Location:Simena and Kekova only be reached by waterway. Coming from Kaş with a motor boat,one enjoys a very beautiful Iandspace. On the way one passes numerous small island with evenly hollowed-out, sharp reefs. Almost all of the islands are rock-falls from which gravestones in blocks have been made and brought to other areas by sea. Coming from Demre or Üçağız one sees caves where seals have lived and if one drives along the Asarli island and the sunk city infront of the east beach of Kekova island, one arrives in Simena.
Theimissacan also be reached by land. After 32 km on the Demre-Kaş route there is a road junction which leads to Üçağız 30 km further one reashes Üçağız.
Simena(Kale):Considering theLykian inscriptions found in connectian with Aperlai and the existing silver coins from Aperlai,the settlement was established inthe 4th century B.C Nevertheless,the existence of Simena is only known through its association with Aperlai. In the quite well preserved medieval fort of the interior castle, one can see the houses, ruins of the buildingsand some Stone blocks of a temple which had already beendiscovered by travellers in the 19th century. The seven seat rows of thetheatre which were made of naturalrock, are the most interesting objects in Simena. This was thesmallest lykian theatre and affered enough space for 300 people. One will see traces of three periods further west of the theatre. Abovethe Lykian rock graves, there are even blocks of the Roman wall, and some what higher, there is a fort wall with firing slits from a laterperiod. The nekropole is located outside of the fort wall, east of the akropolis. A decayed bath house can stil be seen out in the country. According to inscriptions the people of Aperlai and the city administration, together with the members of the league of cities donated it to Emperor Titus(79 to 81). A sarcophagus which is the landmark of Simena, a sunken landing stage and port installations can be seen in the ocean.