestic flight to Izmir.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Dokuz Eylül, 35410 Gaziemir/İzmir, Türkiye

Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your driver who will drive you to Selcuk where you will join the other group participants and start your full-day tour.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye

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. Also it is believed that the Assumption took place there in the 15th of August.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye

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 horbour it was also the center of trading in antiquity. It was not only a rich commercial city but also an impressive city that even Mark Anthony and Cleopatra spent their honeymoon in Ephesus. It is also home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, Temple of Artemis. Ephesus is also 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 Asia continent, gives you the feeling of a time traveler

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkiye

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 totally 127 ionic columns with a height of 19m. The temple is also considered to be the earliest bank of the ancient world

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Dokuz Eylül, 35410 Gaziemir/İzmir, Türkiye

Once your tour is completed you wıll be drıven back to Izmir Airport for your 1-hour 30 min domestic flight to Istanbul.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul

Upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, you wıll be greeted by your driver who wıll drıve you safely back to your hotel. End of our service.

Duration: 2 hours

Inclusions
  • Professional licenced Tour Guide
  • Domestic flight tickets from/to Istanbul (2 ticket)
  • Transfers from/to Airports (4 transfer)
  • Lunch in a local restaurant
  • baggage allowence 15kg+8kg hand luggage for domestic flights

Exclusions
  • Drinks at Lunch
  • Personal Expenses
  • Admission fees to historical sites
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infant seats available
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Free entry for kids 8yr and below (take passport for children if any)
  • Entrance fees are excluded (Your guide will have skıp-the-line tıckets for Ephesus, so you will skip long ticket lines)
  • Please note that we do not have an assistant service for airport transfers. The driver will drop you off at the entrance gate of İstanbul airport. Please go to the check-in desk according to the instructions the provider will share in advance. When you arrive at the destination airport, the driver will be waiting for you with a sign with your name on it.
  • Baggage allowence is 15kg+8kg cabin luggage for the domestic flights
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
-Please contact the local provider and confirm your pick-up time before the tour date.
-Pick up times will be updated according to your domestic flight departure time
-Meeting instructions for airports will be shared on whatsapp&email 1 day before your trip.


Departure Time

06:00 AM

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

14 hours


User's Reviews

Ravi_K

07 Jan, 2024

We were very excited about this experience to begin. However, it did not turn out the way we had imagined. We were flying from Istanbul to Izmir on the day of our tour. Our flight was at 7 in the morning and we reached airport at 5am. Our flight was canceled due to weather and we were put on 10 am flight. We called the tour operator and said that we could not do the full tour and they said we had to choose between the touring the ancient city OR the House of Virgin Mary and Temple of Artemis, which seemed reasonable. We chose House of Virgin Mary and temple of Artemis. We even asked if we could do the pit stop at Ephesus for a few minutes and the tour operator said it was not possible as it was far. We landed in Izmir at 11 and a driver picked us up and drove for an hour to the House of Virgin Mary. We were only there for 30 min. On the way a tour guide joined us who explained some things about this place. As we returned from the Virgin Mary house we saw that the ancient city was indeed on the way and we could have stopped for some time to walk around. But instead, they tour operator said there wasn't time and we drove to Temple of Artmeis which had nothing to see except a pillar, only spending about 15 minutes over there. We were then picked by the transfer bus which dropped us at the airport at 2:30. What was frustrating was that our flight was at 6:30 PM and we spent 4 hours at the airport when we could have also explored the ancient city easily. Overall, we spent only about an hour on the tour sites and spent 4+ hours at the airport. They didn't provide lunch and the tour guide provided was simply filling in for someone and didn't explain much. We also did not get back any credit for our money, whatsoever. Obviously they can't control the flight cancelation but they could have easily adapted the tour to our timeframe. You will end up spending a large part of your day at the airport regardless of the time you get there. Overall, not a good experience.

Carlotta_H

22 Oct, 2023

Ata was a fabulous guide for our trip to Ephesus. He was personable and extremely knowledgeable. We had a great lunch and a side shopping trip. Would highly recommend Ata and our excellent driver.

Tan Y

09 May, 2023

Highly recommend this tour if you are in Ephesus for a day! Thank you Riza and Erdogan for their kind hospitality. The group of 4 of us enjoyed the trip very much!

barbaranU3961EY

28 Apr, 2023

Excellent tour and a wonderful guide, Gorki. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Definitely would do another tour. Local knowledge was extremely helpful to make the most of our trip

lonniel146

24 Apr, 2023

Another incredible tour and made perfect by our tour guide Efe. Highly recommend taking this. You won’t regret it.

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