Itchan Kala
The walled inner town is a UNESCO-listed open-air museum, packed with madrasahs, palaces and minarets you can explore entirely on foot.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Khiva
Enter the walls of Itchan Kala and step straight into the Silk Road — Khiva is the best-preserved historic city in Central Asia.
Itchan Kala
Kalta Minor
Tosh-Hovli Palace
Juma Mosque
Kalta Minor Minaret
The unfinished turquoise-tiled minaret is Khiva’s most photographed landmark, glowing brilliantly against the desert sky.
Tosh-Hovli Palace
A lavish 19th-century palace of carved wooden columns and dazzling tiled courtyards that reveal the wealth of the Khivan khans.