KUSADASI & EPHESUS 2024: The 7 Best things to Do and Visit

We guide you through what to see, what to avoid, and how to plan for Kusadasi and Ephesus in Turkey. Now one of the top Cruise and vacation destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean, we help you how to plan and get the most out of it.

This is part 2 of our Eastern Mediterranean Guide. We'll cover:

If coming by cruise ship, where the port is, and how to get into town.
Guide to Ephesus and Unesco World Heritage Sites
The House of the Virgin Mary
Library of Celsus
Temple of Artemis
Kusadasi Town and carpet sellers!
The Fort
Excursions, day trips and itineraries.
Celebrity Infinity Greek Island Cruise
Celebrity Mediterranean Cruise

Most of the major cruise lines now serve Kusadasi and Ephesus including:

Celebrity Cruise lines
MSC
Princess Cruises
Holland America
Cunard
Royal Caribbean
Seabourn
Virgin Voyages
NCL Norwegian Cruise lines
Carnival
Cosa
P&O cruises
Aida
Celestyal
cruise news
crews tips

** several people have asked me about the Guide we used around Ephesus. His name is Umut, and he did a fantastic job. Here is his link, should you wish to book him:

Hi, welcome to Ritzy Travel Guide, my name is Bill, we are here bringing you our latest travel reviews from around the globe! We'll be travelling right around the world on cruise ships, all inclusive resorts, tropical destinations... and the deals of the day.

In this video :

00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Arriving in Port
02:53 - Walking around Kusadasi
06:32 - Ephesus
11.00 - Library of Celsus
12:53 - Turkish Lunch
13:22 - Temple of Artemis
13:52 - House of the Virgin Mary
15:39 - Kusadasi by Night
17:29 - Excursions from Kusadasi
17:45 - Boat excursions
18:08 - Turkish massage & Sauna
18:31 - Jeep Safari
18:57 - ATV Escapade
19:26 - Cruise series
19:49 - Small ship luxury Cruising
19:59 - Upcoming Cunard Queen Anne
20:20 - Virgin Voyages
20:34 - Scoreboard & Conclusion for Kusadasi
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Hi, my name is Bill! Together with my family we have lived in 5 countries around the world, and spend our life travelling, in both a professional and recreational capacity. The aim of this channel is to give an honest, practical viewpoint, showing exactly what we found, and what tips we may be able to offer. We do not sell vacations, and the objective is to give a fully independent, and real picture. We hope you enjoy the reviews we post. Please do feel free to comment and share. Thanks!

[meduseld]

Thank you for your respectful treatment of Ephesus and of the house of the Virgin Mary.

[betsybesa]

ive been to these places... i miss them so much

[familyfrost]

Cracking effort Bill, outstanding editing

[flydriveexplore]

Ephesus is amazing. We were there in March and it wasn't too busy. I imagine it being very different in the height of summer. Enjoyed the ancient toilet talk 🤣

[bbarickup]

Amazing place, thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see Ephesus this summer.

[NeoPhoneix]

This is no average holiday vlog. The CGI tour through old Ephesus is very awesome.

[cruiseforever]

As always, you did a fabulous job on this excursion.

[BatMan-iizn]

Nice to see a grown up Cruise channel, good video guys.

[caronbeesley]

Great video Bill. I know they take a lot of pre- and post-production, but would love to see more, more often!

[michellnav]

I so agree with your wife on being the best site to see on a 10 day cruise! Love it.

[abelledulla]

Looking forward more .. especially after watching your video…

[cezarjralamo]

The Bible is really true, especially in the Book of Acts, it' really incredible and amazing. I wish I could visit this place.

[Atouristforlife]

Brilliant video as always 🎉 Bill i mean this as a total compliment have you ever thought about doing voice audio for Audio Books you would be perfect for it, your speech is very clear and easy to listen too 🎉

[pauldolan]

Great video Bill. We are there in October, would you recommend the private tour and who did you use? Thanks

[joanne]

Wow - you’ve got to actually be there in person to get the feel of the enormity
MEN built all that. How many died doing so.

History is wonderful
Turkish people are very friendly
I worked for an 🇺🇸hydraulics company and their office based in Birmingham we dealt with the EU and Turkey companies needing hydraulics for their machines like JCB based in
Ismir and Bursa
I used to be sent lots of dried fruits
🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️👍 👍

[steveong]

Great video. How much was the excursion to House of Virgin Mary? Thanks

[nowakezoneforever]

Bill I am new to your channel and a new cruiser. I am enjoying your videos very much and have subscribed. Good luck with your work.

My wife and I want to do a Med cruise and I’ve seen Ephesus is on many itineraries so this video is very timely and well done.

Btw, your MSC video encouraged me to cancel a cruise with them that I had booked. That’s not for me.

[cynthialeonard]

Did you use and agency to book your private tour? Or someone like Viatour/Shoreexcursioners? Or through the cruise line?

[sumitchaudhuri]

Your guide looked Indian to me...
Correct me if I am wrong
Btw.... amazing video

[abelledulla]

Hello Bill, very informative content. We will be going to a Mediterranean Cruise in October with RCL… we saw at GET YOUR GUIDE private tour that it doesn’t include entry tickets . Could you give us an idea of how many places in this tour package needs an entry ticket and more or less with the tour that you did, how much was the total package for you and your wife? Thanks