Directly east of today’s village of Ucagiz, this ancient town, in which nature and history complement each other, is one where the picturesque attains a beauty of which one can never get one’s fill. Just as we have no knowledge at all of Teimussa’s history, there is also no known coinage from the site. The existence of tombs bearing inscriptions in Lycian points to settlement prior to the fourth century B.C. Aside from an entry gate, a few simple foundations and some walls in the sea, all of the visible remains consist of tombs. Two rockcut tombs in the form of houses, their doors broken, can be seen in a spot near the store.

On the tomb at the right is the figure of a naked child; above the door is a Lycian inscription typical of the fourth century. Continuing directly east, one comes to a wide area covered with Lycian sarcophagi from the Roman period. It is interesting that inscriptions on some of them mention individuals from Cyaneae or Myra, and inscriptions have been found saying that people who desecrated the tombs would pay their fines to those cities. In all likelihood, Teimiussa was a small settlement tied administratively to these two cities. At the town’s eastern end one descends to a small quay via steps hewn from living rock. As a result of settling of the terrain, sone of Teimiussa’s ruins are now under water, a feature that gives the site added attraction.