You are going to be met by your private guide at Kusadasi port with your name sign and start for Ephesus trip. After driving 15 minutes you will be entering to Ephesus from the upper gate with the leading of your professional guide and start to walk slightly down wordsto the lower gate where our coach is going to wait for you. The first stop of you is the front of the plan of Ephesus where you are going to be informed about the history and the location of this magnificent historical site. Than after you are going to start to walk in the second biggest Roman city as feeling yourself as a Roman aristocrat. On our road you may see the Upper Roman Bath and Gimnasyum complex. You may also see the State Agora, Archaic Cemetery to your left. Small theatre with the capacity of 1400 people also called as Odeon but actually was Bouleterion will be next afterwards. By walking down words going through the sacred ramp you will reach to the Domitian Square and Memmius Monument. Via to Hercules gateway you arrive to the Centrum, to the high life of Ephesians. The street as entitled as Curetes, Trajan’s Fountain, Terrace Houses (are not include in this tour), Verious Bath. The fabulous reconstruction of the Temple of Hadrian will be one of your best stops. You will have some fun at Latrine, public toilets where 48 Romans could seat together .The third biggest library in the antiquity called as Celsus Library, the masterpiece of Ephesus will be our break point where you may have your best shots. After the break time we will walk to the theater by taking the marble street designed for wheeled vehicles and chariots. Magnificent Ephesus Theatre with the capacity of 24.000 people where saint Paul preached can be seen. At least you are going to final this unforgettable excursion walking on the Arcadian or Harbor Street which was reaching to the port once (now 5 miles away) was illuminated by 50 torches or oil lambs is located in front of the theater.

On the way to your coach you may visit the modern toilets just before the exit.

After five minutes driving, you will be at the temple site of Artemis which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Time. Only one pillar is pointing to the temple site today but being there you will feel the importance of the goddess who was the Mother and Fertility Goddess of the land.

The final of the excursion is a Turkish masterpiece is Isa Bey Mosque. You will visit the first example of a Turkish Mosque with a courtyard. Beside being in the mystical ambience of the Mosque which is one of the most delicate examples of Seljuk Turk’s architecture, you will able to see the four recycled pillars of Temple of Artemis in the construction still supporting the roof.

Before returning to the ship ,we will visit to a small charming weaving village where you will see carpet dying, spinning and weaving.

By the end of the tour drive back to Kusadasi port. EPHESUS MAP

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