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Contact

Talk to the people who will run your day.

Everything about a booking is settled in a short conversation with the office in Kuşadası, and the fastest way to start one is WhatsApp. A member of the booking team reads every message; there is no chatbot and no queue. On cruise port days we answer within minutes. In the evening and overnight in Türkiye, allow a few hours.

The three ways to reach us

Send your ship’s name and date on WhatsApp and we reply with a plan built around your hours ashore. If the number you are writing from is not the one you use on WhatsApp, tell us which one is; we never assume a phone number is a WhatsApp number.

Türkiye stays on UTC+3 all year, so during the cruise season the line is open 06:00 to 20:00 in London and 01:00 to 15:00 in New York; an hour earlier in both once the clocks go back.

What to put in your first message

Five things let us quote in one reply

  • Your ship, and the date of your Kuşadası call.
  • The number of guests, with the ages of any children.
  • The sites you have in mind, or “not sure” if you would like a suggestion.
  • The language you would like to be guided in.
  • Anything about walking, stairs or heat we should plan around.

Ephesus is a downhill walk on ancient marble and the day is planned in real minutes, so the more we know, the tighter the plan.

If you would rather be guided in Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese or German, say so at the start. We confirm a licensed guide in that language for your date before we send a price.

Where we are

Kuşadası, Türkiye

Our office is inside the Ramada Resort & Golf Hotel, ten minutes north of the Kuşadası cruise terminal and twenty to twenty-five minutes from Ephesus. Walk-ins are welcome and never necessary. Nothing about a port day requires a visit to the office: the plan is agreed in writing, your guide meets you at the pier, and payment is made at the end of the day.

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Where we meet you on the day

Your guide waits at the Starbucks inside the cruise port plaza, a two-minute walk from the gangway, holding a card with your name on it. Your e-ticket repeats the meeting point, the time we are working back from and the guide’s mobile number. If your ship docks late, we already know; we track it on the morning of the tour and adjust. The Kuşadası cruise port guide walks you from the ship to the plaza.

Most first questions are already answered on the FAQ page: meeting times, what is included in the rate, how the pay-after policy works, what happens if the ship is delayed. Our cancellation terms are one paragraph: free up to 48 hours before the tour, and since nothing is paid in advance there is never a refund to wait for. If you still have a question after reading them, that is exactly what WhatsApp is for.

Before you write

Questions guests ask before they write.

On cruise port days, within minutes on WhatsApp. Evenings and overnight in Türkiye, within a few hours. Email is answered the same day. The line +90 532 324 2489 is open 08:00 to 22:00 Türkiye time, seven days a week.

Yes, if a licensed guide is free. Message us on WhatsApp as soon as you know, with your ship's name and how many you are. We answer fast either way; if we cannot do it properly we say so rather than improvise.

No. A confirmed date is held on your name and your ship. You pay at the end of the tour, in cash or by card, at the same price.

The booking desk works in English and replies in Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese or German when guests write in those languages. A guide in that language can usually be confirmed for the date; availability is checked before a price is sent.

Yes. Email booking@toursofephesus.com with the ship, date, number of guests and a contact who will be on board. The reply is a written plan with one price per person, settled at the end of the day.

WhatsApp the same number, +90 532 324 2489. The e-ticket also carries the guide's mobile number, and the guide is at the meeting point in the Kuşadası port plaza before the ship is cleared.

How booking works

From your ship to Ephesus, in three steps.

  1. Step 1

    Pick a tour, or just message us

    Choose from the tours below or send your ship name and date on WhatsApp. No deposit, no card details.

  2. Step 2

    Meet your guide at the port

    Your licensed guide waits at the Starbucks inside the Kuşadası port plaza, holding a sign with your name.

  3. Step 3

    Pay after your tour

    Cash or card, at the end of the day, once you are happy. Free cancellation up to 48 hours before.

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