Simena

The village of Kalekoy(Simena) was established on top of the ancient city of Simena. Here, ancient history and modem day life are intertwined. From inscriptions that have been found, we know that the history of ancient city of Simena goes back to the 4th cen1 B.C. If we go ashore via the jetty next to, sarcophagus on the seashore and climb up the behind the houses, we reach the castle of Simena This castle was used during the Middle Ages. High up, just below the castle wall, stood a stoa attache, a temple; remains of both buildings were notice former times, but all that is seen now are a few blc built into a late wall and a fragment of an inscrip bearing the name of Callippus.

Inside the castle is a charming little the entirely rock-cut; it has only seven rows of seats measures a mere 16 meters in diameter. It car have held much over 300 people, a fair indicatiol the very modest size of the city. This is the simena: theater to be found throughout Lycia. There are I tombs scattered about west of the theater. Above rock tombs is a Roman wall built of dressed stone located on the wall are late-period embrasures, 1 giving one a simultaneous glimpse of three peril On the shore are the ruins of public baths wt inscription is still legible.