Kusadasi Ephesus, Turkey
Turkey
1539
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Atlas Ocean Voyages (3 Cruises)
Azamara Club Cruises (17 Cruises)
Azamara Journey
6 Cruises
Azamara Onward
10 Cruises
Celebrity Cruises (49 Cruises)
Celebrity Ascent
10 Cruises
| 3 May | 12 days | Round-trip from Civitavecchia-Rome, Italy |
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| 24 May | 12 days | Round-trip from Civitavecchia-Rome, Italy |
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| 5 July | 11 days | Round-trip Mediterranean Celebrity Ascent Civitavecchia Rome |
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2829$
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| 5 July | 12 days | Round-trip from Civitavecchia-Rome, Italy |
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Celebrity Infinity
30 Cruises
| 22 March | 11 days | Round-trip Eastern Mediterranean Celebrity Infinity Piraeus Athens |
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| 22 March | 11 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 3 May | 12 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 14 May | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 30 May | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 6 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 20 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 27 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 11 July | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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1816$
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| 18 July | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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Celestyal Cruises (270 Cruises)
Celestyal Discovery
179 Cruises
Celestyal Journey
91 Cruises
Crystal Cruises (3 Cruises)
Cunard (51 Cruises)
Queen Elizabeth
50 Cruises
Emerald Waterways (14 Cruises)
Emerald Azzurra
13 Cruises
| 5 August | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 26 August | 18 days | One-way from Dubrovnik to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 2 September | 11 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 30 September | 12 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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Explora Journeys (18 Cruises)
Explora II
14 Cruises
| 10 May | 15 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 10 May | 8 days | One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Istanbul |
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| 7 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 28 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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Holland America Line (59 Cruises)
ms Oosterdam
45 Cruises
ms Rotterdam
10 Cruises
ms Volendam
4 Cruises
MSC Cruises (191 Cruises)
MSC Divina
20 Cruises
| 21 June | 9 days | Round-trip from Marmaris, Turkey |
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| 24 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Naples, Italy |
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| 25 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Civitavecchia-Rome, Italy |
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MSC Fantasia
9 Cruises
MSC Seaview
75 Cruises
MSC Splendida
87 Cruises
| 27 April | 10 days | Round-trip from Istanbul, Turkey |
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| 30 April | 10 days | Round-trip from Bari, Italy |
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Norwegian Cruise Line (18 Cruises)
Norwegian Viva
16 Cruises
Oceania Cruises (68 Cruises)
Oceania Allura
20 Cruises
Oceania Aurelia
5 Cruises
Oceania Marina
11 Cruises
| 17 April | 21 days | One-way from Barcelona to Istanbul |
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| 17 April | 13 days | One-way from Barcelona to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 11 August | 11 days | One-way from Civitavecchia-Rome to Istanbul |
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| 22 August | 11 days | One-way from Istanbul to Trieste |
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Oceania Nautica
5 Cruises
Oceania Sirena
7 Cruises
| 15 May | 8 days | One-way from Istanbul to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 16 May | 9 days | One-way from Istanbul to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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Oceania Vista
18 Cruises
| 6 January | 244 days | One-way from Miami to New York |
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| 6 January | 180 days | One-way from Miami to Southampton |
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| 26 February | 130 days | One-way from Sydney to Southampton |
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| 26 February | 129 days | One-way from Sydney to Southampton |
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| 4 January | 97 days | One-way from Auckland to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 4 January | 96 days | One-way from Auckland to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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Ponant (2 Cruises)
Princess Cruises (311 Cruises)
Coral Princess
10 Cruises
| 14 February | 54 days | One-way from Sydney to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 14 February | 55 days | One-way from Sydney to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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Enchanted Princess
91 Cruises
Sky Princess
4 Cruises
Sun Princess
203 Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises (42 Cruises)
Seven Seas Explorer
4 Cruises
Seven Seas Grandeur
5 Cruises
Seven Seas Mariner
8 Cruises
| 29 April | 174 days | One-way from New York to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 29 April | 175 days | One-way from New York to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 30 July | 82 days | One-way from Southampton to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 30 July | 83 days | One-way from Southampton to Piraeus-Athens |
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Seven Seas Navigator
6 Cruises
Seven Seas Prestige
10 Cruises
| 29 July | 14 days | One-way from Trieste to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 29 July | 15 days | One-way from Trieste to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 5 August | 7 days | One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 5 August | 8 days | One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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Seven Seas Splendor
4 Cruises
Seven Seas Voyager
5 Cruises
Royal Caribbean Cruises (55 Cruises)
Explorer of the Seas
10 Cruises
| 5 July | 7 days | One-way from Civitavecchia-Rome to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 5 July | 8 days | One-way from Civitavecchia-Rome to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 23 August | 8 days | One-way from Barcelona to Piraeus-Athens |
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1280$
