Terrace Houses, Ephesus Ruins with Skip The Line ENTRY TICKETS

Recommended by 91% of travelers

Kusadasi, Turkey

Great choice

5+ bookings last month.

3 to 4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Offered in: English

Overview

What's Included

Professional licensed tour guide
Kusadasi Cruise Port pick-up and drop-off
Car parking fees and local taxes
Land Transportation by a high model vehicle
Entry tickets (for the "Entry Tickets Included" option)

Personal Expenses
Entry tickets (for the "Entry Tickets Excluded" option)

Meeting and Pickup

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Pickup details

Explore Ancient Ephesus and Terrace Houses, Ephesus Ruins, and the Temple of Artemis with a local expert guide from/to Kusadasi Port (only for cruise guests). ◉➤ The tour offers Group and Private tour options, including and excluding entry tickets. ✅ INCLUDES ENTRY TICKETS OPTIONS: You can pay for your entry tickets at the time of booking with the "Entry Tickets Included" option. This means we take care of your tickets, and you will enjoy the privilege of SKIPPING THE TICKET LINES, where your guide will have your tickets ready for you without waiting in the ticket queue at the entrance to the ruins. ❗ EXCLUDES ENTRY TICKETS OPTIONS: You can pay your entrance fees in cash or by credit card on the day of the tour. ➤ We would like to point out that, especially for the PRIVATE TOUR option, you do not need to pay the entrance fee for any ruins you do not wish to visit. ◉➤ Group Tour Option: This option usually has 8–10 participants. Also, if your group has 10+ people, you can book. Groups are formed by passengers from the same ship. ◉➤ Private Tour Option: The tour will be provided only for your party with a personal tour guide. ➤ You can stay at the sites as long as you wish. If there are any other sites you would like to visit, depending on time availability, they can be added to the program. ◉➤ The tour is specially designed for cruise guests. ◉➤ Pick-up and drop-off are only available from Kusadasi Port. ◉➤ The tour start time will be adjusted according to your cruise docking and onboard times. ◉➤ We GUARANTEE your timely return to the port.

Itinerary

Kusadasi Port

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ephesus Ancient City

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ephesus Terrace Houses

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kusadasi Port

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Your tour guide may suggest visiting places with handmade items, but it’s completely optional for the guests.

We GUARANTEE your timely return to the port
✅INCLUDES ENTRY TICKETS OPTIONS: You can pay for your entry tıckets at the tıme of booking with Entry tıckets ınclude optıons. Than means we take care of your tickets and enjoy the privilege of SKIP THE TICKET LINES, where your guide will keep the tickets ready for you without waiting in the ticket queue at the entrance of the ruins.
❌EXCLUDE ENTRY TICKETS OPTIONS: you can pay your entrance fees in cash or by credit card on the day of the tour. We would like to point out that, especially for the PRIVATE TOUR option, you do not have to pay the entrance fee for the ruins you do not want to see.
Group Tour Optıon: This option usually has 8–10 participants. Also, if your group has 10+ people, you can book. Groups are formed as passengers of the same ship.
Private Tour Optıon: The tour wıll be provided only for your party wıth personal tour guıde. Stay ın the sites as much you wish, If there is any other site you want to visit, depending on time availability, it can be added to the program.
The tour specialy designed for the cruise guests. Pick up and drop off only available from Kusadasi Port. The tour starting time will adjust according to your cruıse dock and onboard times. We GUARANTEE your timely return to the Port.
Free entry for kids 8yr and below (take passport for children if any)
The tour offer Group and Private Tour options INCLUDE and EXCLUDE ENTRY TICKETS
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

based on 11 reviews

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Great knowledgeable and go private

Jason_C, Jul 2026

I chose this tour to avoid the mandatory rug demonstration that many tours list. I booked a previous tour that did not list a rug demonstration but during the confirmation, they said they would take us to one anyone even though I did not want to. They said they were subsidized by the government so we did not have a choice. This was a private tour too so I cancelled and booked this tour. Our guide, Eda, was great with the private tour. Very informative and took into consideration the heat for our party as my husband was wilting in the heat. Enjoyed all the details of Ephesus and Terrace Houses. So cool to still see all the little details she pointed out. The 18 minute video was amazing to reflect how Ephesus was initially and visually stunning. We did go to a tile demonstration which we did buy some pieces. The leather demo was just ok as the fashion show was a bit weird and awkward but they were all very nice. The actual tour of what was listed was great overall.

