16:00 · Where we actually live
The places, by the people of the places
Guidebooks visit; we stay. These are our long-form local guides to the great sites and the towns around them — kept honest, kept current, and free.
The three towns
Selçuk
The town at the gate — basilica, Seljuk mosque, storks, Saturday market.
Şirince
Stone lanes, homemade fruit wine and lunches that refuse to be hurried.
Kuşadası
Our home port: castle island, caravanserai, and the national-park coves.
The long reads
Walking Ephesus, gate to harbour
Eight stops, three to four hours, downhill — the walk our guides actually lead.
Meryem Ana Evi, the Virgin Mary’s house
How a bedridden German nun’s vision led to a chapel on a Turkish hillside.
Lunch: the traditional Turkish table
Mezes, gözleme off the griddle, Aegean olive oil — and why we give it ninety minutes.
Ephesus weather & what to wear
A live fifteen-day forecast for the site, with clothing advice for the day you’re coming.
How to hire an Ephesus tour guide
Costs, licences and the questions worth asking — written by the people you’d be hiring.
21:00 · ONE MESSAGE, ONE PLAN
Tell us your date.
We’ll tell you the plan.
A licensed local guide replies personally — usually the same day, from info@ephesusbylocals.com.
TÜRSAB licence 15746 · Nothing paid in advance · Skip-the-line tickets held for you