Ancient Ephesus tour with Mother’s Mary House and visit to old village Sirince

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$122.31

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Ancient Ephesus tour with Mother’s Mary House and visit to old village Sirince with wine tasting USD 122.31. Ephesus is one of Turkey’s most impressive ancient sites, but many tours only include a whistle-stop visit. This full-day tour from Izmir takes in all the highlights of the archeological site; visits St. John Basilica, the Temple of Artemis, and the House of the Virgin Mary; and includes a delicious Turkish lunch and wine tasting in Sirince village. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included..
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20 reviews for Ancient Ephesus tour with Mother’s Mary House and visit to old village Sirince

  1. HIDEAKI_N

    It was an amazing experienced to be able to visit such a wonderful places. It will be nice if the tour provided us umbrella for the Ephesus tour since it’s open and hot. The tour guide was very informative and helpful. All in all it was a great experienced and will like to come and visit again

  2. RyanAndrew_F

    I was picked up alone in a taxi and driven for an hour without any instructions or explanation. When we were close to Ephesus, the (very nice) driver used the translate app to tell me we had to wait there for an hour for the tour group that I was joining to arrive. Considering most tours pickup at 9:30am and this tour picked up at 7:30am, this was already a ridiculous waste of time.
    The tour is bilingual in English/Spanish. There’s nothing wrong with this, but considering half of your time is wasted waiting through the opposite language, this should have been disclosed in the description.
    There’s no “wine tasting.” One glass of table wine was offered while we were peddled leather jackets (that cost over 2,000 USD) for over an hour.
    We never went to St. John’s Basilica. I also don’t think we had lunch in Sirince, but I can’t know for sure, since we couldn’t leave the rug shop to see what was around whatever lunch spot was chosen for us.
    The tour guide delayed lunch until 3pm on account of making more stops to get us to spend money even after the group was passing around food on the bus because we were visually and verbally so hungry.
    To the reader: This tour is overpriced compared to if you buy it locally. You should buy a cheaper tour which is 8 hours (not 10) and avoid two hours of being forcibly peddled to. And the operator is untrustworthy.
    To the tour company:
    1. Your tour description is a lie.
    2. If you substitute with a worse product, the customer deserves to be informed first.
    3. The tour guide was chugging wine during the leather show and clearly didn’t care about the group.

  3. akeane

    Nizam was a wonderful tour guide with lots of history and knowledge and also fun facts and good tips on shopping and tourism.

  4. Daniel_W

    Isik our guide was amazing and Hassan was a wonderful and considerate driver.
    I would highly recommend both of them and the six knowledge of history in the states it was considerable and she made the experience phenomenal.

  5. Adela_B

    The tour is run through Metin Tours. The communication with the agency was pretty easy going. They messaged me the day before to confirm, I also sent them my hotel location via Viator prior to my trip. They picked me up on time in the morning. I got lucky and was the only on the tour. The mini van they picked me up with was nice and comfy. The driver was very friendly and the tour guide, Nizam, was awesome and super nice. Nizam explained everything in detail to me and was also making sure I was okay. I truly had a great time and thank the entire team for an amazing experience!

  6. moses_m

    Amazing tour. Well paced. Get to see all the major ‘must see’ and some ‘nicr to see’ items. Very comfortable tour + knowledgeable guide. 💯

  7. Jonathan_L

    Nizam was an incredible tour guide ! A real fountain of knowledge and a joker to boot ! We learnt a lot and really enjoyed all of our stops.

  8. ChengWu_X

    The trip was good, the tour guide was knowledgeable. It is understandable to add some shopping time, hopefully the shopping tour can be add into the tour description, so customer can have a chance to choose to join or not participate.