If I could give zero stars, I would!

Jamie_G, Jul 2026

Let's start with the positives of this tour... 1. It was easy to find the company at the cruise ship terminal 2. The van was comfortable and had good air conditioning. I signed up for the public tour which included the option of adding the Terrace Houses which I did for an extra fee since so many people told me this was the highlight of the tour for them. I also chose this tour because it was the shortest one which included a guided tour of Ephesus as well as visiting the Terrace Houses without adding on Mary's House or something I didn't want to do like shopping or lunch. I was a cruise excursion and short on time so I wanted to get the best use of my time. I was the only one on the tour to pay for the Terrace Houses which was surprising and the guide asked me aside if I really wanted to go to the Terrace Houses (paid advance already to see it!) especially since no one else wanted to go. It caught me off guard and was kind of a weasley thing to do. It seemed like there were 2 or 3 different tours going on at the same time and that they do this to not have to have different vans or guides. I said yes I still want to see it. Guide gave a tour of Ephesus but that's it. Not the library, not the Terrace Houses, and not the Temple of Apollo. She said her approach was just for her not to bore us and that we can just ask her questions. What was the point of booking a guided tour then??? This is where it really went downhill. She dropped me off at the Terrace Houses not giving me ANY background on what I would be seeing. There was zero tour of it from her or anyone and I was given extremely limited time because the group would be waiting for me (despite the itinerary on Viator clearly saying I get 30 minutes for it). I basically brisked through this section because I was so afraid of her leaving me behind. When I then saw her and the group, she gave me a few minutes to look around the library. Again, no guided tour and given just a few minutes. After that, the rest of the time was spent for people to go to the bathroom (for a long time) and go shopping next to the bathroom.... Based off the itinerary you would think then we would get dropped off at the port, but we went to some carpet store where we spent a lot of time in. NO MENTION OF SOME CARPET STORE ON VIATOR!! This man gave some demonstration of Turkish rugs (I have zero interest in this and I had I known this was going to be on the itinerary, I wouldn't have booked this company), and then the salesmen aggressively pull tourists aside to try to convince you to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on their rugs. It was like a timeshare presentation but with Turkish men and carpet who kept pushing you after you said no. I saw in this other tour groups do this. It was clear this tour group has some deal going on with this store. I figure if there's a group of 10 where 1 person buys, they make $$$. Me and other people in my group kept waiting and waiting and waiting to leave but had to wait awhile since some couple showed interest in buying. Eventually we were able to tell our guide that we needed to go as she stalled saying something that the driver wasn't there yet but then somehow the driver appeared.... AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!!! This was the only day I have ever spent in Turkey and it just left me with a bad taste.

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Beautiful visit

KAELIN_c, Jun 2026

Very interesting visit, the site is really well restored. The guide JONCA was excellent, the pickup was easy right at the port exit, a small group of 8 made the visit easier, the van was clean, and the driver drove well. You absolutely must take the tour of the terraced houses, which are the highlight of the visit.

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Nice excursion with good guide.

Ronald_C, Jun 2025

Pick up went very smoothly. Pleasant guide Ali who spoke good English and knew a lot to tell. Well organized with only guests from the same boat. Back just in time. Good value for the visit to Ephesus. Only downside was that we had to pass a company where leather jackets were sold. Unfortunately I lost my phone somewhere there.

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