Kusadasi Trip Overview
This biblical jewels of Ephesus tour gives you the opportunity to explore the capital city of the Romans in the Asia Province. Remarkable ruins and historical site attract millions of people every year. It is time to discover the Ancient City of Ephesus, House of Mother Mary, Seven sleeper’s cave and Basilica of St John. It is going to be an experience that you will never forget.
Additional Info
Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Kusadasi, Turkey
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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This biblical jewels of Ephesus tour gives you the opportunity to explore the capital city of the Romans in the Asia Province. Remarkable ruins and historical site attract millions of people every year. It is time to discover the Ancient City of Ephesus, House of Mother Mary, Seven sleeper’s cave and Basilica of St John. It is going to be an experience that you will never forget.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
When your cruise ship docks your professional tour guide will be awaiting you with a board where your name is written at the arrival gate of the Port. Then you will join your guide to get to the van.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
After 30 min. driving you will be arrived to Selcuk town where Ephesus ruins still stand. Firstly, you will stop at Ephesus. The extensive ruins which include The Odeon, State Agora, The Temples of Dea Roma, Prytaneion, Domitian Square, Hercules Gate, Curetes Street, The Fountain of Trajan, The Baths of Scholastica, Themple of Hadrian, Celsius Library, The Gymnasium, Grand Theatre. And much more monuments create the special atmosphere of Ephesus, charming each visitor. Once it was a trade center of the ancient world, later on became a religious center of the early Christianity and today, a famous and unique tourism center proving all its perfects to the visitors around all over the world.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Selcuk 35100 Turkey
We also 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 death 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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Grotto of the Seven Sleepers, Selcuk Turkey
Then you are going to visit the Seven Sleepr’s Cave.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Basilica of Saint John, Isa Bey Mahallesi, 2013. Sk. No:1, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
The last point you will visit is the Basilica of St.John where he was most probably buried. To the end of your tour you are going to be transferred back to port.
Duration: 45 minutes
