 Urgench is a crossroads when traveling towards Khiva. Beyond this asset, the city has no particular appeal.

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Assalomu alaykum! Welcome to Uzbekistan, an epicentre for many civilisations, a place steeped in world history and tradition, and home to rare, untainted landscapes. Once a witness to the grandeur and decadence of the Mongol and Persian Empires and a privileged step of the Silk Road, Uzbekistan still has countless treasures from its multicultural past. From the Bukhara Madrasas to the gems of Timurid architecture, we come to the Khanate of Khiva in the heart of the desert, which seems almost timeless . You can feel the weight of history pervading the whole area. The country also offers great excursions, on foot and by camel, and the opportunity to discover wildlife which, despite the drought, remains as varied as it is exotic. During walks in the steppes and mountains, you will have the opportunity to observe gazelles, scorpions, lynx, mountain sheep and even snow leopards in their natural habitats.

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Urgench

Khiva is a small, fortified town located in the middle of the Uzbek desert. The town is an open-air museum with an enormous number of Islamic religious monuments that are open to visitors.

Khiva

 Bukhara is considered to be the holiest city in Central Asia. It's a key stop on a  trip to Uzbekistan between mosques, madrassas (Islamic schools), and even mausoleums that have been here for thousands of years. 

Bukhara

Tashkent is a nice city to visit - Uzbekistan has some economic development here, far from the traditions of the East and very touristy cities of the West.

Tashkent

Like the rest of the Ferghana Valley, Kokand is not a town that attracts a lot of tourists; nonetheless, a day spent there can be full of pleasant surprises.

Kokand

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Kokand is an ordinary town, but for all that, I had a really lovely day there. There are attractive mosques, a few old madrassas, and above all, lots of warm and welcoming people. I had the opportunity to visit the Mir Mosque at 1 p.m., right in the middle of prayers. When the prayers had stopped, I was very invited to return inside, and we quickly struck up a conversation. I then headed toward the Dakhma i Shokon Cemetery. After a few missteps around the oddly laid out tombstones, I ended up at the Modari Khan Mausoleum. There, in the shade of a tree, a group of men and women invited me to drink tea with them, offering to watch my bag while I went for a walk, and then gave me an explanation of local history - at least as far as I could understand. And yes, before any trip to Central Asia, it makes sense to learn Russian, even just a little!

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