How to reach Ephesus
From the cruise berth at Kuşadası, from Selçuk down the road, or from İzmir on a train that costs almost nothing.
İzmir or Kuşadası?
18 km against 80. Which one your ship calls at decides the whole day.
Shore excursions, compared
Three ways to do it, and what the expensive one actually buys.
From Kuşadası cruise port
25 minutes by road — and the arithmetic that decides how long you actually get.
From Selçuk
Three flat kilometres. Dolmuş, taxi, or walk it past the Artemision.
From İzmir
80 km. The suburban train to Selçuk is slow, cheap and genuinely fine.