A very beautiful atmospheric place. The mosque is located 5 km Southwest of Larnaca, you can reach it on foot in an hour (the road is good, wide, deserted, without intersections and descents/ascents), admiring the wonderful scenery of the Salt Lake along the way. Admission is free. It is open daily. Opening hours: 7:30-19:30 (June-August), 9:00-18:00 (April-May, September-October), 9:00-17:00 (November-March). The mosque is one of the most revered shrines in the Muslim world after Mecca, Medina and the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Erected in honor of a woman (which is rare in the Muslim world) Umm Haram, aunts of the Prophet Muhammad. According to legend, Allah appeared to Muhammad in a dream when he was visiting the house of Umm Haram. According to tradition, noble women accompanied their husbands and brothers on campaigns to raise morale and care for the wounded. During a battle in the vicinity of Larnaca, in 649, Umm Haram fell from her mule and fell to her death. She was buried in the same place, on the shore of the salt lake. Until the First World War, Turkish ships lowered flags and fired volleys as a sign of respect for the shrine. A mausoleum was built at the burial site in 1760, and a mosque was built in 1816. After the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the subsequent division of Cyprus, the mosque is not in operation, services are held only twice a year on the main holidays: Eid al-Adha (feast of sacrifice) and Eid al-Adha (feast of thanksgiving at the end of the Ramadan fast). Pilgrims come to the mosque these days.

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