Daily Ephesus & Sirince Village Tour from Cesme

Daily Ephesus & Sirince Village Tour from Cesme — Ancient Rome and Aegean Wine Country

Travel back two thousand years on this daily Ephesus and Sirince village tour from Cesme, a full-day private excursion that pairs one of the best-preserved classical cities in the Mediterranean with a charming hillside wine village. With hotel pickup in Çeşme and a professional English-speaking guide, this Ephesus day tour walks the marble streets of the ancient metropolis before climbing into the vineyards of Şirince to taste its celebrated fruit wines. It is the ideal daily excursion from Cesme for history lovers, culture seekers and anyone who wants to combine Roman ruins with a relaxed Aegean village afternoon.

Day Trip to Çeşme from the Greek Islands (Chios)

Holidaying on Chios? The Ephesus & Sirince Village Tour is an easy day trip from the Greek islands: take the morning ferry to Çeşme, join the tour, and sail back in the evening (from Chios the ferry takes 20 minutes). We meet you at the Çeşme ferry port with your private guide and vehicle and time the programme to the ferry schedule. For longer itineraries we check the ferry timetable first and confirm that the full programme fits your day. Please bring your passport and check the Turkish entry requirements for your nationality before travelling.

Tour Highlights

• Ancient City of Ephesus — the great Greco-Roman metropolis, once home to a quarter of a million people and a centre of the ancient world.
• Library of Celsus — the magnificent two-storey façade that is the icon of Ephesus, built in the 2nd century AD.
• Curetes Street, Temple of Hadrian and the Grand Theatre — a marble-paved avenue, an ornate temple and a 25,000-seat theatre carved into the hillside.
• Temple of Artemis — the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
• Şirince Village — a picturesque Greek-era hill village famous for its fruit wines, stone houses and historic churches of St John and St Dimitrios.

Walking the Marble Streets of Ephesus

Few places bring the ancient world to life like Ephesus. Once a thriving Roman port city and a major centre of early Christianity, its excavated streets let you stroll where emperors, philosophers and apostles once walked. Your guide leads you past the Temple of Hadrian and along Curetes Street, lined with columns, mosaics and the remains of grand houses, to the breathtaking Library of Celsus, whose soaring façade is one of the most photographed monuments in Turkey. You continue to the vast Grand Theatre, hewn into the slope of Mount Pion and once able to hold twenty-five thousand spectators, and visit the site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Fruit Wine and Village Life in Şirince

After a lunch break at a local restaurant, the tour climbs into the hills to Şirince, a former Greek village of whitewashed stone houses, cobbled lanes and terraced vineyards. Famous across Turkey for its homemade fruit wines — blackberry, blueberry, melon and strawberry among them — Şirince invites you to taste its vintages, browse handmade crafts and visit the historic Church of St John the Baptist and the Church of St Dimitrios. On the way back you may stop at a carpet-weaving or leather workshop to see traditional Turkish craftsmanship, before being transferred to your hotel in Çeşme. Rich in history, flavour and Aegean atmosphere, this Ephesus and Şirince day trip is a highlight for any visitor to the region.