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107-)Hello
Mehmet
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105-)Dear
Mehmet
104-)Hi
Mehmet,
103-)Hi
Mehmet,
102-)Mehmet,
101-)Dear
Mehmet:
100-)Dear
Mehmet:
99-)We
had a very enjoyable tour and would be happy to recommend your tour company to
anyone going on a cruise in your area. Thanks for your courtesy and providing us
with a very professional guide.
98-)Hi Mehmet,
97-)Hi Mehmet,
96-)Dear
Mehmet, 95-) Dear Mehmet, Thank you so much for the tour of Ephesus. We really enjoyed the commentary and the wonderful sights. I would recommend your private tours to anyone thinking of doing the ship excursions. The freedom of not having to wait for a large group of people and the personal service you provide make your tours so much more enjoyable than any ship excursion we could have taken.
Wendy Harding 94-) Samyeli Travel ,
This is Rex Thomas from Ohio , USA . We recently toured Ephesus on July 28 , 2008. There were 4 people in our party, and everyone had an incredible time. The tour was fantastic. Our guide was Orchun, and he did a great job in guiding us during the tour. He was very informative, relaying much information about the entire area. We would very much recommend this tour for anyone traveling to Ephesus. I will send a few pictures that we took during the tour, and you are welcome to use them in any way that you wish. Thank you for a wonderful time.
Rex Thomas 93-) Dear Sir Our tour of Ephesus was excellent. It was the best day of our two seek trip. Cengiz did a great job--he knows every detail about the ancient city and the history of the area. We were all amazed! Pleas thank him for us.
Larry Danek
92-) Dear Mehmet,
I just wanted
to write a quick note to let you know how much we enjoyed our shore excursion to
Ephesus Our guide, Gengus, was waiting at the dock and was informative,
considerate and entertaining throughout the entire tour. Not only did we see
Ephesus, we enjoyed the pottery tour, the leather fashion show and most of all,
watching the ladies hand-tie the rugs and gather silk from the
worm....fascinating!
Take care,
91-) Hello
Mehmet, 90-) Mehmet, Thank you very much for making our day in Turkey very special. Fell free to use our picture at taken at Ephesus.
Terry Koen
89-)
"We booked
our Ephesus tour with Samyeli Travel for our extended family of 11 people. They
delivered on everything they promised. The guide was waiting for us as we
disembarked from our ship. He was a great guide and very personable. Everyone
in our group loved him! He was very knowledgeable. He gave us an insight into
life in Turkey as well as the historica sites we visited. We traveled in a
clean and air conditional shuttle bus. Lunch was fabulous. I highly recommend
Samyeli Travel!" 88-) Mehmet – We had Ibrahim as our guide in Ephesus and he was excellent. He was a very knowledgeable, engaging speaker. He also did a good job managing the itinerary to avoid the crowds. I would highly recommend him to any potential clients. In fact, my entire family agreed that our Ephesus stop was one of the best and most pleasantly surprising of all the cities (Italy, Greece, Turkey) that we visited. I have not downloaded my pictures yet, but will try to send you a couple when I do.
Tim Butler
87-) Mehmet,
Thank you
again, Natalie 86-) Hi Mehmet. We had a wonderful private tour of the ancient city of Ephesus with Samyeli Travel. Our tour guide, Naciye (Nadia) Otar, was wonderful. She was so knowledgeable on not only Ephesus and ancient history, but on Turkey and the world today in general. Plus she was very personable and a joy to spend time with. All of us in our group (5 adults and 3 children) enjoyed our day with Samyeli Travel. Additionally, I would like to commend Mahmet at Samyeli Travel. He made booking very easy, was able to handle changes to the number of people in our tour with no problem, and he even handed out cool wipes at the end of our tour. I highly recommend Samyeli Travel for private tours in Kusadasi! Also, I've attached a couple of photos that you can use on your website if you like. Thanks for a great day,
Steve Hall 85-) Dear Mehmet.... I am pleased to let you know how much we enjoyed our Ephesus guide and excursion. We could not have had a more thorough and enjoyable visit otherwise. Our visit to Sirince was special and the people of this small village were extremely friendly and accommodating. I would recommend your agency to anyone wishing to visit the Greek Isles. I have also appreciated your website and all of the lovely pictures. Unfortunately, my camera gave up its last breath on our trip and I have very few pictures to display. However, I can clearly picture the lovely sights and remember the happy day we had on our tour.
