Izmir, Turkiye
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Since Jan 30, 2011
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Guide #1747
Hello dear traveler, My name is Emre from Izmir, Kusadasi nearby Ephesus. I grew up in the tourism town of Kusadasi with waving hands to cruise passengers in 1980s' while running in the garden of our primary school just across the port. In the high school we started to listen amazing stories of experiences with the tour groups from the first generation of local tour guides who picked groups from the port. Being a tour guide had been a lifetime dream for me. I was lucky with learning English from American and English teachers at the high school. So that there was no language barrier to exchange the culture with travelers visited my hometown as a beginner tourism professional. And finally I became a tour guide after graduation of a tourism faculty in 2003. Today I live with my colleague and wife Nesrin and our two sons. Tour guiding has been my full-time job for last twenty years. After spending 12 years in Istanbul as a tour guide gaining more experiences, we moved back home and took over the A class travel agency called as Phoenicia Travel and started to operate our boutique private tours through our company in different concepts. My wife Nesrin and I recently started to create our new tour itineraries with different concepts and customizing tours in our area. I realized that deep history of Asia Minor meets with different local dishes and good dry wines so well. Travelers should enjoy their time with trying new delicacies and wines. I think traditional dishes represents our country well and helps you to understand better and digest our culture easier. In our tours you don't only visit the historical sites but also you taste the real Turkish food at Turkish local guesthouses, local restaurants around the villages. If you interest in dry wines, we can visit a professional winery with a production of 400 thousand bottles of a year for a wine taste or have our lunch at the winery restaurant with a good selection of dry wines near Ephesus. As you may know, our area is very rich with Roman history like the other parts of Turkey. I can easily share my historical background with you especially about ancient Roman life routine in those years. But you'll not only listen the Roman history of Ephesus, we will talk about the recent excavations of Ephesus. Tour guides are neither a historian nor an archeologist but we usually have a deep idea about what happened in the past especially in Roman times of Asia Minor with helping you to make connections between the historical facts and myths. Of course there will be lots of fun together, learning and discover new things in Turkish culture. Actually with that reason, I am so happy with being a tour guide and keep learning so many things from you and sharing my culture. I am sure spending a day with me becomes an experience for you with learning and discoveries. Just share your intended tour plans, route, needs and interests with me. I'll be doing my best to build a unique tour experience for you. All kind of your questions about your intended tour will be most welcome. I'll try to respond your questions as soon as possible and easily customize the best tour itinerary for you. So thrilled to meeting you in our beautiful region. My best wishes. Emre *Tour guiding license from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism since 2004. *Owner and manager of PHOENICIA TRAVEL which is a A class travel agency with the license number of 9598. *BA degree from Gazi University faculty of tourism education and tour guiding.
Izmir
Kusadasi and Ephesus
Cesme
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Emre was a wonderful guide, full of information. He directed the tour toward our interests, and was careful of keeping...
Highly recommended. Very knowledgeable
Emre is absolutely THE BEST! He will provide your ultimate experience in Ephesus and Kusadasi, and other spots in and...