Kusadasi Shore Excursion: Ephesus Terrace Houses, Artemission Temple, Including Lunch
Aydin, Turkey
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Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: Flexible
Private guided tour of Ephesus, Terrace Houses, Artemission temple, with lunch. Entrance fees, A/C transportation,and lunch are included in the price. The Basilica of St. John can be added into the program (additional cost).
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Private guided tour of Ephesus, Terrace Houses, Artemission temple, with lunch. Entrance fees, A/C transportation,and lunch are included in the price. The Basilica of St. John can be added into the program (additional cost).Your tour guide will be ready at your cruise arrival time to Kusadasi port and will meet you with your name.
We will have 20 minutes drive to Ephesus, famous in antiquity for its Temple of Artemus 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.
After Ephesus, we will visit Artemission Temple which is one of the seven wonders of Ancient time.
After exploring all the fascinating sites, your private Ephesus shore excursion includes lunch at a nearby small rug weaving village. Delicious homemade Turkish lunch will be served.
After lunch you will be given information about this dying work of art as well as time for shopping.
Returning to the town of Kusadasi. Arrival to Kusadasi end the tour.
We will have 20 minutes drive to Ephesus, famous in antiquity for its Temple of Artemus 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.
After Ephesus, we will visit Artemission Temple which is one of the seven wonders of Ancient time.
After exploring all the fascinating sites, your private Ephesus shore excursion includes lunch at a nearby small rug weaving village. Delicious homemade Turkish lunch will be served.
After lunch you will be given information about this dying work of art as well as time for shopping.
Returning to the town of Kusadasi. Arrival to Kusadasi end the tour.
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