Thank again.
84-)
Hello,
Jodi Fondell
83-) Dear
Mehmet and Phil,
82-)
Thank you for a wonderful excursion, and for exceeding my already high
expectations! We got a group together and booked with you instead of with the
cruise ship. Not only did we pay half as much (since the Cruise-line didn't
take a huge profit), we were able to see the sites at our own pace AND didn't
have to stick with the 50 Costa Cruise buses.
81-)
Greetings Mehmet,
I cannot tell you in few words how much we enjoyed the visit in Izmir/Ephesus. It could not have been andy more delightful than the visit hosted by Levent, such a nice young man. We felt like he took care of our tour just like we were his family. We were away from home for 23 days and we have told EVERYONE who asked that our favorite day was in Turkey on that tour. The day was perfect. And your country was delightful. Our cruise was not so special but we chose Costa primarily because of the itinerary to Izmir. I don't recommend Costa at all, but I recommend your tour service with no hesitation at all. The vehicle, the driver, and Levent's professional guide skills made it such a wonderful day. Please feel free to refer any potential customers to me for comments. I am passing your message on to my wife, she was just a pleased as I was and may have some additional comments. I'm guessing you want photos attached to an email and I will try to do that in another document. If there is another way, please advise me. Thank you again for the privilege of getting to know Levent and your country. We had a difficult day the day before Izmir, being pickpocketed in Athens. So we were down spirited when we arrived in Izmir. But your service made that day the best of our whole trip. With kind regards,
Norm Haddad 80-) I just wanted to let you know that we took the 12 day Old Mediterranean Boat Tour with Princess Cruise Lines last summer and we have told all of our friends and family that the most favorite stop was in Turkey. We were so pleased by the informative tour guide that you offered us and we would use your services once again if we were to go to Turkey in the future. We would highly recommend your travel agency to anyone else that visits Istanbul. We saw so much more than other people who took the Princess Boat Cruise package tours. Thank you once again for your tremendous guided tour that you provided to us last summer.
Lorne and
Carol Pierson 79-) Dear Friends at Samyeli Travel, My wife and I used your guide service for a private tour in Istanbul and the ancient city of Ephesus (Kusadasi) in August of 2007. Both of these tours exceeded our expectations. Our tour in Istanbul was conducted by G. Lale Kilic, the most attentive, knowledgeable and detailed guide we have ever had. She adjusted the tour to meet our desires as far as time to spend in the places we wanted to see. She kept merchants from raising their prices above what they should have been charging and saw to it that we had rest stops when I needed them. She even called ahead to the person who would be guiding us in Ephesus ,Naciye Otar, to alert her to our needs and desires. She arranged for cold beverages on an extremely hot day and helped me find some mementos which I wanted to bring home to our friends at our church. I had a life's dream of being able to see the Haggai Sophia and the Blue Mosque. Lale made this possible and very informative with many answers to my questions about each one. If we would ever be able to travel to Turkey again I would certainly hope that we could once again have Lale be our guide. We arrived at Ephesus on a very hot day. Naciye saw to it that we were not rushed and that we had plenty of cold water to drink. She, too, was very knowledgeable and arranged for us to have a delightful lunch in a local restaurant which had wonderful local food and atmosphere. My daughter and son in law especially enjoyed this part of the tour. My wife Dianne and my son in law Paul took many pictures which I treasure. We also enjoyed a tour of a ceramics factory and a carpet weaving factory and a very remote village where we saw a very ancient church. I will share with you that I had to have cancer surgery two weeks after returning home from this trip. I was actually in better shape to undergo the surgery after the trip than I would have been before the trip thanks to the special care Lale and Naciye took to make sure we traveled at an easy pace. I was also very impressed with the drivers they worked with - we had no white knuckle experiences like we had had on a large group bus tour in Athens. The air conditioning on our very comfortable vans made the traveling easy. I would be happy to try to answer any questions someone would have about our trip. Certainly Samyeli Travel will do everything they promise and more. (2007) Ephesus Tours 78-) Dear Mehmet: We have just returned from our cruise which included the Turkish ports of Kusadasi and Istanbul. I think our day in Istanbul was the best of our whole cruise.I had just awakened in the morning and opened my eyes to the sight of The Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace through our balcony door. Unforgettable! The success of our experiences in those ports was due, in no small part, to your excellent guides. We loved being able to move about quickly, not having to wait, as you do on official ship's excursions, for many people to board the bus. Also, we were able to make minor itinerary changes to suit our group. Your guides were pleasant and well informed. People on the ship told us they were pleasantly surprised by how nice Turkey is, but we had already heard many glowing reports from several friends who had travelled to Turkey and loved it. Keep up the good work! I will certainly recommend Samyeli travel to friends.
