Reserve museum Ichan-Kala
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October 10, 2024
Great
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May 16, 2024
Xorosho
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March 17, 2024
Nice place
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July 27, 2023
Very good
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December 17, 2024
Ichan-Kala is the heart of Khiva and an open—air museum
Ichan-Kala is a unique historical complex located in the center of Khiva and surrounded by powerful fortress walls. This "city within a city" became the first object of Uzbekistan included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Narrow streets, minarets and madrasas take visitors back several centuries, allowing them to feel the spirit of the Medieval East. 🏰
One of the main attractions of Ichan-Kala is the Kalta Minor minaret, known for its unusual shape and bright turquoise cladding. It is also worth visiting the Tash-Khauli Palace, where fine wood carvings and exquisite wall paintings amaze the eye. No less impressive will be a walk through the Kunya Ark fortress, the former residence of the Khiva khans, which offers panoramic views of the entire Ichan-Kala. 🕌
Here you can see craft shops where craftsmen create carpets, ceramics and wood products, preserving the traditions of their ancestors. A walk through Ichan-Kala is a journey through time, where every corner keeps its own history and mystery. 🛤
We will be happy to arrange for you a trip to Khiva and an excursion to Ichan-Kala. Comfortable transportation, the services of a qualified tour guide and fascinating stories will make your trip informative and unforgettable! 🚐📚
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Ichan-Kala is the heart of Khiva and an open—air museum
Ichan-Kala is a unique historical complex located in the center of Khiva and surrounded by powerful fortress walls. This "city within a city" became the first object of Uzbekistan included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Narrow streets, minarets and madrasas take visitors back several centuries, allowing them to feel the spirit of the Medieval East. 🏰
One of the main attractions of Ichan-Kala is the Kalta Minor minaret, known for its unusual shape and bright turquoise cladding. It is also worth visiting the Tash-Khauli Palace, where fine wood carvings and exquisite wall paintings amaze the eye. No less impressive will be a walk through the Kunya Ark fortress, the former residence of the Khiva khans, which offers panoramic views of the entire Ichan-Kala. 🕌
Here you can see craft shops where craftsmen create carpets, ceramics and wood products, preserving the traditions of their ancestors. A walk through Ichan-Kala is a journey through time, where every corner keeps its own history and mystery. 🛤
We will be happy to arrange for you a trip to Khiva and an excursion to Ichan-Kala. Comfortable transportation, the services of a qualified tour guide and fascinating stories will make your trip informative and unforgettable! 🚐📚
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November 22, 2024
The place is amazing, but I do not recommend planning two days to visit it, as many people advise.
You can see everything slowly in a day, if you don't get up too early, and even have time to have lunch.
The total length of the streets and alleys is 4.5 km.
And here, in addition to museums, mausoleums and minarets, there are also hotels and residential buildings. A little more expensive than behind the wall, but....
The question is, how much would you like to live inside the Kremlin?
If you arrive at the railway station, then you can walk to the fortress along a beautiful pedestrian street.
You can read more about my trips and observations on my TG channel. Link in the profile name, QR code on the photo
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December 17, 2024
The view is very beautiful, the architecture is just super, the sightseeing tours are very interesting, especially with the guide Sarvinoz. The ticket prices are reasonable. There's an Ivon restaurant inside that's just gorgeous
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May 3, 2024
It's an amazing place.
It is best to put 1.5 days on excursions. You can manage it in a day, but you will have to gain strength because there are many objects and they are all interesting. You can enter the fortress itself for free through a checkpoint with car entrances (there are 2 of 4 of them). If you want to go inside each museum, you need to purchase a single ticket for 200 thousand sums from the outside. (~1,500 rubles. for April 2024). Without a guide and an organized tour, it may not be so interesting and monotonous. It is better to take a guide, of course. In the evening, beautiful illumination of ancient architecture. The restaurants inside the fortress are expensive and not all of them are of good quality. I do not recommend visiting the Terrace restaurants (there are two of them).
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November 7, 2024
It's a fairy tale! You can walk around the fortress for hours. You can walk along the wall. There are many places for snacks and coffee. A single ticket gives you the opportunity to visit a number of museums and sites. The presence of colorful shopping malls additionally immerses you in a bygone era.
