Destinations
Where every tour actually goes.
Arrival gateway
Where you dockKuşadası Cruise Port
Ege Port · Scala Nuova
The closest cruise port to Ephesus, twenty kilometres and a twenty-minute drive away. Every tour on this page starts here, where we meet you at the Starbucks in the port plaza. See the port guide for today's ships, weather and the meeting point.
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20 km · 20 minEphesus Ancient City
Ephesus Ruins · Efes Antik Kenti
Visit Ephesus from Kuşadası cruise port, the Library of Celsus, the Great Theatre, Curetes Street, and the Terrace Houses. Skip-the-line entry, private licensed guide.
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19 km · 25 minBasilica of St. John
St John Basilica · Aziz Yahya Kilisesi
Justinian's sixth-century basilica on Ayasuluk Hill in Selçuk, built over the tomb of John the Apostle. Marble columns, castle views, a 30 minute stop near Ephesus.
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75 km · 1 h 20Didyma
Didim · Didymaion
The Temple of Apollo at Didyma, 75 km south of Kuşadası: an oracle second only to Delphi, 122 columns planned, never finished in six centuries of building.
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25 km · 35 minHouse of the Virgin Mary
House of Mary · Meryemana
A small stone chapel on Mount Koressos near Ephesus, believed to be where Mary lived her last years. Catholic pilgrimage site. From Kuşadası cruise port.
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20 km · 20 minLibrary of Celsus
Celsus Library · Celsus Kütüphanesi
The Library of Celsus at Ephesus: a two-storey Roman facade built around 114 AD over the tomb of Celsus, ruined by earthquake, re-erected stone by stone in the 1970s.
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63 km · 1 h 10Miletus
Milet · Miletos
Miletus near Balat, 63 km south of Kuşadası: a 15,000 seat Roman theatre, the first grid-planned city, and the harbour that silted up. A 60 to 75 minute stop.
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30 km · 35 minŞirince Village
Sirince · Çirkince
Hillside village 30 km inland from Kuşadası, stone lanes, family fruit-wine cellars, garden lunches, Aegean textile shops. Day-tour from cruise port.
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18 km · 22 minTemple of Artemis
Artemision · Artemis Tapınağı
The Temple of Artemis at Selçuk, once one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, today a single reconstructed column on the marsh edge. Free, 20 min stop.
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