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Tabakhane, Nicosia — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Tabakhane is named for the tannery that stood outside Nicosia's walls by the Paphos Gate, a quarter of nine streets west of Ledra Street.
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Where to stay in Tabakhane
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Tabakhane is nine streets and no hotels. Germanou Patron Street runs the length of it from Rigenis Street to Alexander the Great Street with Arsinoe Street through the middle, and Ledra Street is a minute east, which is where the shops and the rooms of the walled city are. Stay on Ledra and walk in.
The Paphos Gate is the other way.
Things to do in and around Nicosia
Ranked by global recognition; descriptions from Wikidata (CC0).
Museums & Galleries
3- Cyprus Museum
- Leventio Museum
- Leventis Gallery
Churches & Religious Sites
3- Saint Sophia Cathedral
- Haydar Pasha Mosque
- Notre Dame de Tyre
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Liberty Monument
- Archbishop's Palace
- Juri Gagarin Statue in Nicosia Municipal Gardens
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About Tabakhane
What are the main landmarks in Tabakhane?
The Tabakhane Mesjid stands on Arsinoes Street near Pericles Street. The tanners kept two mosques, one at the tannery itself and one in the quarter where they lived, and this is the second of them. Its doors are shut.
What is the history of Tabakhane?
The tannery gave the quarter its name and then left it. It stood outside the Paphos Gate on what became the Municipal Gardens, tanning was a Muslim monopoly under Ottoman rule with its own guild and a seat on the district council, and the high commissioner ended that monopoly in 1879. The works moved to Köşklüçiftlik in 1886.
The boundaries were cut back in 1912.
Where is Tabakhane?
Tabakhane sits in the south of walled Nicosia, just west of Ledra Street and inside the Paphos Gate.
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Updated October 2026