Ephesus Terrace
Houses Tours / Ephesus Tours, Ephesus
Guide, Ephesus Tour Shuttle
TOUR DETAILS:
Duration:
Approximately 7 hours. Daily departures.
Private tour is available.
Available:
All year around.
Departure:
Transportation from and to Kusadasi Port
or Izmir Port.
Includes:
Guided Tour to Ephesus city and the
Terrace Houses
Professional licensed tour guide, all
entrance fees, private air-conditioned
transportation and VAT
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No extra hidden charges
Terrace House and Ephesus Tour
Ephesus is considered one of the
spectacular outdoor museums in Turkey,
and in the world - and one of the
highlights of any visit to Turkey.
During this privately guided tour, the
city will come alive as you walk through
2,000 year-old marble streets to admire
the Library of Celsius, Hadrian's
Temple, the Fountains of Trajan, Polio,
The Temples of Hadrian and Domitian,
Terrace Houses, Vedious and Scholastic
Baths, Bouloterion, and the Great
Theatre with capacity of 24.000
spectators.
Behind the shops near the Library of
Celsus there are luxurious private
houses, known as the Terrace Houses, are
now open to the public. Occupied from
the 1st century to 7th century AD, the
Slope Houses have been compared to the
1st century villas of Pompeii in
importance and they were used by the
wealthiest of the city. This is the
"must-see" site in Ephesus!
WHAT YOU
VISIT
Ephesus - Enter through the Magnesia
Gate and walking through the Odeon, the
Celsius Library, the Temple of Hadrian,
the Fountain of Trajan and the Great
Theater.
The Theater had seating for 25,000, was
the site where St. Paul preached to the
Ephesians, and is used today for a local
spring festival.
The Ephesus Terrace Houses are located
on the slopes of Bulbul Mountain,
opposite the Hadrian Temple and they are
called as "the houses of rich", as only
rich people could afford such houses.
Did you know
that fact about Ephesus?
But did you know about the place outside
of Ephesus called garbage heap (trash
heap)? According to the historical
records unwanted babies - mostly girls
-due to the belief to the Artemis
goddess (Artemis was the goddess of
fertility both giving blessings to woman
willing to have a child and also
protecting from the child birth, as
every third woman was likely to die
during the child birth) were left in the
isolated area to die. The most
healthiest of them were picked up by the
slave traders and used to be slaves or
prostitutes.