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Hotel Farovon

Khiva, Uzbekistan

or more than 1,500 years, travelers have made their way to Khiva. This Silk Road city in the western part of what is now Uzbekistan remains one of the jewels of Central Asia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site famed for its historic walled city, the Ichan Qala. Medieval visitors would have slept with their animals and goods in caravanserais, or perhaps

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