St John’s Tomb is around four miles from Ephesus. If you’re not on a tour, the best way to get there is by taxi, which will cost about $15 round-trip from either Ephesus or Selçuk.

The tomb on the Ayasuluk Hill in Ephesus, Turkey, belonged to a gladiator from the third century named Euphrates but it was reused two centuries later as a “collective burial” for 12 men and ...