Selcuk Trip Overview
Visit Ephesus & The House of Virgin Mary & Artemission Temple. Our professional licenced tour guide will meet you at Kusadasi port with Viator & Your Name Sign. This tour takes 4 to 5 hours depends upon traffic and crowds in the sites. Our guide will have pre-paid tickets to the sites.
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Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Starts: Selcuk, Turkey
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Selcuk, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
Visit Ephesus & The House of Virgin Mary & Artemission Temple. Our professional licenced tour guide will meet you at Kusadasi port with Viator & Your Name Sign. This tour takes 4 to 5 hours depends upon traffic and crowds in the sites. Our guide will have pre-paid tickets to the sites.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Our professional licenced tour guide will meet you at Kusadasi port with Viator & Your Name Sign. Drive to The House of Virgin Mary
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Our first visit is The House of Virgin Mary is located on the Aladag Mountains 5 miles away from Ephesus. At the third Ecumenical Council on 431 AD in Ephesus, it was claimed that Mary came to Ephesus with St. John in 37 A.D. and lived there until her death in 48 A.D. After the discovery of the house, the Archbishop of Izmir declared there as a place of pilgrimage in 1892. On July 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI visited this place and prayed there. Than 10 min drive to Ephesus upper gate.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
We will start visiting one of the main highlights in Turkey, Ephesus, one of the 12 cities of Ionian League (an ancient Greek district on the western coast of Asia Minor) is located near Izmir. As a port city it was a major departure point for trade routes into Asia Minor. Walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them the Baths of Scholastica, the Library of Celsus; it was built in the beginning of the 2nd century A.D. by Gaius Julius Aquila to be a memorial to his father Gaius Julius Celsus Polemanus, the proconsul of Province of Asia. , the Temple of Hadrian and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
We will stop at Artemission Temple where used to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as our last stop before drive back to Kusadasi town center and port. The end of our services. Entrance fees are not included in this program. Total entrances are around 17-USD which can be paid to our guide at the end of the tour in cash . If you want to pay by visa or master card, our guide will stop for a few minutes in our office where is on the way to port.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Setur Kusadasi Marina Carsi, Turkmen Mahallesi Ataturk BulvarI Setur MarinalarI No:101, KusadasI AydIn, Kusadasi 09400 Turkey
Driveback to Kusadasi port through Setur Marina
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Free time in city center or drop off at the port
Duration: 15 minutes
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