  9. Alfiston_D

    It was a small group tour and Nizam our tour guide was very nice with a good sense of humor. He Interacted with us all the way and we shared quite some personal experiences together. The ride was comfy. He added in two extra experiences not on the iternanry which was pottery making and carpet weaving which was quite insightful. The lunch was quite basic, simple and light which was good for the travel. Although we stayed a little far from the starting point a taxi was arranged from our hotel to the pick up point. He provide adequate information through the entire tour. He also recommended a zip line which he could arrange if informed in advance. This was one of the Ephesus tour in which we found the house of Virgin Mary experience in it included. I recommend this tour only because Nizam is simply the best at what he does.

  10. Sammijoy_S

    Best tour I’ve ever been on. Totally worth the money our tour guy was so nice and knowledgeable! This tour had so many stops and we got to see so much! Definitely would do again!

  11. Caroline_P

    Ephesus is an unforgettable experience. I was also surprised by Mary’s house location. It is a very beautiful place with lots of trees and birds singing. Very peaceful. Sirince was not actually a tour, because we just saw the houses that they show in the photos here and tried different local wines at a store. We tried as many wines as we wanted, though. It was nice. I bought two bottles because of the weight and space in my baggage, but there are many different options.
    The guide was super funny, knowledgeable and fun. However, there were three moments that I felt were planned and he made them look like a ‘coincidence’. First, he offered for us to have lunch at a place where the food would be homemade and tastier than the regular restaurant, but that place ended up being next to and /or owned by a weaving company where they took us after lunch to sell us carpets and jewelry. The second moment was when he took us to a ceramic school because it was “too hot” or there were too many tourists where we were going next (I do not recall the reason), and again it was all set up to sell ceramic. I do not mind going to those places, but I would like to know in advance.

  12. Elmira_E

    Tour definitely worth to attend! Tour guide Nizam easily aligned with energy of the group and shared important historical information in a very interesting way. Lunch was good and we’ve tasted local delicious food and fruits. Regarding the Ephesus, its magical and seeing at one spot many religions and cultures coming together was amazing! House of Mother Mary, Temple of Artemis worth to see once in a live. Shirince village’s story and sightseeing was great and interesting as well! Moreover, we’ve attended local carpentry and ceramic’s showrooms. Most importantly, at the of the day after seeing this many interesting places i was happy, not tired, and with memories to tell everyone.

  13. Kelly_N

    We were a group of four adults and we all really enjoyed this tour. Our guide Nizam, was informative and fun. The house of Mary is in a lovely shady mountainside and the Ephesus site, which is quite expansive, was very memorable. There is an option to zip line on the way to Sirince and our lunch midway was tasty!

  14. PEDRO_f

    Hello, i’ m Pedro, i travelled By my dele un october 2024. the experience with this Tour was quite pleasant, interesting and fun. the tour very interesting, in particular ephesos An incredible place to discover, full of history and culture. The guide was always very friendly and entertaining, with many interesting things to contribute. Lunch was very good and the experience of seeing how Carpets are made by hand was interesting. Perhaps the only weak point of the day was the wine tasting, I expected more of that. Overall very good experience. I would recommend her without a doubt. A very good experience when it comes to tours in Turkey. Have fun and Enjoy this tour.

  15. Sadaf_N

    I didn’t like the refund/cancellation policy. I would not recommend anyone to take this tour. thats basically it.

  16. Alla_T

    Very interesting and knowledgeable tour guide. Interesting stories about the area. Excellent driver and very comfortable van. Good lunch.

  17. Yasmin_A

    The tourist guide NİZAMETTİN İNGİLİZİZCE was an excellent guide and very informative,he also had a great sense of humour.
    One thing I would like to change in the trip is the places that we were taken for sales and buying that had nothing to do with the trip that I booked.

  18. Angela_K

    The driver was amazing. Let us eat breakfast and stop for coffee. Tour guide was very knowledgeable. We appreciated that he supported small local businesses

  19. Joceline_O

    Fun and enjoyable trip. Guide knew how to speak English really well. Because it is an all day event, my groups electronics needed charge and their transportation did not have USB charging capabilities unlike other tours in Turkey.

  20. Colin_W

    Guide was extremely knowledgeable, engaging and entertaining. Food was satisfactory and transportation was clean.

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