Does Rick have any recommendations for a tour guide for this historic site and neighboring city?
For those who have been recently do you recommend staying near the airport or in the city for an overnight stay ?
We’re flying in from Athens in the late October and plan to spend 2 nights so we can spend a full day touring the site and city.
I appreciate any recommendations and advice.
Thanks
Laurie
There is no airport in Kusadasi, the closest big town, so I assume you're flying to Izmir? If so you're an hour's drive away from Ephesus. Staying in Selcuk would be more efficient time wise, especially if you want to get to Ephesus early in the morning. Kusadasi is the closest big city.
Here is a search result for similar questions asked in the past year: https://search.ricksteves.com/?button=&date_range=1y&filter=Travel+Forum&query=ephesus+tour+guide SRM Travel in Istanbul is the company RS uses for Turkey guides and they do offer private guide services.
Based on recommendations on this site and others, we have booked Ephesus Shuttle for our tour.
We just returned from a cruise and I used Rick Steves's recommendation of Mutlu Bulut for Ephesus tours. I can't recommend him enough. Mutlu spoke excellent English, was prompt in responding to my emails and suggested additional sites for us to visit. He planned a wonderful tour for us, including a great lunch spot. Mutlu has lived in the US and was very knowledgeable at every site we visited. He was even willing to buy entrance tickets prior since there were 3 cruise ships in town that day which maximized our tour time.
His contact information is [email protected].
Julie
