This tour option gives you the chance to tour:

-The main site of Ephesus

-The Terraced Houses in the main site of Ephesus

Ephesus is the best preserved ancient city in the Eastern Mediterranean and an open air museum that welcomes over millions of visitors every year. Terraced Houses are considered to be unique in the Roman world with the quality of their intricate frescoes and mosaics.

The following rates are "flat fee", including the guidance and transportation costs.

GUIDANCE:

*Half Day private guidance service : 90,00 USD per day

TRANSPORTATION: 

*Half Day Minivan with driver : 120 USD including VAT plus 15 USD parking fees = 1 to 6  people / per day

Half day Istanbul private tour cost: 225,00 USD (total for 6 pax max.) / 09:00am to 01:00pm or afternoon 01:00pm to 05:00pm

Any service which ends after 1:00 pm goes into a FULL DAY charge in terms of guide and transportation.

The above rates include:

INCLUSIONS
Complimentary water on board the van throughout the tour
Local transportation by a private chauffeur driven deluxe van with A/C
Services of professional English-speaking tour guide who licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and expert on Turkey's history and culture.
V.A.T

EXCLUSIONS
Any entrance fees to the sites and museums, lunches and/or dinners, alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, personal expenses and gratuity to guides & drivers.

To give you an idea about entrance fees:

Entrance fee for Ephesus: 15,00 USD per person

Entrance fee for Terraced Houses: 10,00 USD per person

Ephesus 
Ephesus is a must-to-see site that impresses each visitor that it welcomes. With a rich history over 9000 years, Ephesus passed through Neolithic period, the nearby mounds show that people lived in the area in 7000-6000 B.C. Hittites mentioned Ephesus in their cuneiform tablets, naming it as Apasas which means the city of honey bees. Later Ionian, Hellenic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Aydin and Ottoman periods came one after the other. Most of the ruins that we see today belong to the Roman period and are found in a wide area between Festival Hill (Mt. Pion) and Nightingale Hill (Mt. Koressos). Throughout its long history, the city had to change its location several times due to the silting up of the river Kaystros (Little Meander river) It would not be wrong to say that the city flourished due to water as it was by the sea and alluviums carried by the river made the land so fertile. On the other hand, it is also due to water that it declined as the harbor was gradually blocked by the silt and soil brought by Little Meander River. Today, visitors explore Ephesus III which used to be the fourth greatest city of the Roman Empire after Rome, Alexandria & Antioch. With a population over a quarter million people, it was one of the greatest political, economical and religious centers of the Romans. Ephesus also served as the capital city of the Roman Province of Asia Famous throughout history for its Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, this city was also the most important shrine of the Asia Minor. Main site of Ephesus houses two big agoras (one commercial and political) Gymnasiums, Odeon, Prytaneion, Fountains, Domitian Temple, Celsus Library, Grand Theater, Harbor Street etc... 

Roman Villas of Ephesus (Terraced Houses)
Private houses located on the slope of Nightingale Hill belonged to the rich Roman citizens. Since they are constructed on three artificial terraces, we also call these houses “Terraced Houses”. That’s what makes them so unique and special in Roman architecture. It is not customary to see Roman houses being built on such terraces. No other terraced houses serving rich citizens have been unearthed so far in any other ancient city with Roman history. The houses were firstly constructed in the Hellenistic period on top of an archaic cemetery but they were mainly inhabited in the Augustus period and throughout the 1st and 2nd centuries AD which can be considered as the peak period of Roman Empire.  The Terraced Houses that we visit today in Ephesus is composed of 7 dwelling units each of which have a peristyle courtyard. Each courtyard is lined with marble columns and used to serve as the center of the house and the source of daylight. The rooms always surround the courtyard. In the excavations, only a few windows have been excavated meaning the rooms were most probably very dim. The biggest dwelling unit in Terraced Houses II is over 900m2 which is 9600ft2 and holds a very big dining/reception hall where you can see over 15 different sorts of marble being used on wall and floor decorations. The houses were richly adorned and decorated with frescoes and mosaics depicting scenes from mythology, showing the power and strength of the house owner in the society. We know that some dwelling units even had private bath and toilets in the homes and they used central heating system to heat their houses. The restoration work is still continuing in these houses which provide us with detailed information and clues as to the daily lives of the rich and noble citizens that once lived in this gorgeous city. One important info to underline is that visiting these homes requires climbing a lot of stairs, therefore not convenient for people with physical disabilities or walking problems. 

You would be met at the pier with a sign bearing your name on it. You would have your private A/C vehicle and your private professional guide at your disposal from the time your tour starts till the time it ends.

The visit of the main site of Ephesus requires a downhill walk of roughly 1 mile ( 1.6 k.m.). Comfortable walking shoes are recommended as you will be walking for quite a while on marble.

The duration of this tour is approximately 3,5 hours. You would also have free time for lunch if requested.

Terrace Houses (Roman villas of Ephesus) are located within the ancient city of Ephesus. Seeing these houses of the wealthy/noble Ephesians would bring a supplementary fee as the entrance fee for Terraced Houses is not included in the entrance fee of Ephesus itself. It would cost 10,00 USD per person extra for the entrance fee.  

As mentioned before, visiting Terraced Houses would not be recommended for people with physical disabilities or walking problems as it requires climbing and going down a lot of stairs.