Ephesus Full-Day Tour from Istanbul with Antique City

Our tour starts with hotel pick-up service. Our driver will meet you at your hotel in Istanbul between 4:00am.- 04:30am. to take you to Istanbul Airport for the flight to Izmir. ( The flight takes about 1 Hour from Istanbul to Izmir )

After you arrive Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, you will meet our representive who will wait at the arrival lounge holding a board which is written your name on it and than you wll be taken to Selcuk by minibus where you will meet to our tour guide.

House of Virgin Mary, is close to the peak of Bülbül Mountain, one of the hills overlooking Selçuk. After the death of Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary had gone to Ephesus with Saint John and lived here since then on until her death at the age of 101.Thus this church is an important pilgrimage center for Christians. There is also a spring believed to be healing. The Popes Paul VI and Jean Paul II visited this house. The House of Virgin Mary is declared to be sacred and an important pilgrimage spot visited by Christians from all over the world.

The Temple of Artemis, was in its day the largest in the world, eclipsing even the Parthenon at Athens, and thus earning a spot on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Only one of its original 127 columns remains, often as not topped by a stork’s nest; a poignant testament to the transitory nature of human achievement. Still it is a lovely tranquil place, the enormous pillar giving you some indication of the vast size of temple.

Lunch Break ( 3 Courses lunch at local restaurant in Selcuk )

Ephesus Ancient City , an outstanding example of a Roman port city, with sea channel and harbour basin. It was Hellenic Greece capital city and was the capital of the Roman Empire’s province of Asia. Ephesus was economically, geographically, politically and culturally significant. Many famous classical philosophers who are still read today such as Heraclitus, lived in the scientific, cultural and artistic city of Ephesus.

After tour ends you will be taken to Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport to fly back to Istanbul.

After you arrive Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökcen Airport, you will meet our representive who will wait at the arrival lounge holding a board which is written your name on it and than you wll be taken to your hotel. End of Service.