Büyük Hamam or the Grand Turkish Bath was built on the ruins of a 14th century Lusignan church named St. George of the Latins. The entrance of that church was kept and bears similarities to the Porch of Bedesten. The building was converted into a bathhouse in 1571 when the Ottomans had arrived in Nicosia. It was one of the most frequented Turkish public baths and its services soon became very important as most of the Nicosia houses had no bathrooms.

It was a standard Turkish bath with hot, lukewarm and cold sections. It also had changing rooms and the reception was covered by a wooden roof on two pointed arches. It offered divans along its walls and an octagonal cistern in its centre. Next to the reception there are two smaller rooms with four recesses that lead to the vaulted caldarium, also equipped with recesses and a stone bench in the centre. The caldarium extends to two small side chambers. Light is provided by glass-covered holes in the bell-shaped cupola. The building is located two to three metres below road level because for thousands of years new houses were built on the ruins of old ones. Thus, the ground level increased, but the bath stayed at its original place.