Selcuk Trip Overview
NO HIDDEN COSTS in OUR PRIVATE TOUR. : Entrance fees, LUNCH , Private licenced Tour guide, Brand-new A/C transportation are INCLUDED in the price.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Selcuk, Turkey
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Selcuk, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
NO HIDDEN COSTS in OUR PRIVATE TOUR. : Entrance fees, LUNCH , Private licenced Tour guide, Brand-new A/C transportation are INCLUDED in the price.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Ege Ports, Camikebir, Liman Cd. No:10, 09400 Kuşadası/Aydın, Turkey
Your tour guide will be ready at your hotel lobby in Kusadasi or at Kusadasi Cruise terminal at pre-arranged time. Drive to Ephesus
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Our first stop is Ephesus, famous in antiquity for its Temple of Artemis during the years of the Roman Empire, the Greek port of Ephesus became the greatest city in Asia Minor. You will start your Ephesus excursion at the upper Magnesia Gate, and work your way down through the city, ending near the ancient Harbor.
Along the way you will see the Forum, the Odeon, the Library of Celsus, the Thermal Baths of Scolastika and the Great Theater, built in the Greek era and reconstructed in the Roman period. It has played host to programs as varied as Paul and his sermons to the Ephesians, to concerts by Sting, in part due to its remarkable acoustics.
You will walk along the Arcadian Way, where once Mark Antony and Cleopatra rode in procession. You will hear stories of Alexander the Great, the Virgin Mary, and many other famous visitors who walked the same marble streets that you are walking.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Drive to the House of the Virgin Mary. The House of Virgin Mary is one of the pilgrimage center of Christians where Virgin Mary passed her recently time and died. Pope Paul VI visited the shrine in 1967, and ‘unofficially’ confirmed its authenticity. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI has visited this shrine
LUNCH IS INCLUDED
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Selcuk, Selcuk, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Traditional Turkish Lunch is included in a local restaurant. Open buffet .
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
Continue to visit Temple of Artemis which is one of the seven wonders of Ancient time
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park, Turgut Ozal Blv., Kusadasi Turkey
Drive back to Kusadasi Center through Gazibegendi Park to have the best view of Kusadasi Port and center
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Curio Travel Turkey & Greece, Hülya Koçyiğit Bulv. Muzaffer İzgü Sk. Green Paradise Sitesi A blok. D:4, Türkmen, 09400 Kuşadası/Aydın, Turkey
Pass through our head office located on the way back to Kusadasi Town
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
After the tour return back to Kusadasi city center and the port
Duration: 15 minutes