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April 28, 2024
The old town is located inside the fortress walls. Not a single modern building, everything is historical. You get to the time of the Khorezm Khanate. There are a lot of workshops, souvenir shops, a huge selection of souvenirs made in Uzbekistan (shawls, scarves, bathrobes, dresses, magnets, postcards, mystery boxes, canes, book stands, skullcaps, sweets, ceramic tableware and much more. Not made in China, but local craftsmen. And the plan to eat is a teahouse on a teahouse, a restaurant on a restaurant, a large selection, reasonable prices. A museum on a museum, a lot of madrassas that you can go to, the Juma mosque is a separate story (but either read about it beforehand, or take a guide to understand where you got to at all), a stunningly interesting silk museum opened a month ago (there are also workshops on creating and dyeing silk, weaving carpet, tea party and sooooo interesting excursion). There are many hotels right in the center, so you don't even have to go outside the fortress wall. In the evening, the lights turn on and the city becomes absolutely magical.
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November 4, 2024
An interesting old town, however, as some people write here, the "feeling of Khorezm" cannot be here. Zoroastrianism has been eradicated in this area for a long time. The feeling of an old eastern Muslim city, yes. It's just that since the days of Khorezm and Timur, according to the guide, there is only a fortress wall. That's all. All buildings: houses, madrassas, minarets, mosques, palace - XVIII - XIX centuries. So atmospheric, but not very vintage. The locals consider themselves Khorezmians, not Uzbeks, and dislike Timur, who once again conquered them. They are distinguished by light eyes and not very dark skin.
Entrance to the fortress is free, and a single ticket allows you to visit the museums inside.
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September 26, 2024
The old city of Khiva. There are many attractions and iconic places with a national flavor. It is expected that everything is designed for tourists (more precisely, for income from tourists), but it is also a place of religious pilgrimage
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May 23, 2024
I recommend you to visit. What surprised me the most was that people live inside the fortress. There are streets with house numbers. It is essentially a city within a city.
Inside the fortress itself there are hotels and guest houses where you can stay overnight.
The ticket costs 100,000 soums, it opens access to all museums, but you will have to pay an additional 15,000 soums for climbing the minaret (whose height is 56 m). Inside there are also cafes where you can eat, choyhon, souvenir shops.
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November 26, 2023
Ichan-Kala is the old part of the city of Khiva, the center and the historical part included in the UNESCO population list. Inside the walls of the fortress there are both museum objects and many hotels and hostels at reasonable prices, very atmospheric, I recommend definitely staying there, because the prices are not overpriced. There is a single ticket (valid 24h- convenient) for visiting the territory and a ticket with an entrance to the sights and an ascent to the observation deck in the Arch tower (highly recommended). The ascent to the fortress wall, the entrance to 2 mausoleums is paid separately. Of the disadvantages- there are few signatures that is what, so without a guide, not everything is clear. Alternatively, read the description on the Internet in advance). And be sure to come in the evening to see the backlight.
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November 13, 2024
All buildings are in the same style, no higher than the second floor. There are many madrassas with museums inside. It's harder to navigate without a guide
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May 9, 2023
An amazing place for lovers of oriental romance. Here you can feel like Aladdin finding himself in a fabulous city in search of his lamp. A significant number of hotels gives you the opportunity to choose, but you need to look for an economical trip. They will help with the guide at the reception, or you can read everything yourself - prepare before the trip. Ichankala is small.
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November 7, 2023
Palaces, mosques and madrassas, mausoleums and minarets, caravanserais and baths - this is all - Ichan-Kala - the historical inner city of Khiva. It is fenced with the most powerful walls . Everything has been restored here, and is kept clean and in order. There are shopping malls, hotels, cafes, restaurants, and venues for artists to perform.
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September 26, 2023
Ichan-Kala is Khiva. The entire ancient architectural ensemble is located inside the fortress wall and occupies about 2.5 sq.km. It is possible to get around from the outside, but it will take a lot of time. Inside, in addition to the attractions, residential private houses have been preserved. It's a whole city with streets, restaurants and shops. There are no social facilities, it's all in a new city. There is no need to choose a hotel inside the fortress, although there are a lot of them there. There are many hotels within walking distance and outside the walls. Restaurants are open mostly until 21:00. And for dinner, you need to book seats everywhere in advance. Otherwise, you really can not eat at all. Make a discount on the service right away, it is long and non-individual. Waiters rush between customers and they are not up to your whims. You will have to wait everywhere for a long time. And you will hear comments that, they say, a large group has come, the kitchen is not coping. So just be patient and everything will be fine.
There are shopping malls in every madrasah now. But this does not interfere with the inspection.
All souvenirs and national clothes can be bought only in the fortress. There are none in the new city.
Two days to Khiva and a trip to the Kyzyl-Kum desert is enough. But if you just want to sit in a cafe on tapchan and spend half a day like this, then take 3 days. Guides pack Ichan-Kala in 1 day usually.
