Basilica of St John & Selçuk: The 15 Best Tours

1.NO Hidden Fees Private Ephesus, Terrace Houses, St. John Basilica

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 52 reviews · 4 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $139Our pick

Private Kusadasi shore day to Ephesus, Terrace Houses, St. John Basilica, and Artemis, with entrance fees included and A/C transport.

“We highly recommend this experience. Alex and the driver, Ibo, were fantastic. Alex was very knowledgeable, considerate and accommodating. We enjoyed every aspect of the tour. We were on a Viking Cruise and Alex greeted us just outside the cruise terminal and had us back in plenty of time.”

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2.NO Hidden Fees : Ephesus, Virgin Mary’s House, St. John Basilica

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · 5 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $139

Private Ephesus and Virgin Mary House tour from Kusadasi port, with St John Basilica and Artemis Temple, skip-line tickets included.

“It was an amazing Tour. Our Tour guide gave us options and taught us a lot about the history. She customized our excursion to our liking and all entrance fees were included!!”

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3.Kusadasi Shore Excursion: Private Tour to Ephesus including Basilica of St John and Temple of Artemis

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $438

Private Ephesus shore tour from Kusadasi, with St John Basilica, the Virgin Mary House, and Temple of Artemis, plus museum time.

“Absolutely great tour with our guide Emri. He met us at the port as scheduled. Driver was friendly, bus was clean, AC worked great. We circumvented the crowds by taking the tour backwards from the cruise people. Emri new his stuff. Wonderful lunch at Agora. Highly recommend.”

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4.For Cruisers: Private Ephesus Ancient City & Ephesus Museum Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 27 reviews · 4 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $29Best value

Private Ephesus tour from Kusadasi with licensed guide, ancient ruins, museum with Artemis statue, shopping stop, and guaranteed cruise return.

“We had a wonderful day with our guide, Sedat Kirkan! We visited the Ephesus ruins and the Ephesus Museum and he was extremely informative. Our group was driven around in a very nice air conditioned van and we were given choices for where to go. I appreciated that Sedat kept finding us shade to stand in while it was very hot!”

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5.Private Ephesus, St. John Basilica, The House of Mary with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $129

Private Ephesus day trip from Kusadasi with St John Basilica, House of Mary, lunch, and flexible guide plus port friendly timing.

“We were met ontime for our full day tour. Aleyna was our guide, she did an outstanding job of providing us as much information as we could absorb. She customized the tour to meet our preferences.”

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6.Best of Ephesus Tour From Kusadasi: Temple of Artemis, St John Basilica, Isa Bey Mosque

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 20 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $185

Small-group Ephesus day trip from Kusadasi with Artemis Temple, Virgin Mary’s House, Isa Bey Mosque, plus major Christian stops.

“We had a great tour. We were the only people to book so we had a private tour. Our guide Mehmet used the opportunity to show us everything and in great detail. It would not have been possible with a larger group. When I asked about going to the St John Basilica he said it wasn’t on the itinerary (despite that it is clearly listed in the tour title). He said it wasn’t a problem to go there and we needed to pay to go inside. The Isa Bey mosque is closed for renovation so we only saw it at a distance from the St John Basilica. On the tour…”

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7.Ephesus Basilica of Saint John Virgin Mary’s House Tours kusadasi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $50

Guided Ephesus highlights from Kusadasi plus Mary’s House and St. John, Turkish lunch, air-conditioned ride, ship-return guarantee.

“Great communication from the owner. Elif and our entire tour was amazing start to finish! The food and service at the restaurant were impeccable. They even got us back to the port right on time. I will take this tour again. Thank you to all of Elif’s friends along the way!”

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8.Private: Ephesus, Basilica of Saint John,Virgin Mary’s House Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 15 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $74

Private Ephesus and St. John tour from Kuşadası, plus the Virgin Mary House and Selçuk lunch, with a licensed English guide.

