Program: (DAY TRIP TO ANCIENT CITY OF EPHESUS FROM ISTANBUL)

• Full-day 09.00 to 17.00 eight hours tour of Ephesus including lunch
• Domestic flight from/to Istanbul with ground transports
• Ancient City of Ephesus - the best-preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean
• Library of Celcius and The Great Theater- the most spectacular structures of Ephesus
• Virgin Mary House, final resting place of Virgin
• Explore the Temple of Artemis, considered to be one of the Seven wonders of the Ancient World
• The Basilica of St. John with him and his tomb

• Daily

  Time Schedule of The Tour

  06.00 You will be picked up from your hotel early morning and transferred to airport.
  07.30 Fly From Istanbul to Izmir
  08.00 Upon your arrival at Izmir Airport you will be met by our driver and transferred to Ephesus
  09.30 Meet you guide and start to tour daily tour
  17.00 End of the tour, drive back to Izmir
  19.00 Fly from Izmir to Istanbul
  20.00 Upon your arrival at Istanbul Airport, our driver will meet you and transfer to your hotel
  List of the places you will visit

  • - Ancient City of Ephesus
  • - Library of Celcius and The Great Theater
  • - House of Virgin Mary
  • - The Basilica of St. John
  • - Museum of Ephesus
  • - Selcuk Castle

  
  

  Ancient City of Ephesus: Located six km inside the Aegean Sea in Selcuk, Izmır. Founded by Prince of Athens named Androklos in 10th century BC and it become one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. Emperor Augustus in 27 BC, he made Ephesus the capital of Roman Empire in Asia, it became the seat of the governor, growing into a metropolis and a major center of commerce. It was second in importance and size only to Rome. Ephesus has been estimated to be in the range of 400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants in the year 100, making it the largest city in Roman Asia and of the day. It’s peak during the 1st and 2nd century AD.
  City of Ephesus was important city with so many purposes: It was a cult and really important faith center with Temple of Artemis. It has best examples of Greek and Roman architecture. Ephesus also known as a last home for Saint John The Baptist and Mother Mary. Today, the ruins of Ephesus are one of the major tourist attraction in Turkey and truly one of the most important heritage from Ancient Greek world.