3 Food & Drink Experiences in Kusadasi Worth the Day

1.Private Ephesus Tour & Wine Tasting & Mediterrranean Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · 5 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $169Our pick

Explore Ephesus with a private guide such as Nesrin or Emre, then share a farm-style Turkish lunch and watch rug weaving before tasting regional wines. The five-to-six-hour tour includes private transport and port pickup on request. Ephesus admission costs €40 extra per person, with the Terrace Houses another €15.

“The private tour was memorable. Emre, the owner of the travel agency was the tour guide. He is flexible, punctual and very knowledgeable. It felt like chatting with an old friend. Emre shared about anything.”

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2.Kusadasi Shore Excursions Ephesus and Wine Tasting Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · 6 hours 20 minutes (approx.) · from $70Best value

From Kusadasi port, a guide takes you to Ephesus, Selcuk for a Turkish lunch and handicraft stops, then Şirince for a local wine tasting. The tour lasts about 6 hours 20 minutes and costs $70 per person, but Ephesus admission is extra. Guides named in past tours include Aydin and Mehmet Fatih; your guide may differ.

“Aydin was a professional, interesting & knowledge tour guide that provided a very full day in Ephesus/ Kusada hitting all the major sites and some stops at special unique lesser known places. He provided a delicious authentic lunch and a spotless new Mercedes van as our vehicle for the day.”

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3.Ephesus&Sirince Village Tour w/wine tasting+Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $91

Visit Ephesus and Sirince with a licensed local guide, traveling from Kusadasi in a fully air-conditioned minibus for a group of up to 12. You’ll see the ancient city’s library, temples and theatre, eat a Turkish lunch in Selcuk, and sample handmade fruit wines in Sirince. Guide Esra has been praised for adapting the day to her group, though your guide may differ.

“We had a fabulous tour today with our guide Esra. She was fantastic for many reasons. She adapted the tour to suit our specific needs. She had excellent. Information to share about all of the sites we saw. She was incredibly warm and engaging and made us feel so at ease. I have wanted to visit Ephesus for many years and I feel so blessed that I was able to visit this incredible site today with such a gifted and engaged it guide. To make things even better, Esra also took us to visit the village of Sirance which was terrific. We experienced the village and also were able to…”

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