Cheers, Linda
Long.
77-)The
tour P3 Ephesus tour was terrific, we will be back to states in a few days and
when I catch up I will be happy to send further comments to you and to the other
websites. I thank you for your quick responses while I was looking to tour and
also your very concise information and follow-up after booking. If other
agencies were are this good it would make booking travel a breeze! I rate yours
as the best excursion that we had this trip. Thank you very much educational
experience that you provided with a very personable tour guide. 76-) Good morning, We arrived back in the US late last night. We were extremely impressed by the guide in Istanbul. She made good use of our time and gave us thorough information and background for all the sights and history of Istanbul. We could not have been more pleased with her service, she is excellent!!!! The young lady we had in Ephuses was very good also. She did everything we requested including trying to help me find a curling iron replacement for the one destroyed in Istanbul. She was very pleasant and informed and will only improve with experience.
Please thank
them both for us and we will recommend your service and guides at any
opportunity. I'm very glad I found your service on the internet. 75-) Dear Mehmet,
We were all so pleased with our private tour in Ephesus. Our guide, Emre, was excellent. His knowledge of the history of the area was great, and he was just so much fun and a pleasure to have with us. We wished he could have come with us to every port and been our guide. I would highly recommend your services to everyone thinking of going to Ephesus, and I would suggest that they ask for Emre by name, as he truly made our trip that much more enjoyable.
Thank you once again for making our trip the best it could be.
Gerard, family and friends.
Oct. 16, 2007
RCCL Spendour of the Seas
Ephesus Tours 74-) Dear Mehmet, The tour went well. As we exited the port we met with our guide immediately. She was very informative and attentive to any questions we had. I found the pace to be quick but I do understand that with so much to see time really moves fast. We could not believe it when it came to an end. Thank you so much! It would have been hard to do it on our own.
Esperanza 73-) Dear Mehmet, I could not have been any happier. We all had such a WONDERFUL day.....I'm still adjusting to the time difference since we arrived back home, but will be happy to follow up on the websites that you have forwarded to me. Our guide made the experience the best. He was so knowledgeable...had a genuine love for the history...and treated us so well. We enjoyed our unique lunch...and I can go on and on. I've been telling agents for the past two evenings (at trade shows) how wonderful our tour was. I'm going away for the weekend...but will definately post comments as you have requested. I hope to send other clients/friends etc. etc. to what is "home for you" and a "dream for us".
Thanks so much
again,
Debbie
Parrett
United Travel
Inc. Massachusetts USA
72-) Dear Mehmet, Many thanks for arranging a wonderful tour of the city of Istanbul for us on October 6. We had a fantastic day and our guide Lale was fantastic.
Thank you again,
Glenna Murray 71-) Dear Mehmet,
Thanks for a
great tour in Istanbul and Ephesus. You all are real pros and I would be glad
to recommend you to prospective clients.
70-) Dear
Sirs,
69-) Hi,
68-) Dear
Mehmet,
67-) Dear
Mehmet,
66-) Mehmet,
65-) Dear
Mehmet,
64-) Hi
Mehmet,
63-) Mehmet,
62-) Dear
Mehmet,
61-)
We did
enjoy our tour with you very much. I found out about you from
www.cruisecritic.com
and I was already planning on giving a good referral for you. We just arrived
home late last nite and have very good memories of our trip to
We have just returned home and I would like to thank you and in particular our guide(Ms Tulip) for bringing Ephesus to life. This is our second visit and the terrace houses were a dramatic addition this time.
