The Kamares Aqueduct, also called the Bekir Pasha Aqueduct, stands on the road between Larnaca and the airport. Built in 1745 during Ottoman rule, it carried fresh water into Larnaca for nearly 200 years and was only decommissioned in 1939. The structure is still largely intact: 75 of its original arches survive, stretching across the flat ground south of the city in a long, elegant line.
The aqueduct is one of the few substantial Ottoman monuments in Cyprus outside Nicosia and Famagusta. It is not signposted particularly well but is visible from the road. A short walk along the base of the arches gives a sense of its scale — each arch is tall enough to walk under and the full structure extends several hundred metres. It makes a pleasant stop between the airport and the city centre.