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A Private Ephesus Day for Silver Nova Guests
Designed for guests sailing with Silver Nova when visiting Kuşadası: a fully private Ephesus tour with your own licensed guide and vehicle, walked at a calm pace and timed around your ship.
For guests sailing with Silver Nova, a private shore day is the calm way to see Ephesus. Rather than filing onto a coach, you step into a private vehicle for the short drive to Ephesus, then explore the ancient city with a guide who is yours for the day. There is no group to wait for and no fixed script, just the site, your pace, and time to take it in.
Silver Nova at Meyer Werft, photo by Narwhalian1 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and optimized for web use.
Why cruise passengers choose us
Five reasons guests book a private day with us instead of the excursion sold on board.
Award-winning, not just experienced
Eight TripAdvisor awards since 2013, from Certificate of Excellence to Travelers’ Choice, voted by real guests rather than marketing teams.
Exclusively your group
Up to 8 guests from your own party. We never combine strangers into a tour and call it private.
We work around your ship, not the other way
We build the day backwards from your all-aboard time and keep a comfortable buffer, so the return to the ship stays calm rather than a race.
Tickets bought before you arrive
Your guide pre-purchases every entrance ticket, so you walk straight past the queues. At peak season that can save up to two hours, time you spend inside Ephesus rather than waiting outside.
Your language, your pace
Guided in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Japanese by a licensed expert, never a memorised script.
Recognised by travellers
Eight TripAdvisor awards across a decade.
Certificate of Excellence six times between 2013 and 2019, then Travelers’ Choice in 2021 and 2023. Voted by real guests, not marketing teams.
Certificate of Excellence2013 to 2019A calm, fully private day ashore
A private Ephesus day for your party means space and calm from the start. We keep the group to your party, choose a vehicle sized to how you are travelling, and let the morning breathe. You are not managing a coach timetable; you are seeing Ephesus the way you would actually want to.
Your private route through Ephesus
Where it suits your group, we enter Ephesus at the Upper Gate and walk gently downhill to the Lower Gate, so the walking is easy and there is no climbing back. Along the way your guide brings the Library of Celsus, the terraced streets, and the great theatre to life, at a pace you set. If the Terrace Houses interest you, we can add them where time allows.
Planning your day around the ship
We build the day backwards from your ship's hours in Kuşadası and keep a comfortable buffer before all-aboard. We do not publish fixed port times here, because they change by sailing. Instead we confirm your exact call when you book and shape the day around it, so the return is calm rather than rushed.
Comfort for the whole party
The vehicle is private and air-conditioned, matched to your group, so there is room to settle on the short drive. The pace is yours, with rests whenever you like, which keeps the day comfortable for older travellers and for anyone who would rather not hurry.
The private experience
- Private licensed guideYour own licensed local guide, never a shared coach group.
- Private vehicle, matched to your partyA private, air-conditioned vehicle sized to your group.
- Senior-friendly pacingA gentle pace with rests whenever your group needs them.
- Ship-aware return planningThe day is timed to your ship, with a comfortable buffer before all-aboard.
- No forced shoppingNo carpet or jewellery stops. Your hours ashore stay at Ephesus.
- All listed admissions includedClear, transparent pricing with the listed entries covered.
Private Ephesus tours to pair with your call
- Private Ephesus & Temple of ArtemisThe classic private half-day, a natural fit for a Silver Nova call.View tour
Private Ephesus from KuşadasıA flexible private tour, shaped around your hours in port.View tour
Ephesus & House of the Virgin MaryA fuller private day if your call allows more time ashore.View tour
Common questions
A private Ephesus day, paced to your party.
Tours of Ephesus is an independent local operator and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of Silversea.