We would be
pleased to recommend you to friends and colleagues in future. Kind regards,
Ian Walker
59-) Mehmet -
Thanks once again for a great tour. Jengis Cenk was a terrific guide who we
would highly recommend. I just posted a thread on cruisecritic and mentioned
your agency. Here is a photo of our family at the Library of Celsius. This was
really the highlight of our cruise. My brother Steve will be posting something
as well. Best of luck to you and your guides. 58-) Hi Mehmet,
57-) Hi Mehmet,
Thanks for
making our time in Turkey memorable.
Gail and Paul
Dziorny (in the party of Timothy Kartisek)
Royal Caribbean Cruises ''SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS'' July 24, 2007
Ephesus Tours 56-) Hi Mehmet,
We had a great
time on our Ephesus Tour, our guide was fantastic and we would both recommend
him to others and would request his services for other tours in Turkey. We also
requested to go to a good, traditional restaurant for lunch and it was perfect!
Thank you very much. I will send some photos at a later date. 55-) Mr. Dagdelen,
Thank you so much for 3 wonderful tours in Turkey. We were very pleased with Arzu (please pardon my spelling!) in Istanbul and Turu in Ephesus. Both were very knowledgeable and their English was excellent. We were also very grateful for your thorough and speedy responses to our questions via email. Your busses were large and comfortable. It was a pleasure working with Samyeli Travel, and I will recommend your company whenever I have the opportunity.
Becky
Obendorf
Celebrity Cruisess ''GALAXY'' July 8-9-10, 2007 54-) Hi Mehmet,
Our guide
service was terrific. He was knowledgeable, interesting, charming and
accommodating. All 6 of us could not have been more pleased. 53-) Hi Mehmet: We really enjoyed our tour of Ephesus and Kusadasi area with Yalchin. He was really great. I have attached a few photos for you. I will definitely recommend Samyeli Travel to anyone that I know will be going to Turkey.
Take Care,
Scott and
Robin Pugh - June 26, 2007 Royal
Caribbean ''SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS''
Ephesus Tours
52-) Dear
Mehmet,
51-) Hi
Mehmet, 50-) Hi Mehmet,
We enjoyed the
tour very much, and our guide and driver were both exceptional. Thanks.
49-) Dear
Mehmet, 48-) Mehmet, We are finally home in Florida and I wanted to write to you to tell you how much we liked our time in Kusadasi with your tour guide and driver. I am sorry that the cruise line misled you for our pick-up time. Fortunately, everything worked out for us and we had plenty of time to visit all areas. We are very thankful that we booked our trip to Ephesus, Virgin Mary House and Artemis Temple with you. Mr. Cenk Cenghis was, by far, the best tour guide that we had on our entire cruise. He was very friendly, professional and provided much information of the areas we visited. Also, our driver (I have forgetten his name) was very courteous and professional. All of the people I talked to on the Legend of the Seas that did an excursion on a bus, were disappointed with their tour. I told many people on the ship about our great tour with Samyeli Travel and I will also highly recommend you to all the people on Fodors. com, CruiseCritic.com, cruisemates.com, trip advisor.com and venere.com. Thank you, once again for a wonderful day in your country. When we return, we will certainly use Samyeli again and will request Mr. Cenghis. If I can be of any further help, please let me know.
