the latrines give you a great idea how daily life was conducted back in the days of the Roman Empire. It was actually an ingenious system!

The thought that went into the engineering and construction is amazing. Not to mention one could engage in casual conversation with a latrine-mate while doing your business. Funny!

Not what i would call a highlight but it's certainly memorable! Yet another invention we have the Romans to thank for and in all honesty these toilets were in better condition than some places we visited in Turkey !!!

For some reason, everyone loves toilets!! In 1998, you could actually sit on them. Today, they are roped off. Make sure you see The Terrace Houses if you can handle steep, narrow steps.

This was quite remarkable...who gives any thought to what the Roman toilet facilities were like? I guess I would have expected a small "out-house" but this has marble seats!

very freeing and outside, without concerns about the other person, men,woman, children, very free in some ways

Tons of different stories explaining why the men of Ephesus used the toilets together. You have to go and ask about how the seats were made temperature comfortable, toilet paper?, and frogs. The answers can give you something to think about.

This is such an interesting place. This public bathroom was built during a reconstruction of Ephesus by the Emperor Constantine I during the first Century AD. There was a charge for admittance to the bathroom and this practice still alive in many parts of Europe and Asia. As you can see the there were no stalls or walls so the... More

We took the Simply Ephesus tour sponsored by NCL Cruise Line. Ephesus is awe-inspiring and sometimes crowded. On the day we were there, 4 cruise ships were in port, one (ours) at Izmir and three in the port closer to Ephesus. By the time our bus arrived at Ephesus, the ruins were already jammed. Our guide told us that there... More