Ephesus & Şirince Village Tour from Pamukkale — Private Day Tour

Ephesus & Şirince Village Tour from Pamukkale — Ancient Ruins & Wine Tasting

Swap the travertines for the marble streets of antiquity on this full-day Ephesus and Şirince tour from Pamukkale, a private day trip to one of the best-preserved ancient cities in the world followed by wine tasting in a charming Aegean village. With a professional guide and comfortable transport, you explore the Library of Celsus, the Grand Theatre and the Temple of Artemis before sampling local fruit wines and sand-brewed Turkish coffee in Şirince.

Highlights of the Ephesus & Şirince Day Trip

• Celsus Library — the magnificent façade of the third-largest library of the ancient world.
• Grand Theatre of Ephesus — a Roman theatre seating 25,000 spectators.
• Agora, Odeon, Domitian's Temple, Trajan's Fountain & Roman Baths — the civic heart of ancient Ephesus.
• Temple of Artemis — one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
• Şirince Village — authentic wine tasting, Turkish coffee cooked on sand and local handicrafts.

After a morning pick-up in Pamukkale you enjoy a scenic drive to Selçuk and the ancient city of Ephesus, founded as an Ionian city and later the capital of Roman Asia Minor. Walking its marble streets you see the Agora, the Odeon, Domitian's Temple, Trajan's Fountain and the Roman Baths, the superb façade of the Celsus Library and the vast Grand Theatre, which once held twenty-five thousand spectators. Ephesus was visited by Saint Paul and Saint John and is counted among the Seven Churches of Revelation. Nearby stands the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

After free time for lunch you visit a carpet-weaving centre to see traditional Turkish craftsmanship and, optionally, a leather shop, before the day's final stop at the hillside village of Şirince. Famous for its fruit wines, you can taste the local vintages, sip Turkish coffee brewed on hot sand and browse handicrafts and artisan products among the village's white houses, before transferring back to your hotel in Pamukkale.