“The visit to the house of the Virgin Mary is almost inaccessible , given the world (the planned driver did not have access to the parking and had to park 400 meters away) we were forced to give up this visit. The rest of the visit was with a guide who spoke only English contrary to what had been planned by Viator who had provided us on the phone with the services of a Francophone guide. The instructions issued by Viator have always been in English, a language we do not master. In addition, the planned service was to include "a delicious traditional Turkish meal" which boiled down to some…”

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9.Ephesus Museum and Panoramic Ephesus Tours and Turkish bath

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 6 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $70

Cruise-day in Kusadasi with panoramic Ephesus viewpoints, Ephesus Museum, a rug cooperative lunch, and an Ada Saray Hamam scrub.

“We had a wonderful time on our tour with Sevda she's very friendly and very knowledgeable about turkey history also she took us for a nice lunch much was free of charge.”

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10.All Inclusive : Private Ephesus & St. John Basilica with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 5 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $139

Private half-day from Kusadasi to Ephesus, St. John Basilica, and Artemis Temple with Turkish lunch, A/C transport, and skip-the-line tickets.

“Lovely guide, wonderful Ephesus tour. Great lunch. Then stuck in an awkward situation with a high pressure salesman of carpets when we expressed no interest whatsoever in carpets and carpets had nothing to do with what was mentioned in the tour offer. Lost trust in company. Official tour from our ship also visited carpet factory (perhaps same one?) and passengers were ripping mad when back at ship at experience they felt destroyed their day. All felt abused as precious hours in port wasted on sales pitch for something they didn't want.”

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11.Ephesus tours Basilica of Saint John Turkish bath Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $65

Ephesus, St. John Basilica, Artemis ruins, Turkish lunch, and a hammam reset from Kuşadası, with ship-safe timing and optional skip-line.

“I really enjoyed my time at Ephesus, it's really so charming to see that much of history also you really feel the holly energy from Virgin marry's house and it was an enjoyable time with Samyeli travel, I am traveling all the time, I am hard to be satisfied but they really satisfied me with their service they picked me up from the port of Kusadasi and took me to Ephesus it was a lot like a private tour after that I got to see carpets at the place they take me, I love carpets and I had to say they had one of the best pieces I ever saw,…”

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12.Private Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary, St John Basilica & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $99

Private Ephesus tour from Kuşadası with the House of the Virgin Mary, St John Basilica, Temple of Artemis, and homemade Turkish lunch.

“Absolutely amazing tour. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but these guys made this stop on our cruise the absolute best of all ports. The tour of Ephesus and House of the Virgin Mary was phenomenal. The lunch spot they chose was authentic Turkish cuisine, and one of the best meals I've ever had. I highly recommend this tour.”

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13.Private Ephesus, Mary’s House, St. John Basilica with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 5 reviews · 6 hours · from $134

Private Ephesus tour from Kusadasi with Mary’s House and St John Basilica, plus an included traditional lunch and A/C transport.

“We went on a tour with our guide Ilgu Tekdemir and driver Murat and it has been the highlight of our trip! Ilgu was really knowledgeable about all the sites we went to and always managed to miss the crowds arriving from bigger tours. The tours itself was really relaxed thanks to our guide. This was the best way to see all the sites as the schedule was made around what we would like to do. They even added on the archeological museum for us at a small extra cost. The lunch was really fantastic as well and the food was incredible. If you want to see the sites and…”

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14.Private Ephesus, Terrace Houses, St. John’s Basilica/grp opt

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 5 reviews · 4 hours · from $140

Private 4-hour Ephesus tour from Kusadasi port with skip-the-line tickets, a licensed English guide, A/C transport, and key ruins.

“Our guide Nedj was absolutely wonderful. I would definitely book another tour if I knew I could get him as my guide. It felt like I was having a friend show me around!”

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15.Kusadasi Port to Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary, St.John Church

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $110

Cruise day private tour from Kusadasi Port to Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary, St. John Church, Sirince village, plus museum and views.

“We had an amazing day with Selin. She was a great tour guide and an even better person. She knew so much about everything and we really enjoyed all the information. Ephesus was so much more than I expected!!”

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