20 Jul 2023
If you love history, art, culture, and the ancient world I encourage you to purchase this amazing tour. Seyhan is the best tour guide in the world! He has infinite knowledge of Turkey’s history. Group tours are small, allowing for you to ask plenty of questions and transportation is extremely comfortable and air conditioned. I was thoroughly impressed by Seyhan’s professionalism, compassion and knowledge. He showed us all of the perfect places to take pictures, we were able to beat the crowds, and really was able to give us a peak at real Turkish culture including foods, beauty products, and pottery.
We were able to see the ancient city of Ephesus, the temple of Artemis, and the house of The Virgin Mary. I am so happy to have gotten the tour of ephesus with Seyhan, because he offered a wealth of knowledge about all of these attractions, much more than other tours and much more information than is available using the digital audio guides.
I find many tour guides will bring you to souviner shops with cheap items or encourage you to buy things at specific stores. Seyhan simply brought us to watch local pottery demonstrations and offered other demonstrations as well such as carpet and leather. In no way did I feel pressured to buy anything, however, I am grateful to have seen authentic Turkish art be made! In addition, lunch was included in our tour, it was a beautiful spread of authentic turkish food with options for everyone!
Most importantly, I felt extremely comfortable for the entirety of our trip, Seyhan was sure to find some shady spots to rest, help us not get ripped off, haggle when appropriate, and provided a lot of flexibility throughout our day so we didn’t feel rushed.
Overall, I learned a wealth of information thanks to Seyhan, and due to his hospitality I will certainly book with this agency again when I return to Turkey in the near future.
Please don’t look anywhere else, I fear you may be disappointed if you don’t book this trip because no one else looked as happy as us! In addition, Seyhan took some really lovely pictures of us at the attractions!