The Teos terebinth was not protected for being old or large — it is neither. At 50 to 55 years, four metres tall, 0.50 metres across and 1.55 metres in girth, it is the smallest and youngest tree in the directorate's monument register. What earned it the status, in the directorate's words, is the distinctive form of its root and trunk and the way it belongs to the historic area it stands in.
The 1.5 decares around it in Seferihisar district of İzmir were declared a natural monument in 1994.
Capacity is one visitor and one vehicle.
- Designated
- 9.11.1994
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 07:00 - 21:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across İzmir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.9 °C in January to 28 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (146 mm) and lightest in July (4 mm). Long-term means for 1938-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
