Smart Turkey Tours

We had a great day with Ercument. It was so nice to get out of the port and see a little bit more of Turkey. Ephesus is an incredible place. Ercument was very accommodating and listened to what we wanted to do to make it fun for everyone.

We had a great day on our tour. Our guide Ender was wonderful. He speaks excellent English and was very knowledgeable about all of our sites visited. Also he was flexible in arranging our day to what interested us the most. He offered some great suggestions and gave us time for pictures at all the sites. We visited St John’s tomb, House of Mary and Ephesus. We also had a great lunch and a visit to a ceramics shop. We would highly recommend a tour with this company and specifically with Ender.

We went to many great spots and took a lot of pictures. The views were awesome. I loved my tour guide Mr. Ender, he was very friendly, helpful and informative. He took us to see some very pretty art, and we were able to see how it was made,

It was a private tour for me and my partner. Gonca was an excellent guide and made us feel so relaxed. She was super informative and made our day fun.

When I say perfect, I mean perfect. The communication, customer service, and overall experience were exceptional. Our host guide was incredible, providing us with all the information we wanted and even things we didn't know we needed. His knowledge left me in awe.

We had to customize our plans before and during the trip due to health issues with a couple in our group, and he handled everything with remarkable gentleness and care. Additionally, we arranged a last-minute water park visit for some group members, and they managed our challenging group without a single complaint. I am immensely grateful for this company and wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone.

We had a wonderful tour. We had a driver and a tour guide, Ender. They met us right off the ship. We received so much information about the sites. We had a good lunch. The private tour for 5 of us was a great value. I highly recommend this tour.

My family of 5 (myself, husband and our children 21, 19 and 16) all had a wonderful private tour on our port day in Kusadasi. Our guide Serdar was friendly, knowledgeable and engaging for our entire day. Our driver (I forget his name) was a great driver, keeping us on time and navigating the roads smoothly. Serdar was proactive, checked the internet and noted there was only a few people at the House of the Virgin Mary so he took us there first. We had no wait at this beautiful, peaceful place. Then we went to Ephesus where Serdar toured with us, explaining everything, finding shade (it was nearly 100°!) where he could. After he took us to the rug factory for a delicious traditional Turkish lunch. I am vegan and they brought out special dishes just for me. After lunch, we watched the rug weaving demonstration and saw the final results. The store obviously would like us to purchase a rug but we weren't pressured at all. Finally we visited the Temple of Artemis before Serdar brought us back to the port in plenty of time before we needed to board the cruise again. We had time to shop and get ice cream which was a great end to our day.

I definitely recommend this tour, especially with Serdar!

The scenery was beautiful we really liked the way the architechture was built it certainly was breathtaking. Also the guide was caring and helpful Library was great we loved the place through this travel almost every aspect of the Tour was excellent We really like to experience more stunning Tours.

The team of Mr. Metin & Miss Zerrin YALCIN was very cooperative and well planned giving good trip advisor well in advance. So that we enjoyed comfortably without any inconvenience during entire our trip. I would like to recommend Smart Turkey Tours.

Ok…. Seriously this tour was EPIC and worth every penny!! Gokhon was our tour guide and he did a fabulous job showing us around and sharing all the historical information with us!!! Somehow (miraculously) my little family was the only people signed up on our tour that day. It was a completely private experience!! I was in heaven!!! And so grateful they didn’t cancel sure to the lack of numbers!! We started exploring Selcuk… We visited St. John’s Bascilica and the Temple of Artemis, toured the remains of the ancient city of Ephesus, ate a delicious homemade lunch, learned all about the art of Turkish rug making and silk processing, and had a complete Hamam (Turkish Bath House) experience. Before returning to the ship, we adventured through the Kusadasi bazaar for a couple of hours.

Our day in Asia Minor was nothing short of perfect!! Thank you Gokhon!!! My first impression… Turkish people are so incredibly kind, hospitable and genuine!!! I can’t wait to come back again!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