Customizable Ephesus and Virgin Mary's House Tour - Private deluxe vehicle - traditional local lunch-

The tour begins with a morning meeting at the Port of Kusadasi. Then, we will walk outside the port to meet our private driver and air-conditioned vehicle. The ancient city of Ephesus is 15 miles from the port. We will begin our round-trip tour by providing information about the town of Kusadasi and pointing out archaeological details along the way. Ephesus: We will visit the open-air museum, walking between the Acropolis (upper gate) entrance and the Harbor Street exit. The tour includes the political and religious centers, the Celsus Library, the Commercial Agora, and the Great Theater. Lysimachus founded the open-air museum as the third ancient city of Ephesus in 294 BC. During Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times, Ephesus became the social, political, artistic, and commercial capital of Asia Minor. Mary's House is believed to be where the Virgin Mary lived for the last nine years of her life, as detailed in a book published by Catherine Emmerich in 1824.