A. (Alvis) Van
Taylor -
Royal Caribbean ''LEGEND OF THE SEAS''
May 22, 2007
47-) Mehmet,
46-) Hi
Mehmet,
45-) Joseph
and Dixie,
Thank you again. May 1, 2007 M/V Oceanic ll - Replace Sea Diamond Ephesus Tours
44-) James
McVey
43-) Joanne Hoefer Just a note to tell you how much we enjoyed the tour and to thank you for the "great guide" you gave us. I have posted good reviews for you on the cruise lists and hopefully they will bring you more business. thanks again for the professional job ( April 30, 3007 Emerald Princess ) Ephesus Tours
42-) John
Tchiang
41-) Bill &
Shelley Canada
40-) Brad
Barbour Kettering, OH
39-) Karen
Thomas,
38-) Thomas &
Nancy Schwab
I just wanted
to let you know how much we enjoyed our private Ephesus tour on November 5,
2006. This was a private custom tour for just the two of us that actually cost
less that a similar group tour offered by Princess Cruises. We were met by our
guide on the dock as soon as we disembarked from the Golden Princess. The car
was immaculate and spacious and we had a very good driver in addition to our
guide. Our guide spoke very good English and was very interesting and
informative about Ephesus, the Terrace Houses, Temple of Artemis, and the
Basilica of St. John. We found the Terrace Houses especially interesting and
are glad that we included them in our custom tour. We had a tasty buffet lunch
at a very nice restaurant that also had very clean restrooms.
37-) Marylin
Reed We absolutely loved our tour of Ephesus with "Nadia" on October 25th! She was delightful, and we truly enjoyed the day with her. She was very knowledgeable about Turkey & about Ephesus, and it made the Ephesus tour so interesting to have her guide us through it and explain things. She was a lot of fun, and we would highly recommend her to anyone considering one of your tours. The Ephesus tour was our favorite stop on the entire cruise. As soon as I get a chance, I will write a review on tripadvisor.com and recommend your company. Thank you for your excellent service. I will try to forward some pictures in the next few weeks. Sincerely. October 25, 2006 Ephesus Tours
36-) Nick
Nickerson We had a great tour of Ephesus with Or your guide. He was very informative and even spend extra time with us. His knowledge of Ephesus was amazing. We would highly recommend him to anyone who wanted to learn the history of Ephesus. Thanks... October 23, 2006 Ephesus Tours
35-) Patricia
Schmied We took 5 tours indipendently from our cruise. This was by for the best! Nadia was wanderfully informative and fun. Her language skills were wanderfull. We enjoyed her very much. This was the highlight of our cruise!. WANDERFUL! THANK YOU! October 12, 2006 Ephesus Tours
34-) James
Fulter
33-) John Fagg I want to comment Samyeli Travel for the very fine tour we had on Saturday October 7, 2006. I will recommend Samyeli Travel and I hope to do another tour with you someday. Our guide, Fusun, was delightful, knowledgeable, and very patient with our many questions. I believe the driver was Recep. He was also very good. We appreciate the quality of your service. Thank you, again. October 7, 2006 Ephesus Tours
32-) Linda
Brasseal We absolutely loved your service and Nadia was perfect for us! She was great at Ephesus and Artemis temple and also back in town. When I get a chance to come back and see more of Turkey, I will certainly call upon your services again. July 16, 2006 Ephesus Tours
31-) Lori
Seaton Thank you for your e-mail. Bill and I greatly enjoyed our tour of Ephesus, Temple of Artemis and The Virgin Mary House. Everything about it was perfect. Ibrahim and our driver were promptly waiting for us at the airport and it was a blessing to have comfortable, air-conditioned ransportation waiting for us. They were both very friendly and entertaining tour guides. Ibrahim was very knowledgeable about the history of the beautiful sites we visited and we felt as though we were getting inside information that other visitors were missing out on. They dropped us off at the front door of the hotel we stayed at in Kusadasi and recommended a restaurant for dinner. It was all a great experience and a highlight of our whole trip. Sunday July 23, 2006 Ephesus Tours
30-) Maureen
McCracken We had an incredible vacation last month that included 7 countries—and we look back on our time in Turkey as a highlight of the trip. We credit that to our guide Denis—who taught us more about the history of the area in one day then we would have learned in a semester at school. We were also made to feel incredibly welcome—and for that reason we look forward to returning to Turkey again in the future. Thank you for an amazing day to remember! We would highly reccomend Samyeli Travel to anyone visiting the area. Thank you for providing such a wonderful service! August 25, 2006 Ephesus Tours
29-) Vaveine
Teves Thank you for arranging our Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary and Temple of Artemis tour. All of us thoroughly enjoyed it. Our guide, Nadia, and driver, Necdet, were excellent. Nadia gave a wonderful tour. We learned a lot about Ephesus, and Turkey as well. Hopefully, we would be able to visit your country again someday. August 16, 2006 Ephesus Tours
28-) Michael
Myers We have now returned from our cruise and would like to thank you for an excellent tour of Ephesus. Gengis was a great guide and we will recommend your services to anyone we know making a similar trip. August 25, 2006 Ephesus Tours
27-) Robert
Eiseman
We (5 adults &
5 children) had a terrific guide (Hassan) and were amazed at the knowledge and
the desire to detail this knowledge by him. He truly was fun to be with, yet
maintained a sense of professionalism. He mentioned he had toured with school
groups and therefore was perfect for our mixed aged group.
