Full Day Luxury History Private Tour Of Ephesus and Virgin Mary House from Izmir

Our Full Day Luxury History Tour Of Ephesus and Virgin Mary House from Izmir starts with a pick-up from the pre-arranged meeting point such as Izmir Port, Hotel or designated accommodation.

You will travel with your tour guide in a luxury Air-Conditioned Minivan to Ephesus. You will discover a lot of interesting facts as you stroll within this world famous archaeological site. Ephesus, famous for the Library of Celsius and its Medical School was the fourth largest city in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Next, you will travel a short distance further up the Bulbul Mountain to the Shrine of Virgin Mary and the House where Mary spent her last days, arriving here with Saint John after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Tour the tiny house, add an 'intention' (wish) on the sacred wall collect some Holy Water from the fountain or light some candles for your loved ones.

Visit the Saint John's Basilica where St. John is thought to be buried under the central dome. Constructed out of stone and brick - a rare find in architecture of this time - the monumental basilica has marble columns in the courtyard that are carved with the monograms of Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora.

The last stop of the tour is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wolrd - The Temple of Artemis. Today there remains a 14 m high column (its original height was 18.40 m) in the northeast, which was erected in 1973 with the aid of pulleys, an archaic column pedestal, a part of which can be seen, and a pedestal dating from the Late Classical period, which stood insitu right above the columa On the western side, the court walls of the Archaic temple, the point where the doorposts were attached, the traces of the Archaic marble stylobates, the southern anta in the classical covering of the Archaic temple, the west and north edges of the Archaic and Late Classical temples and the foundations of the hekatompedos can still today be see.

Finally, you will return to Izmir and dropped off at your pick up point.