Travel to Khiva

RAIL

Trains from Tashkent leave twice a week and make the 19 hour journey across the desert to Urgench, with one major stop along the way in Samarkand. Trains leave Tashkent on Mon, Wed and Sun at 6.15 pm and arrive in Urgench at 1.45 pm next day. Depending on the class, you can get a 2-bunkcoupy for 41 000 sum, a 4-bunk shared coupy for 25 000 sum, or you can rough it in plaskartnyy (hard-class) for the bargain price of 16 000 sum. The price for a place in a sleeping car is 50 000 UZS one way (2008). Taxis from