Ephesus Virgin Mary
House Tours / Ephesus Tours, Ephesus
Guide, Ephesus Tour Shuttle
TOUR DETAILS:
Duration:
Approximately 5 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
House of Virgin Mary.
Professional licensed tour guide, all
entrance fees, private air-conditioned
transportation and VAT.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No extra hidden charges
The House of Virgin Mary 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,
Various and Scholastic Baths,
Bouloterion, and the Great Theatre with
capacity of 24.000 spectators.
Before your tour to the Ephesus city,
you will visit the House of Virgin Mary
where she spent last days of her life
and being the location of the 3rd
Ecumenical council"
WHAT YOU VISIT
Ephesus - Enter through the Magnesia
Gate and passing through the Odeum, 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 it is used today for a
local spring festival.
The House of Virgin Mary: The Vatican
has recognized this small house in the
Solmissos Mountains as the final resting
place of the Virgin Mary. A small shrine
dedicated to St. Mary was found when the
ruins of the house were first
discovered.
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.