Priene, Miletus & Didyma Tour from Kusadasi – Temple of Apollo is a shared small-group day tour (full day) visiting Kusadasi, Selcuk and Ephesus. Prices start from €145 per person. Included: Hotel pick-up and drop-off (Kuşadası hotels), Air-conditioned transport and Professional English-speaking guide.
Known locally as the PMD tour, this Priene, Miletus and Didyma tour from Kusadasi visits three of the great cities of ancient Ionia in one relaxed day. The shared departure runs every Wednesday with an English-speaking guide, hotel pick-up in Kusadasi, lunch and entrance fees, at a fraction of the price of a private tour.
Priene, Miletus and Didyma once stood on the coast of the Latmian Gulf, which the Meander river slowly filled with silt until the harbours became farmland. Miletus produced the first Greek philosophers - Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes - and the city planner Hippodamus, whose grid layout you see in Priene. Didyma was not a city but the sanctuary of Apollo, linked to Miletus by a sacred way, and its oracle was consulted for centuries. Visiting all three together tells the full story of ancient Ionia.
Priene is about 40 minutes south of Kusadasi, Miletus a short drive further across the old Meander delta, and Didyma lies near the coast at Didim. The day combines hill-town ruins, a vast theatre and one of the largest temples of antiquity, with far fewer crowds than at Ephesus.
| Tour type | Shared small group · day tour |
|---|---|
| Duration | Full Day |
| Price | From €145 per person |
| Departures | Wed |
| Guide | English-speaking licensed guide |
| Stops | 6 |
| Entrance fees | Included |
| Booking | Instant request online, confirmation within 24 hours · TÜRSAB-licensed operator (A-5751) |
| Last updated | October 2026 |
Your full day programme — click to see every stop.
Priene, Miletus & Didyma ProgrammeYou are collected from your hotel in Kuşadası in the morning (pick-up from Kuşadası cruise port is possible on request). The first stop is Priene, an Ionian city laid out on terraces at the foot of Mount Mykale, famous for its grid-plan streets, the columns of the Temple of Athena, the well-preserved bouleuterion (council house) and the small theatre with its front-row marble seats. Your guide explains how the city moved twice as the Meander river silted up the coast.Next comes Miletus, the home of the philosopher Thales and once one of the greatest ports of the Greek world, where the huge theatre still dominates the plain and the Baths of Faustina recall the Roman era. After lunch at a local restaurant you continue to Didyma to see the Temple of Apollo, one of the largest temples of antiquity, with its towering columns, the oracle's inner court and the famous Medusa head. In the late afternoon you are driven back to your hotel in Kuşadası.
Kusadasi → Priene → Miletus → Didyma → Selcuk → Ephesus
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