".......After lunch we saw a Turkish rug making in action and no pressure sales demonstration. We saw several, well more than a few rugs available with complimentary beverage. About 30 minutes later we thanked the rep and complemented on the beautiful merchandise and then we were back on our way. ........" Read More
Customer: John Gray 
Date: Friday, September 28 2012 3:27 PM
"We had a wonderful tour with Tai Fun (spelling?). Even the rug factory was interesting since it was without pressure. I will recommend your company gladly." 
Carola Von Wrangel 01.Aug.2011
"The tour with Typhon was great. He was full of information that was amazing about the history of the area. The private group was a perfect size vs. large bus tours. Visit to the rug making factory was very intersesting as well. The Cliff houses are well worth the additional fee. Some in the group caused it to move slower than usual, but there is no control over that. Well worth the price!" Peter Levitz 01.Nov.2011
"I thought it was a wonderful tour and our guide was very knowledgeable and took us to a great lunch place, carpet store and leather store. They were so informative, and not pushy at all. It was a wonderful day and I would recommend your tour anytime, thank you,"
Linda Howell 14.May.2012

The Cultural Aspect of Our Tours   
Real Visitor Reviews about Turkish Carpets

  1. Please read our statement below and Please  do not hire us  if you do not approve what you read below!​  Because We can not expect from anyone to understand or appreciate this.
  2. As Our company,  as it is consisted of  certified tour guides, we feel extremely responsible of presenting and creating awareness about our source of pride, Turkish Carpets.
  3. Though last thing we want is to make our guests, (travelers) feel uncomfortable while they are with us.
  4. That's why On our tours Turkish Carpets can never be presented as pieces of commercialized merchandise by any person, and we give you our word for that!
  5. We proudly announce that travelers booking with us can go out and do their shopping spend their money in anywhere they want, we simply do not care cause I frankly do not have any monetary motivations or affiliations from or with any vendors.
  6. Because we lead archaeological interest, historical and cultural-oriented trips for real travelers. And we make our livings only from what I earn as tour guides and as  tour operators.
  7. The tours we lead always include in-depth infromation about Nomadic Turkish Culture and our pride Carpets as well as in-depth information about all Hellenistic, Greco-Roman, and Byzantine cultures.
  8. Because a cultural tour can not be considered as completed tour unless the traveler hears about Turkish Carpets from a responsible person. 
  9. And we try to give the best info about the cultural & historical background of Carpets and we proudly include informative and educative narrations during my visits to a demonstrative carpet weaving setting of the Semi-nomadic villagers. This takes 20 minutes maximum.
  10. Lastly, Not seeing Turkish Carpets while in Turkey and hearing a pure, non-commercial info about them is more like visiting Barcelona and avoid seeing  Gaudi's Masterpieces. 
"....He was very knowledgeable and pleasant. He also took us to a wonderful
rug school where we bought rugs. it was wonderful, much better than the
rug shops that other tourists went to. (We heard about other tours on our ship.)......" Read More
 ".......It was great and he and his family and friends were good hosts and guides.  
We bought a carpet from him as well. 
All our Turkish friends said that we got a good price.  We should have bought more...... " Read More  John Anderson,  USA, 01.08.2006,
".......On our return to Kusadasi, Oscar ensured that we knew how to get about the enormous bazaar area and back to the ship safely.
Thank you for making our shore excursion so exciting and thanks Oscar for that VERY interesting insight into carpet making!!
Hope to see you all again soon!"
Debbie Bader and Sherry Price 09.Sep.2011
"This was a wonderful tour! We were so impressed by the knowledge and detail of our guide. We really felt that we were able to get a sense of Turkish culture while exploring the ruins of Ephesus. We were even able to experience first hand Turkish rugs and spent a wonderful afternoon learning about the art of rug making and the tradition.
Thank you so much and we would recommend Kusadasi Tours to anyone visiting in the future!"
Julia and Matt
NYC, 13.Aug.2012