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October 10, 2023
A beautiful place, saturated with traditional local flavor, there is something to see. Tickets are purchased at the entrance of 40 thousand soums (07.10.23) for admission plus museum visits. There are stalls with souvenirs, you can bargain. There are many restaurants, cafes and hotels on the territory.
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December 28, 2023
Ichan-Kala is a complex of mosques, madrassas and residential buildings. The ticket office is located in front of Ota Darvaza. A single ticket to all museums is purchased (except for two mausoleums and climbing the wall - this is separate). The cost is 150 thousand soums per person, which is about 1000 rubles. Valid for 24 hours. This is enough to explore all the museums. A schematic card (not very clear) is issued along with the ticket. Museums are located inside madrassas or other buildings. Some are big, some are smaller. On average, it takes 20-40 minutes to inspect one museum.
But in general, it's worth just walking along the streets, moving away from the street with souvenirs, to where locals just live, cats walk, children play, bake bread.
Ichan-Kala impresses not so much with its museums as with its atmosphere, sky, shadows, alleys, and unexpected views.
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May 29, 2024
Ichan-Kala is an inner fortress city in Khiva. In fact, it is one big museum with restaurants and hotels. They say that there is a paid entrance to Ichan-Kala, but during our three days in the city, no one asked for tickets at the entrance to the city.
There is a single ticket for two days, giving the right to visit the main attractions.
Noisy, fun, atmospheric.
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May 8, 2024
In my opinion, Khiva is the most cozy city in Uzbekistan! The spirit and atmosphere of the old town have been preserved here. Walking through the narrow streets of this city, you feel like in a fairy tale about Aladdin. And in the evening, at sunset, the view of the old town is especially beautiful.
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August 1, 2024
The place is certainly monumental.Residents keep their homes in their original form, but with the achievements of progress.In Russia, they don't know much about this city, but it's a pity.
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November 7, 2023
A lot of impressions, minarets of madrassas, a unique oriental market, if a good guide, you will get maximum information on what you see! Make the most of your free time, do not spare your legs, walk, take pictures, be impressed, bargain! Don't be fooled by the shops and restaurants from the excursions, you can buy everything there yourself, sometimes much cheaper! Don't have lunch in a group, it's a crush with seating, mistakes in orders from a bunch of people and a long feed and not always cheap from the words of the course! There are a lot of places to eat, choose for yourself! And most importantly, be polite, you are visiting.....
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February 27, 2024
Ticket office next to the entrance - they sell access to all museums for 2 days. There are also groups of guides nearby. They charge a lot, but if the company is big, it turns out to be quite affordable.
A stunning place that immerses you in the era of the medieval city. I also recommend walking around the city at night.
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November 2, 2023
The fortress and everything inside has been restored, but it is very likely that part was simply rebuilt a long time ago, at least the residential sector, and they also sell a single ticket for 150 thousand soums, by the way, like there are a certain number of museums, but then it turns out that the most beautiful mausoleum is still for an additional fee and it's mega unpleasant,and the rest of the museums are sheer nonsense, that is, they are some kind of madrassas in which the export is in the spirit of a local history museum and of poor quality, the dust is not wiped off the exhibits under glass, and often it's some kind of garbage from a series of pictures with fruits and vegetables growing in Uzbekistan or modern portraits of some scientists or a portrait of past centuries, that's stupid fantasy portraits, that's who needs it according to the organizers???? From a decent museum, a couple of palaces and a mosque with 213 columns, which are all different.At the same time, you will be given a semblance of a map plan with museums in Uzbek and in fact you will not even understand where you are going, a stupid divorce, because a couple of palaces and one mosque are not worth 150 thousand! And just to wander around the fortress is cute. But there are no separate tickets for interesting expositions, so well, such a thing. Nothing has been preserved in the palaces or furniture. I hope the management will come to their senses and make it possible to buy individual tickets for sane money.
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November 14, 2023
An amazing historical and cultural reserve, a museum city. Until now, people live in houses with families. On the ancient streets, just like thousands of years ago, kids are running around. There are hotels, guest houses, restaurants and cafes with local cuisine and oriental flavor. The portions are such that two can be fed.
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November 2, 2023
Very, very beautiful sights, gorgeous architecture.
A very large bazaar of various souvenirs, jewelry, traditional clothes, as well as fur hats)))))
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November 2, 2023
The old deep! It is interesting to wander around the old town, magnificent architecture, folk music sounds all around, souvenir sales, delicious restaurants with national cuisine
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April 26, 2024
Everything is very beautiful, you get into an oriental fairy tale and delicious, a paradise for lovers of mutton, excellent wine and cognacs.
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July 29, 2023
I really liked Khiva! It is very interesting to visit the ancient city! Touch the antiquity! The residents are very friendly! It is better to take guided tours, as it is very difficult to understand this beauty!!!! The prices for entrance tickets are not expensive! It's all worth it!
