Depart from your hotel in the morning to visit the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Then proceed to the Ancient City of Ephesus and enter through the Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of this Roman provincial capital. Your route takes you past the Odeum, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Great Theater. The Theater had seating for 25,000, was the site where St. Paul preached to the Ephesians, and is used today for a local spring festival. After lunch, we will drive to House of Virgin Mary, which the Vatican has recognized this small house in the Solmissos Mountains as the final resting place of the Virgin Mary. A small shrine dedicated to St. Mary was found when the ruins of the house were first discovered. Athe the end of the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel.