Khiva Decorative Architecture

Khiva is smaller than Bukhara or Samarkand, but its architecture and decoration are just as impressive, intricate, and exuberant. From our MIR tour brochure:

"It was for hundreds of years a stop on the old Silk Road and a fortress town, but it was not until the 16th century that Khiva became the capital of the Khorezm Khanate. The khanate ruled the surrounding area for over 300 years, and was a well-known slave-trading center. To- day, Khiva evokes a most remote and exotic feel with its compact old walled city full of minarets, a khan’s fort, cobbled alleys, mosques and tombs. "