PRIVATE TOURS · İZMİR CRUISE PORT
Compare private tours planned for cruise guests starting from İzmir Cruise Port. Visit the highlights of Ephesus, include the Terrace Houses, choose a gentler museum and wine experience, explore Şirince, or consider Pamukkale when your port schedule allows. Every itinerary is checked against your docking and all-aboard times before booking.
Operated by Karaefe Tours, a licensed Turkish travel agency, TÜRSAB 17017.
Each option starts and ends at the cruise pier and is planned around the road journey to Selçuk and back.
Run by our own licensed guides and drivers, for your booking party alone, with a maximum of 14 guests.
About 6 hours
Six private hours from Izmir Cruise Port focused on the Ephesus site, with optional Terrace Houses.
Best for: Private, your party only, maximum 14
Price and availability are confirmed in writing.
View Tour Details — Ephesus Highlights: Private Tour from Izmir PortAbout 6–8 hours
A private full Ephesus day for Izmir calls: the hilltop house, the city, St John and the Artemision.
Best for: Private, your party only, maximum 14
Price and availability are confirmed in writing.
View Tour Details — Private Full-Day Ephesus Tour from Izmir PortAbout 6–7 hours
Museum galleries in Selcuk, then a vineyard cellar and a seated tasting menu. Much less walking than a ruins day.
Best for: A private itinerary planned for your party.
Price and availability are confirmed in writing.
View Tour Details — Gentle-Paced Ephesus Museum & LA Mahzen Wine ExperienceAbout 5–6 hours
Stone lanes, an Orthodox-era church and a village lunch in the hills above Selcuk. The gentlest of our shared shore days.
Best for: A private itinerary planned for your party.
Price and availability are confirmed in writing.
View Tour Details — Sirince Village Cultural HeritageAbout 12–13 hours
The travertine terraces and the ancient city of Hierapolis, on a private inland day from either cruise port. The longest drive we operate.
Best for: A private itinerary planned for your party.
Price and availability are confirmed in writing.
View Tour Details — Pamukkale & Hierapolisİzmir Cruise Port is considerably farther from Selçuk than Kuşadası is, and the road journey happens twice. That travel time is planned into the timetable rather than deducted from the site visit, which is why İzmir itineraries need a longer port window than the equivalent Kuşadası tour.
If your call is short, the focused Ephesus itinerary is the honest choice. Pamukkale is only realistic on a long call, and our reservations team will say so plainly rather than sell a day that cannot be delivered safely.
Every İzmir itinerary starts and ends at İzmir Cruise Port. No hotel or airport pickup.
Each card states the shortest confirmed docking-to-all-aboard window in which that itinerary can be planned.
Your final timings are confirmed in writing against your ship’s schedule before anything is booked.
Tell us your ship schedule, interests and preferred pace. We will suggest a private itinerary that fits your available time ashore.
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If your cruise ship does not dock at the confirmed port, your tour or activity payment will be refunded in full. Other cancellation terms are confirmed in writing before booking.
İzmir Cruise Port is significantly farther from Selçuk than Kuşadası, and the road journey happens in both directions. That travel time is planned into the timetable, so each İzmir itineraries needs a longer confirmed port window than the equivalent tour from Kuşadası.
Compare the minimum port window listed for each option. A short call suits the focused Ephesus itinerary; a longer one allows the full Ephesus day, the museum and vineyard experience or Şirince. Pamukkale needs the longest window of all.
Only on a long call. The itinerary is planned at about 11 to 12 hours from İzmir and needs a confirmed port window of at least 13 hours. If your window is shorter, we will tell you plainly rather than compress the drive.
Every İzmir itinerary starts and ends at İzmir Cruise Port. We do not offer hotel or airport pickup on these products.
The private vehicle, the licensed guide and the port transfers are included. Entrance tickets and meals are optional, excluded by default, and can be pre-arranged on request.
If your cruise ship does not dock at the confirmed port, your tour payment is refunded in full. Other cancellation terms are confirmed in writing before booking.
