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We booked whole day private tour for family of four. The driver and tour guide was on time, the van is nice and comfortable. During the whole tour we felt the tour guide was just recite us something she memorized from a book, afraid we have any question to interrupt her. We can tell she only want to get the job done and want to ended it quick. Once we were at the sight there was a higher flat area, kind like a stage, we asked her what that was, and we want to take a look. She said sure. We went up while she stay there and wait. We wew glad we did. It was a wonderful view of a huge market place that we almost missed. Our tour ended at 12:00. We asked why ended so soon since it was a full day tour, she said if we want she can take us to the leather shop and pottery place. Since we were already been to the carpet shop we don not want have another hard sell experice. We went back to the cruise.

Gonca is awesome- not to mention she's so charming and gorgeous! About Ephesus was always very professional even from the beginning. From the first email request I sent, I received a response immediately. They were early and awaited us in the parking lot. The drive to Ephesus was amazing as we were explained Turkish culture and history. Filiz made sure everyone stayed awake to listen. We had lunch midday at one of the local Turkish restaurants. Filiz was a pleasant and wonderful guide. I highly recommend this company! They were really affordable as well. The only part what we did not enjoy was that we spent more time at the carpet manufacturing company than at any of the other sites. However, it's a cool process how they manufacture the carpets. I hear the carpet company tour is required by Turkish government, so you can just go along and enjoy the journey. Even still A+

Gonca is awesome- not to mention she's so charming and gorgeous! About Ephesus was always very professional even from the beginning. From the first email request I sent, I received a response immediately. They were early and awaited us in the parking lot. The drive to Ephesus was amazing as we were explained Turkish culture and history. Filiz made sure everyone stayed awake to listen. We had lunch midday at one of the local Turkish restaurants. Filiz was a pleasant and wonderful guide. I highly recommend this company! They were really affordable as well. The only part what we did not enjoy was that we spent more time at the carpet manufacturing company than at any of the other sites. However, it's a cool process how they manufacture the carpets. I hear the carpet company tour is required by Turkish government, so you can just go along and enjoy the journey. Even still A+

I visited the ruins of Ephesus as part of aGreek islands tour. Ephesus was the highlight. My advice is to. Forgo all the tourist trappings and hawking of wares, although you will find very very cheap souvenir gifts here, just remember to bargain. What one dealer wanted thirty Euros for I bought for six. However, the main reason for coming here are the ruins which are spectacular. Having seen the Thetre of Dionysus on the Acropolis and the theatre at Pompeii, Euphasus' amphitheater trumps them in so far as being basically the same as it was, not rebuilt. Seats twenty thousand, that big. Also the library (largely rebuilt) Is noteworthy.

We are 4 New Zealanders who booked a private tour to Ephesus with Osman Tourism (at About Ephesus Tours). We arrived by cruise ship and were met on time at 1pm by Senam and driver. Had a very spacious mercedez van with air.cond and very comfortable seats. As it was just over an hours drive to Ephesus, Senem sat in the back with us and told us alot about Ephesus and the history of the region. She was a native of Izmir and spoke excellent English and made our afternoon really enjoyable and informative. We were very lucky, as we arrived at Ephesus before the tour buses and she started the tour at the exit so there was hardly anyone around and we were the first to visit the Terraced Houses so were able to take lots of photos and hear about the houses without hoards of people around us. This was our 4th visit to Turkey but had never got to Ephesus and we were not disappointed, it is well worth the visit and I would highly recommend Osman Tourism.

A three hour coach journey (90 miles appx.) from Marmaris - including breakfast and lunch stops/meals. Tour price generally includes a visit to Ephesus Museum and entrance fee to the city.Unfortunately, most guided tours of the Ephesus site begin around 12.30pm!It's said "only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the mid-day sun"; this is definitely so in mid-July. The temperature was 44C in the shade and 50C in the sun!! This was excentuated by the marble-tiled streets and the entire absence of shade.The "too knowledgeable" tour guide must have thought he was preparing us for aMasters Degree in Archiology - as he spent around 20 minutes at each monument and a total of three and a half hours touring the site.For the first time in my life (69 years old) I suffered heat-stroke - even with wearing a wide-brimmed hat and drinking bottled water constantly.I left the site to a cafe at the exit half an hour before the tour ended!However - Ephesus is definitely worth a visit - but it would be best to arrange private transportation and arrive at the site no later than 10am. May or September would be better than June, July & August.Internet coverage of Ephesus is extensive and good pre-holiday research will enhance your enjoyment of the visit.The Library of Celsus, Temple of Hadrian, Gate of Hercules and the Theatre are worth spending time to explore.

We booked a day tour of the Ephesus area with Osman Tourism (at About Ephesus Tours). They seem to have several web sites for the same tour company which was a little confusing at first but they had enough good reviews that I trusted them and the deposit was not that large. We arrived on a Celebrity cruise and we had no trouble finding them just to the right of the exit from the dock area. We had Filiz Kizilhan as a tour guide and she was great. She spoke good English, provided a lot of interesting information, and was very pleasant. She escorted us through most of the sites but also gave us some time on our own. We found Ephesus a fascinating place to visit. Our tour included the Terrace Houses and the Ephesus Museum which we found well worth the time and the climbing of many steps for the Terrace Houses. We had visited Pompeii a few days earlier and found Ephesus much better. Both were sunny and hot but Filiz knew where the few bit's of shade were at Ephesus. Ephesus seemed to handle the crowds better and we did not feel overwhelmed by the large tour groups and guides as we did at Pompeii. Some of the biblical history with St Paul's visit and Mary's house which we also visited made it even more interesting for us.The lunch at the rug factory site was very good and relaxing in their gardens. We found the explanation and viewing of the making of the rugs interesting but we might have showed to much interest since they showed a bit of a hard sell in trying to sell us a rug. I think you just need to be firm and say you are not interested if you do not want to consider buying a rug there.Overall the tour guide and driver were great and we had a very nice Mercedes minivan for the three of us. The price of this private tour for us was still less than the large bus tour offered by the cruise line and a much better value.

We booked a private tour to Ephesus with Osman Tourism and had the good fortune of having Arzu as our tour guide. Arzu was there to greet us on time, with a lovely driver and beautiful spacious car/van. Arzu's knowledge, passion, and warmth made this one of the best days of our 3 week trip. Thank you Arzu! :)

Based on the reviews here as well as Cruise Critic, we decided to use Ephesus Breeze for our tour in Turkey. They did a most fantastic job. Our guide, Mr. Ali, was wonderful and understanding with our small children. I'd be more than happy to recommend Ephesus Breeze to friends and family.

Our tour guide Ali did a great job of taking us through Ephesus and describing the site. It was definitely much better than doing a large group tour. The bus met us at the port when our ship docked and they got us back in plenty of time to catch the ship prior to departure. Definitely worth the money to get the private tour.