MINES OF CYPRUS
LATCHI MINE Mineral Magnesite Directions From Latchi, turn right at the road junction signposted to Baths of Aphrodite. Pass the Plaka Hotel on your right and shortly after this follow a track leading up to your left. A few yards up here look for an entrance on your left usually obscured by vegetation. Visited 2002 Remains A short modern mined level leads into the side of two shafts open to surface. These are about 15ft across and a total of 20ft deep with rubble at the bottom. The shafts look old in origin, although the access level is modern. It is possible that the shafts were originally sunk for the mineral and then used during the Greek-Turkish conflict as an observation post.