Samandag, 25 km from Antakya, is a resort town with a pristine beach. For both beach and sightseeing opportunities Samandag is perfect.
St. Simon Monastery
It is in the center of Terk – i Dünya (World Forsake) Dervish Order on Vth century A. D. on the highest peak of Samandag. It is rumored that after taking the fundamental religious education in a monastery, Simon had closed himself in a cell outside the city, and after living in there, he had climbed to a mountain near to the city and chained himself to a rock there and he had begun to live within a circle that he had drawn around himself.
Natives had believe that the column he had perched on begun to rise, and it is said that height of the column is reached to 13 meters finally. Simon Monastery is being visited from every part of Christianity World.