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Hello Hakan,
I have been meaning to write and let you know that the tour provided on Sept 14 was excellent in every way. I believe it was the highlight of our two week trip for my parents. I am still amazed that the guide and his assistant managed to maneuver my Mum, in her wheelchair, through the complete tour of Ephesus.

We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and will not hesitate to recommend your company.

Thank you very much

Hi Ayse,
We had an amazing tour. Our tour guide and driver were very knowledgable, professional and timely. Our fellow cruisers were quite jealous when we told them about our private experience at Ephesus.

We are very thrilled that we found you. We would like to come back and tour Instanbul and other parts of Turkey at some point. We will keep you and our guide in mind.

Regards Jennifer

Dears,
I must start by saying that we loved our time in Turkey. We contacted Hakan via internet and from that first email he made sure to plan a tour that would accommodate the interest of my wife, my 3 year old daughter and my brother. Tell him what your interest are ahead of time and he will present you with the options. We arrived on a cruise and he was right there waiting from us. Hakan was friendly and ready to accommodate all our needs and request. We put him to the test right away asking him about history, culture, religion, politics, ... Etc and he was knowledgable in all the topics. Ask him and talk to him and you will quickly feel like you are talking with a friend.

Ephesus is incredible and lines to get in are long at times but with Hakan you get the VIP treatment . We did not wait in line at all we walked by the line. The house of Virgin Mary visit was very special , but if you ask my 3 year old she had the most fun at a farm where he took us for lunch . She ran with the animals and that was just she needed after so much adult activity. Btw try the food at that farm. It was delicious . Good call Hakan! In the middle of the tour we asked him to take us to a local market. We wanted to experience the real Tourkish life and so he did. What an experience it was . When you go to the markets listen to his tips . In sum we had a great time and we really enjoy the tour . Hakan lists to our requests and molded the tour to our interests , even to the interests of a 3 year old. Needless to say that we highly recommend him . Even almost after a year of our visit to Ephesus we still keep in touch with him via facebook . That tells you how happy we were whith his service. Go see Ephesus it is breath taking.

Jose Arnaldo

Ayse,
I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the private tour. Our guide Ender and driver Husin made this a wonderful experience. I will recommend your service to anyone.

Thanks again !

Regards Barry holmes

Hakan,
Alan & I were definitely impressed with your services and, most especially, with the two BEST guides with whom we have ever had the pleasure of touring.

Hopefully, one day soon, we will be able to return to see and learn more about your beautiful country. When we returned, I immediately called my travel agent (who arranged this wonderful trip for us) and highly recommended you and your agency to her. If you ever need references, please feel free to have any of your customers contact me. Just tell them to put your name in the Subject Matter, just in case it goes into my "JUNK" mail.

Monica Polikoff

Dear Hakan,
Just a quick note to say how much we enjoyed the private tour arranged through your company. Our guide was excellent and the assistant for my wheelchair bound husband was fantastic. We will certainly visit Turkey again and will not hesitate to employ your services again.

Thank you so very much.

Sheryl Aikman

Good Morning,
We just wanted to follow up with you about our recent tour of Ephesus. I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed your tour. The guide you provided (I apologize I cannot remember her name!) was absolutely fantastic. She was extremely knowledgable and personable. It was a great day and a great service. I will be sure to recommend your company to other cruisers.

Thanks again,

Lydia and Tim

Dear,
We enjoyed you tour very much. It was also so very good of you to include our new tour mates. They were very happy with the van, the tour and our guide. I can't remember his name, I think Gokkhan??? He was so informative and very learned about Ephesus and your country. He was also ready to answer all of our questions.

Rest assured that if we are fortunate to travel to Turkey again, we will be calling on you. We will not hesitate to recommend your services to anyone going to your country.

Thank you again for the wonderful tour!

With fond memories Barbara,

Dears,
We took a tour with Hakan to visit Ephesus and Mary's house. We had a wonderful time! Hakan is friendly and knowledgeable. He hired a driver for our large group (11 of us, ages 9 to 80) and a plush, roomy van. He shared many great stories of Ephesus and made it "come to life." He even bought us some local peaches to try on our ride between Ephesus and Mary's house. The tour was fascinating and we would definitely contact Hakan again if traveling to the area. Highly recommend this tour!

Vancouver Vanette

Hello,
We are very pleased with your services. Our guide, Azer and our driver were very professional and polite. Azer was especially knowledgeable and very willing to share Turkish life and culture.

My husband and I are both members of travel advisors and cruise critic and will definitely recommend your tour company. We enjoyed our trip and the hospitality shown to us by our host and the rest of the Turkish people. We will welcome another opportunity to visit your country again.

Yours truly,

Sergey and Jocelyn Gantman

Hakan,
Our experience was phenomenal. We travel extensively and our guide was one of the most knowledgeable and well prepared guides we have had the pleasure to meet. Our small group leader on the Crystal Serenity, recommended that I contact you for a private tour for my husband and myself. I would happily recommend your company to friends who plan to visit Turkey especially because you responded to my e-mail so promptly and confirmed our plans at the same time. I have forwarded your company info along to the travel agent we use regularly as well.

Thank you all again for making our trip to Ephesus so memorable from the pick-up to the drop-off.

Best regards Maureen Weisner,

Sir,
When I planned my trip to Ephesus the only reference I had about it was about the roman empire and the virgin Mary's house but I didn't know it very well. But then Hakan and his tour took me to an incredible world I didn't know and we could see all the wonders of this place in just one day. The trip was magical and I got to know by him the other things Turkey has, which will definetely make me come back. Unforgetable!!!

Gustavo Lancia

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ayse,
We planned our visit to Ephesus from Manila in connection with our Eastern Mediterranean cruise on the CUNARD Queen Victoria sailing out of Venice, Italy with disembarkation in Athens, Greece 12 days after. Kusadasi, Turkey one of the ports of call, is the gateway to the ancient Roman ruins of Ephesus as well as the house of the Blessed Virgin Mary. HAKAN was recommended to us by a family friend who with her family recently visited Ephesus. I hesitated at first in as much as I was fearful of the Queen Victoria sailing away from our party of 8 in the event the non-CUNARD booked land tour operator in Kusadasi would for whatever reason be unable to return us to the ship on time. Hakan as it turned out was even more conscious of the need for him to return us back to the port on time which he of course did with some time to spare.

Hakan is a excellent tour master who knows well how to bring his guests around the ancient Roman ruins, the BVM's house with a side stop/s. HAKAN has the best MBZ mini vans which are clean and driven by expert drivers who also know their stuff.

We will definitely hire your tour again if ever we return to Kusadasi.