Khiva

  Khiva is an ancient oasis and the museum city situated not far from Kyzylkum desert. There are a number of legends explaining the origin of the city, one of which tells us about the old man starving from the thirst, who walked across the boundless desert.From the desperation he stroke the ground with his staff , later around which Khiva was born. The monuments of Khiva are like a box of  ancient jewellery,, which keeps the unsolved mysteries of the past. Ak-mosque, Tash-hauli Palace, Djuma mosque, a small building of Kalta-Minar, Pakhlanav Makhmud mausoleum and Bagbanly mosque is just a small part of the monuments. There are a big number of madrassahs in Khiva: Allakuli-khan, Amir-Tura, Khurdjum maddrassahs, education institutions of Arab-khan, Mukhammad-Amin-inak, Kutlug-Murad-inak, Abdulla-khan, Matniyaz-Divan-begi, Mukhammad Rakhim-khan and Shergazi-khan. The excursion along Khiva will not go without the visit to the residence of Khans – Kunya-arc, Mizdakhan complex and Anush-khan bathhouses.