Kuşadası Cruise Port (Ege Port) → Ephesus Ancient City (Lower Gate car park) Transfer

The Kusadasi Cruise Port to Ephesus private transfer works with a name sign meeting at the terminal exit: your driver waits at the passenger exit of the terminal with your name on a board, and the pickup point is the port square in front of the terminal because vehicles cannot enter the port security area. When you book a cruise port pickup, you write the ship name and the arrival time at the port in the reservation form instead of a flight number, and the driver plans the meeting according to the ship's schedule.

On the way to Ephesus, the driver takes you to the gate that suits your route. Many visitors enter through the Upper Gate and exit through the Lower Gate so the walk is downhill, and the driver can drop you at the Upper Gate and wait at the Lower Gate car park, where there are large parking areas, cafes and toilets. If you book a shore excursion, the driver waits during your visit, the waiting and return are added to the reservation as a round trip leg, and you are back at Kusadasi Cruise Port at least 1 hour before the ship departs.

The distance from Kusadasi Cruise Port (Ege Port) to Ephesus Ancient City is 17.7 km and the drive takes about 26 minutes, so a one way private transfer starts at 40 EUR per vehicle. The port sits right next to Kusadasi city centre, about a 5 minute walk from the terminal exit to the bazaar and the seafront, and about 90 km south of Izmir, which makes it the main gateway for cruise passengers heading to Ephesus.

The road is usually calm in the morning, when most ships dock, but it can be busier in the afternoon as day trippers and tour coaches move between Selcuk and Kusadasi. Cruise season at Turkish ports runs from April to November, ships generally dock in the morning and leave in the evening, and in Istanbul some ships stay overnight, so the exact times are written in the ship's programme. For a typical Ephesus shore excursion of 4 to 5 hours, the plan is 25 minutes of driving each way, 2 to 2.5 hours inside the ancient city, and optional stops such as the House of Virgin Mary, 7 km from Ephesus, or the Ephesus Museum in Selcuk centre.

The fixed Ephesus transfer price of 40 EUR per vehicle includes motorway and toll fees, luggage and the driver's waiting time, and it is charged per vehicle, not per person. The base class vehicle is a 6 seat Mercedes Vito, and the price is confirmed before you travel, so traffic or a delayed ship do not change it.

The driver follows your ship's arrival time, and if the ship is late the meeting time shifts automatically at no extra cost; for airport pickups, 60 minutes of waiting after landing is free. Payment can be made online by card in advance or in cash to the driver in EUR, USD, GBP or TL, cancellations are free up to 24 hours before the transfer, a 20 percent night rate applies to pickups between 22:00 and 06:00, and round trip reservations get a 5 percent discount. Baby seats are free on request, drivers speak English, and GET4S is a TURSAB licensed travel agency, document number 14225.

Ephesus Ancient City is in Selcuk, about 19 km and 25 minutes from Kusadasi port, and it has two gates: the Lower Gate in the north on the Selcuk to Kusadasi road side, with a large car park, cafes and toilets, and the Upper Gate in the south, the Magnesia Gate. In 2026 the site is open from 08:30 to 20:00 between 1 May and 1 October, with the ticket office closing at 19:00, and from 08:00 to 18:00 between 1 October and 1 April, with the ticket office closing at 17:30; foreign visitor entry is 40 EUR and the Terrace Houses need a separate ticket.

A private transfer is the most direct option from Kusadasi Cruise Port, because public transport means a dolmus or bus to Selcuk and then a walk or taxi to a gate, and a metered taxi cannot match a fixed per vehicle price with waiting included. You can also add the House of Virgin Mary, 7 km from Ephesus, or the Ephesus Museum in Selcuk centre to a shore excursion, and the driver waits while you visit and returns you to the port at least 1 hour before the ship leaves.