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| 30 August | 8 days | One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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1015$
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Odyssey of the Seas
25 Cruises
Rhapsody of the Seas
20 Cruises
| 4 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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1035$
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| 18 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 25 June | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 9 July | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 16 July | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 30 July | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 6 August | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 20 August | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 27 August | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 10 September | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 17 September | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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Seabourn Cruise Line (75 Cruises)
Seabourn Ovation
75 Cruises
| 30 April | 30 days | One-way from Genoa to Istanbul |
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| 30 April | 29 days | One-way from Genoa to Istanbul |
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Silversea Cruises (18 Cruises)
Silver Ray
5 Cruises
Silver Shadow
9 Cruises
| 16 May | 25 days | One-way from Villefranche-sur-Mer to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 28 May | 13 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 7 July | 9 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 15 July | 13 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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Star Clippers (6 Cruises)
Star Flyer
6 Cruises
Viking Ocean Cruises (196 Cruises)
Viking Jupiter
27 Cruises
| 26 April | 9 days | Round-trip 10 Night Greek Odyssey Cruise |
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| 26 April | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 12 August | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 12 August | 9 days | Round-trip 10 Night Greek Odyssey Cruise |
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| 19 September | 34 days | One-way from Lisbon to Istanbul |
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| 26 September | 27 days | One-way from Barcelona to Istanbul |
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| 27 April | 9 days | Round-trip 10 Night Greek Odyssey Cruise |
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| 27 April | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 23 July | 27 days | One-way from Barcelona to Istanbul |
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| 29 July | 21 days | One-way from Civitavecchia-Rome to Istanbul |
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Viking Mars
19 Cruises
Viking Neptune
46 Cruises
| 25 November | 20 days | One-way from Lisbon to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 25 November | 27 days | One-way from Lisbon to Istanbul |
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Viking Saturn
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| 5 March | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 5 March | 9 days | Round-trip 10 Night Greek Odyssey Cruise |
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| 30 October | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 30 October | 9 days | Round-trip 10 Night Greek Odyssey Cruise |
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| 7 January | 7 days | One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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| 7 January | 14 days | One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Barcelona |
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Viking Sea
9 Cruises
| 16 April | 10 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 16 April | 9 days | Round-trip 10 Night Greek Odyssey Cruise |
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Viking Sky
17 Cruises
Viking Star
12 Cruises
Viking Vela
33 Cruises
Virgin Voyages (16 Cruises)
Scarlet Lady
15 Cruises
| 4 July | 8 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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| 21 July | 12 days | Round-trip from Piraeus-Athens, Greece |
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Windstar Cruises (44 Cruises)
Star Legend
19 Cruises
| 3 May | 9 days | One-way from Istanbul to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 3 May | 17 days | One-way from Istanbul to Civitavecchia-Rome |
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Wind Surf
25 Cruises
Kuşadası Turkey | Ephesus Cruise Port & Aegean Coast Guide
Frequently Asked Questions
The landing is right in the town centre, five minutes' walk from the old quarter. Two long jetties sometimes take several ships at once. Not a minute is lost to transfers: the day begins at the gangway.
Barely twenty kilometres inland, or twenty-five minutes by road. That promise is what makes this call so valuable: the best-preserved ancient city in the eastern Mediterranean is within reach of a single morning.
Two to three hours on site to enjoy it without rushing, plus the drive each way. Walking those paved streets means crossing a city that is nearly intact, not a field of ruins: giving it less time would be a waste.
The marble way, the colonnades, the temples and the baths, then, at the bottom of Curetes Street, the facade of the Library of Celsus with its two storeys of carved columns, the most famous image in all of ancient Turkey. Further on, the great theatre cut into the hillside could hold tens of thousands of spectators.
Some excursions add the House of the Virgin Mary on the nearby heights, or the village of Selçuk with its storks nesting on the columns. These additions lengthen the day: check the total duration before booking, especially on a short call.
The bazaar, which begins literally across the street as you return to the quay, then the pedestrian causeway out to Güvercinada. The ideal shape of the day fits in one sentence: antiquity in the morning, the Aegean coast in the afternoon.
The fortified islet at the end of the bay, linked to the town by a pedestrian causeway, whose Ottoman fortress was built to repel pirates. It gave the town its name: Kuşadaşı means bird island.
Over a glass of offered tea, without hurrying. Starting prices are high, negotiation is expected, and nobody takes offence at a polite refusal: the exchange is part of the pleasure. Even buying nothing, the walk through is worth it for the energy of the place.
Good closed shoes, a hat and water. Ancient marble is slippery under a smooth sole, the site offers little continuous shade, and the marble way runs downhill. This is not a museum visit; it is two to three hours of walking in full sun.
The Turkish lira. Cards work in restaurants, shops and for site tickets, but keep cash for the bazaar and taxis. Turkish is spoken, with fluent English throughout the quayside area: it is one of the easiest calls in Turkey.
