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House of Virgin Mary Tour Ancient Ephesus
TOUR DETAILS:
Duration: Approximately
4 hours. Daily
departures. Private tour
is available.
Available: All Year
around.
Departure:
Transportation tfrom and
to Kusadasi Port or
zmir 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.
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
ruin
s 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.
Ephesus Map
Ephesus Pictures
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