Büyük Han

16th-century Ottoman caravanserai in the old town of Nicosia (Lefkoşa), with a courtyard of cafés and craft shops.

Two storeys of stone arcades around the courtyard of Büyük Han in North Nicosia, with bougainvillea and café umbrellas
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Büyük Han, the Great Inn, is a caravanserai built by the Ottomans in 1572, soon after they took Cyprus. It stands in the old town of Nicosia (Lefkoşa), close to the Selimiye Mosque.

Its two floors of rooms open onto a large courtyard with a small mosque in the middle. Today the rooms hold cafés and craft and souvenir shops, and the courtyard is a place to sit for a coffee.

Address: Büyük Khan,Nicosia,Cyprus, Lefkoşa 99010
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