Private Ephesus Half Day Tour from Kusadasi Port

Sightseeing  :  Turkey  :  Aydın Province  :  Kuşadası  :  Half-day Tours

Our half day Ephesus tour will take you on a visit to Ephesus Ancient City and the Temple of Artemis. This Private Ephesus Tour is departing from Kusadasi port every day. Also, visit of Ephesus is included the Odeon, the Fountain of Trajan, the Baths of Scholastika, the Temple of Hadrian, Ancient Toilets, Agora, Hercule Gate, Domitian Square, Library of Celsius and the Grand Theater. Meet your private guide at the port of Kusadasi and half hour drive to Ephesus Ancient City for your first stop of the tour. Upon reaching the once powerful city, passing by the Magnesia gate, you will enter the administrative section of ancient Ephesus. The guided walking tour will take you through one of the most magnificent excavations in the world. See the Odeon, the Fountain of Trajan; enter a section of the steam baths of Scholastika, the temple of Hadrian and the impressive library of Celsius. The library is adorned with columns and statues. The Grand Theater, where the Apostle Paul preached, is the largest theater in antiquity with a capacity of 24,000 people. Also, you will visit to Artemission. The Temple of Artemis is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Antic world. It has been built in the areas of Ephesus on a flat area which has over the centuries turned into a swamp. Today one can only see the ruins of the foundations of this marvelous construction of the Hellenistic Age, entirely made of marble and full of sculptured columns' capitals and shafts. The most beautiful remaining of this temple are today exhibited in the London British Museum. After all the visits, you will go back to port of Kusadasi.