Daily Ephesus & Sirince Village Tour from Denizli – Fruit Wine Tasting

Daily Ephesus & Sirince Village Tour from Denizli – Fruit Wine Tasting

This daily tour from Denizli takes you to the Roman city of Ephesus and the hillside wine village of Sirince in one guided day. Hotel pick-up in Denizli, return transport to Selcuk, an English-speaking guide, lunch and entrance fees are included, so you can enjoy the highlights of Ephesus without worrying about the long drive or the logistics. It suits travellers staying in Denizli or Pamukkale who want to add the west coast's most famous ancient site to their itinerary.

In Ephesus you walk in the footsteps of Roman citizens along Curetes Street, paved in marble and lined with monuments, past the well-known Roman Baths to the elegant facade of the Library of Celsus. The Grand Theatre, which once held around 25,000 spectators, invites you to sit on its stone seats and imagine the performances and gatherings of the past, and you also visit the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, while the Arcadian Way leads towards the long-vanished harbour. Lunch is taken at a small Turkish restaurant before the drive up to Sirince, a 19th-century village whose houses keep their original architecture and whose churches of St John the Baptist and St Dimitrios recall its Greek past.

Sirince is renowned across Turkey for its home-made fruit wines, crafted from blackberries, blueberries, melons, strawberries and more, and you have time to taste them, sip a Turkish coffee and learn how the wines are produced. On the way back to Denizli the tour stops at a carpet weaving centre or a leather production centre for those who like to shop. This day trip from Denizli is offered as a private daily excursion for couples, families and history enthusiasts.