Larnaca, on the south-east coast of Cyprus

Larnaca Salt Lake, south of the city, near the airport. In prehistoric times the central lake (known to locals as Aliki) was a natural port that facilitated important trade to the island. It serviced a sizeable late-Bronze Age town that stood near where the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque, on the horizon, is now. In 1050 BCE the town’s population abandoned the site and shortly after the waterway dried up, thus creating the salt lake.