26-) Kay Dixon I hope this email comes to you OK. All of us agree that the tours with Cengis and you were the best part of our cruise! Our tours with your company, 2 days in Istanbul and 1 day in Kusadasi, were the high-point of our cruise. Your customized service made it possible for the 18 members of our family group to enjoy touring together. Everything we saw was wonderful and we are excited to have you arrange a longer land tour to see a larger area. Thank you so much! July 6 and 7 in Istanbul, July 9 in Kusadasi
Best Wishes,
Kay Dixon
25-) Chuck
24-) Debbie
Broeckling
Our tour and
tour guide was outstanding. We had the most wonderful time. We especially
enjoyed going to Sirrence. It may have been the highlight of our trip. I can't
wait to enjoy the peach wine we bought there. 23-) Debra Tucker Hi Mehmet, We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. The guide was well informed and provided very good details. He made Ephesus come alive for us. It was one of the highlights of our cruise. The vehicle was in excellent condition and quite comfortable. Considering the personal nature and the big cost savings over the the cruise ship’s excursions we would highly recommend Samyeli Travel to anyone stopping in Kusadasi. They were a pleasure to work with and were very timely in their responses. June 09, 2006 Ephesus Tours
22-) Larry
Barker The trip was excellent. Tour guide was well informed and insured we enjoyed the experience. Thanks from all four of us. August 25, 2006 Ephesus Tours
21-) Fiona
MacLennan Thank you for a wonderful day at the sights . Ibraham was first class guide and most informative and we were very well looked after for the whole day. We were delighted with the service.Many thanks... September 17, 2006 Ephesus Tours
20-) Diana
Richmond Great email communication prior to service. We enjoyed ourselves very much in your country during our one day visit. May 09, 2006 Ephesus Tours
19-) Regina
Holt-Michael Thank you so very much for a wonderful experience. Our guide was perfect. I will recommend you to all my friends and family heading to Turkey. May 14, 2006 Ephesus Tours
18-) Teresa
Cox Our tour was fantastic - guide (I forget her name) was wonderful, very friendly and knowledgable. We were very pleased with your email responses, the meeting at the port, driver, van and guide. You do a great job. Keep it up!! I'll be in contact again should I happen to return to your lovely country. May 17, 2006 Ephesus Tours
17-) David
Christie
Our
private tour was excellent. Our guide Ebru was very
friendly and extremely knowledgeable. The highlight of our tour was the trip to
Sincere and the visit to the house of one of the local people.
Sharo was an excellent driver and we always felt
safe. I have included a couple of our pictures for you.
16-) Marc L.
Dash
15-) Mrs.
James
14-) Brad
Craven
13-) Bette
Davis
We were
surprised to have both a driver and a tour guide. They were both excellent and
were waiting for us as we left the ship. Sedat was so informative and since he
is an English teacher, of course he was very easy to understand. He was so
accommodating, letting us go at our pace and stop for pictures whenever we
wanted. The schedule was great, the car was very comfortable, and lunch was
delicious. I also want to thank you for being so good to deal with and so
prompt in answering my questions while I was planning the trip.
12-) Tom
Straker
11-) Shawn
10-) Mark &
Patrica
9-) Kathy
Morgan
8-) Sam and
Lisa
7-) George
Carter
6-) Klaus
Giess
5-) John
Michaels
4-) Susan
Sleeve
3-) George
Stevens
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Thomas
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