Exceptional tour. Inan, our guide met us at the port entrance and started the tour immediately as we walked to our car and driver. Inan was extremely knowledgeable about history, archeology and the most important venues to see and visit. Inan was able to avoid large crowds at different sites by calling ahead and rearranging the order of our tour. He customized our tour to make the most of our time and was extremely friendly and flexible. Lunch was in an old style restaurant and the food was delicious. Best tour ever!_br/_ Thank you Inan.
Review by: jjrevtek, September 2016
This turned out to be the best tour of our vacation. It was just the two of us, the tour guide, and the driver. It included Mary's House, Ephesus, the Terrace houses, a few other places, and lunch. There was nothing extra except the tip. Yes, it did include a visit to the carpet store, but this was very short and not high pressure. Our tour guide, Levent, was wonderful. He was so knowledgeable about history as well as current events and just was a nice guy. His English was very good. I would highly recommend this tour and while I'm sure some of the other guides are also very good, I hope you get Levent!
Review by: Diane C, September 2016
This is a great place to visit and we loved the sites and city of Kusadasi. The day was extremely hot and one should bring an umbrella or hat for shade. Our guide was informative but very difficult to understand with his accent. In fact, most of us in the tour group, missed a lot of information because he spoke so quickly and with a thick Turkish accent. Often, he would say, go and explore for 20 minutes on your own. When, we compared our tour with our friends, who had booked the same tour with a different guide, we felt disappointed. Their guide had explained and showed many other facts that ours hadn't and their guide stayed with them the entire tour. Also, lunch was included in our tour and our guide didn't know that. In my opinion, Viator needs to regulate and have guidelines for their tour guides making sure, first and foremost, that their English is understandable and their itinerary is consistent.
Review by: Kathleen D, September 2016
Our guide, Taylen, was great and very informative. Wish we could have spent more time there.
Review by: Angela H, September 2016
This tour was PERFECT! We had Omer from Curio Travel. He was very knowledgeable about the area and took us to the hidden gems as well as the areas we requested. I would take another tour with him in a second. We (2 females) were in a private air-conditioned van and have a wonderful time!! #NailedIt
Review by: Juan M, September 2016
The tour is as flexible as advertised and fully private. Our guide Nehida was very kind and is very knowledgeable and took very good care of us. She was also glad to answer any question, no matter how random. Ephesus is a must see, but swinging-by the carpet weaving place on the way back was also a great experience. Lunch was very, very good. Highly recommended.
Review by: Janet S, July 2016
This tour is very special especially if your a Christian. We visited the biblical sites in Ephesus. The ruins of Ephesus had the Great Theater where the apostle Paul preached of Jesus to the Gentiles. Our private guide, Bill was very knowledgeable of the history in Ephesus. I would definatley recommend this tour
Review by: dmgking, July 2016
I would recommend this tour to anyone! We had a delightful time with our guide Tolga Kosesglu. Within the allotted time he guided us through all points of the religious experience within Ephesus, a authentic Turkish lunch, and tour of rug making as art within Ephesus. He got us back 30 minutes prior to boarding time at our ship and we had walked through everything with expert information. We strongly recommend this service to those seeking a shore excursion in Ephesus. The cost was very reasonable compared to others received by other passengers on board our ship. We saw more and it was personalized.
Review by: Patricia S, June 2016
Loved this private tour! We had a van all to ourselves 7 of us, our own driver and a guide. Our guide Emri was wonderful - very friendly and informative. He made itinerary suggestions, but was willing to go wherever we choose. This was so much better than an overpriced cruise ship excursion with 50 other people!
Review by: Scott M, June 2016
Incredible your and guide. The best your onf all out shore trips. Our guide was 10 stars!
Review by: Andrea B, June 2016
Excellent way to see the area. We'd already been to Ephesus, so the driver and guide were more than happy to show us around the local area and other attractions. Highly to recommended if you have 1 day in the city and wish to see the sights of Kusadasi!!!!
Review by: Gary L, June 2016
Excellent tour - one of the best we've had. Our guide was knowledgeable and accommodating to our wishes. The lunch was wonderful and the tour of Ephesus spectacular. The car was luxurious in terms of tour vehicles and we thoroughly enjoyed the tour. We only wish all the rest of the tours were as good. I will definitely be booking my travel clients through your company._br/_ Donna Lovell
Review by: Curtis M, June 2016
Our tour guide, Levent, was so very knowledgeable about the history of the area. You could tell that he loved the history. We appreciated that he brought an umbrella and let us use it to shade from the sun. I recommend though if you go during the summer it may be nice to have your own personal umbrella. We never felt rushed and were able to spend as much time as we wanted. He was great at answering our questions and providing us with pieces of unique history. His English was very good. I also appreciated that they had a driver separate from the guide so that our guide could just focus on the tour with us.
Review by: eboard, May 2016
Our guide was fantastic and his depth of knowledge was amazing. He made it come to life for us.
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