One day in Xiva, Uzbekistan

A day through Xiva’s best-known sights that lie close together: Ak Mosque, Pakhlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum, Khiva Friday Mosque, Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasa, Kalta Minor and Nurullabay's palace. 6 stops, about 0.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Ak MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Pakhlavan Mahmoud MausoleumMonument · 0.2 km on from Ak Mosque · On the map
  3. Khiva Friday MosqueMosque · 0.1 km on from Pakhlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum · On the map
  4. Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasaMosque · 0.1 km on from Khiva Friday Mosque · On the map
  5. Kalta MinorTower · 0.1 km on from Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasa · On the map
  6. Nurullabay's palacePalace · 0.5 km on from Kalta Minor · On the map

6 stops, 1.2 km on foot along the streets: about 15 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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