Thank-you film · 2:04 · 30 October 2026
Thank you, 2026 guests
A two-minute thank-you film from Tours of Ephesus to the cruise guests who travelled with us in 2026: 71 real photographs from private Ephesus tours from Kuşadası port, with and without our guides, set to music.
Made by Volkan Yırtımcı, Founder, Tours of Ephesus · Published 30 October 2026
Chapters
Jump to a month. The photos run in the order the tours happened.
What you will see in the film
The photographs run in the order the tours happened, from July to October 2026, with a few undated ones placed between them.
Places
You will see the Library of Celsus, Curetes Street, the Great Theatre, the Temple of Hadrian, the Odeon, the Gate of Mazaeus and Mithridates, the Temple of Artemis, the House of the Virgin Mary, Şirince village and the welcome at Kuşadası cruise port.
Ships
The guests in the film came ashore from Celebrity Cruises, MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Silversea, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Oceania Cruises and Azamara ships.
Guides
The film includes photos from tours with these guides: Ebru Özkan, İbrahim Pancar, Nedret Güngör, Serdar Atalan, Fulya Tamer, Celal Ceylan, Hakan Cebeci, Nafia Demircan, Mehmet Tunalı, Zafer Korkmaz, Gökhan Günaydın, Ferah Pekdemir, Cihan Yaşkaya, Ceyda Baydur, Selçuk Uras, Eli Halegua, Cem Yumuk, Gökhan Özden, Ebru Ergün Tek, Ozan Sayın, Murat Fesli and Burçak Akdemir.
Words on screen
There is no narration. These are the only words in the film, in order:
- Tours of Ephesus
- 2026 Guests
- Thank you for travelling with us
- Here’s to many more memories together
- Tours of Ephesus
- Look Closer. Journey Deeper. Travel Like an Insider.
- toursofephesus.com
Music: Dreamlike Cadence by SigmaMusicArt.
How we made the film
Every photo in the film is a real photograph from one of our tours, shared with us. No photo was generated or altered by AI, and none comes from a stock library. The opening, the closing line and the logo are simple title cards.
The film only fades from one photo to the next and, on the larger photos, moves in slowly. Portrait photos are shown whole over a soft, blurred copy of themselves, so no one is cropped out. The music is a licensed track, Dreamlike Cadence by SigmaMusicArt.
We made it in October 2026 to thank the guests who travelled with us this season. Their own words are on our guest reviews page.
Want to be in next season’s photos?
Pick a tour and send an inquiry. No card up front: meet your guide at the Kuşadası port Starbucks and pay at the end.