Highlights of Ephesus Private Tour Izmir

Highlights of Ephesus Private Tour Izmir

Izmir Airport: You will be collected from Izmir Airport port with your name sign and drive to Ancient Ephesus.
Izmir Hotels: Pick up from your hotel in Izmir.

Izmir Private Tour to Ephesus Highlights
Included: Ephesus Ancient City, House of Virgin Mary, St John Basilica & Temple of Artemis

Meet with our private local tour guide and drive to the Ancient City of Ephesus.
Ephesus Ruins, Virgin Mary, Terrace Houses & St John Basilica Tour
Ephesus Ancient City: Enter through the Periclase Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of this Roman capital. Your route takes you past the Odeon, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan, and the nice Theater. The theater had to seat 24,000, which was the site where it’s believed St. Paul preached to the Ephesians and is used today for a neighborhood spring pageant.

Basilica of St.John: Built by Emperor Justinian over the grave of St. John the Apostle, the Basilica, now in ruins, once rivaled St. Sophia in size. See the remaining graceful columns and mosaics of the Basilica as you take within the panorama of the agricultural Selcuk countryside and therefore the ruins of The Temple of Artemis.

Virgin Mary House: The House of the Virgin Mary, who is regarded to be the holy mother of Christianity. Jesus Christ asked St. John, certainly one of his disciples, to furnish protection for his mother, Mary, earlier than he died on the go. It’s believed that centered on this, St. John thought it unwise for the Virgin Mary to stay in Jerusalem, so introduced her with him to Ephesus. Right here she remained hidden in a cottage, surrounded by dense bushes, on the outskirts of Mount Bulbul. The Virgin Mary remained right here unless she passed away.

At the end of the Ephesus private tour, transfer you back to your hotel in Izmir or drop you back to Izmir Airport.