Basilica of St John & Selçuk: The 9 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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