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November 13, 2023
A perfectly preserved old town that has survived to the present day. The only city in Uzbekistan that has preserved its walls and such a number of buildings from the 16th-18th centuries. Many tourists do not reach Khiva, but in vain. It is here that you can walk and dive during the reign of the Khans and Shahs of the 16th-18th centuries. And only here there is a mosque with 213 wooden columns, which are so perfectly preserved and delight us to this day with their beauty.
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April 16, 2023
An amazing place! The old city of Khiva has sunk into my soul. Authentic, atmospheric, very beautiful, clean, pleasant to walk. It's like being transported back in time. A huge concentration of attractions in a small area. Of all the cities in Uzbekistan, it is the most favorite place.
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June 6, 2024
A great place to reboot. I want to come back here and get high. Quiet and peaceful. They left with the idea of coming back again.
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August 28, 2023
A cool place with a large number of historical sites in one location.
there are many places for beautiful photos, it is advisable to take a guide to fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere.
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October 9, 2024
It is beautiful, the most popular place in Khiva. It is very beautiful in the evening with a touch of coloring.
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March 23, 2024
One of the places in Uzbekistan that you definitely need to visit is a very large complex that it is not enough to walk in it for one day to look like I think you need three days And it's all in the open air everything is so cool and ancient
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June 5, 2024
A delightful place that is worth visiting at least once in your life and plunge into history!
Cleanliness is amazing, as in almost all of Uzbekistan
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May 22, 2023
The old town of Khiva is a great place for walking and shopping for Oriental souvenirs. There are many cafes with national Uzbek cuisine! A walk around the city with a visit to museums costs 150,000 soums (about 1000 rubles). This SHK gives you the opportunity to walk through all the museums.
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September 17, 2023
It's just a fairy tale, not just a place where you can walk. In the evenings, there is a puppet theater with musical accompaniment, followed by an evening of national music and songs. In the evening, it's generally a pleasure to walk, as if in a beautiful oriental fairy tale. I am delighted with this place.
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September 29, 2023
After Samarkand and Bukhara, the impressions of which are off the scale, the fortress of Khiva causes some disappointment. A kind of pen has been built, a reservation for tourists, where everyone goes, consuming the prepared content. A lot of new clothes. What I really liked was the Juma Mosque, and also the silk carpet workshop, where they really, before your eyes, weave a carpet on a silk base stretched like a drum. Nearby in the courtyard is an album with photographs, which fascinatingly reveals the process of producing silk thread and carpets from it (although the entire text is only in English).
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June 12, 2024
I was very transformed for the better, but they made a separate payment for the examination room, I don't understand why if you buy a pass for the whole of Khiva at the entrance. Is the administration aware at all? Or in the subject?
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October 31, 2023
Required to visit! The object is protected by UNESCO. Perfectly preserved mosques, madrasahs, Khan's palace. A walk along the fortress wall will allow you to view the old city from a new angle.
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July 17, 2024
A great trip to a great oasis of history and. I'm happy with the trip!
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December 20, 2023
A wonderful and must-visit place in sunny Uzbekistan! It is better to see and feel the aura of this place than to read it! Do not miss it, being in the republic, although it is a little far.
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September 3, 2023
A great place to spend your free time. Walk through the streets, see the buildings that are there, everything is beautiful, order a guide to tell you the story
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May 26, 2023
Khiva and the old town of Ichan Kala, this is my special love in Uzbekistan. A small fortress town, 3T inhabitants inside. When you enter the gate, you feel like in an oriental fairy tale about Aladdin. There are a lot of interesting locations, museums, palaces, madrassas. We took a single ticket for 2 days, which allows you to enter interesting places. We also lived inside this fortress, I advise everyone. Go out and take a walk at any time... In the evening, with the backlight, it looks even more interesting and mysterious. There are various cafes, restaurants, with open verandas, where it is pleasant to sit and drink tea or coffee. It's a pity that we only came for a day, from Khiva you can go on various excursions, fake tours, to the old fortress cities, to the desert, to the Aral Sea.
I recommend it!
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August 15, 2023
A great place to travel, the museum city!! I advise you to visit! We lived in the Minor Hotel near the Islam Khoja Minaret , an excellent mini-hotel with a rooftop restaurant.
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April 7, 2024
A tourist town. It's like I'm in a fairy tale. However, a lot has changed. Previously, there were no lights, hotels and restaurants as much as there are now.
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November 8, 2023
Very convenient location. Unusual numbers. If you are interested in history, then it is really interesting to feel almost like a student who lived in the walls of this building.
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