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City in Khorezm Region, western Uzbekistan
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Urgench is a city in Khorezm, in Uzbekistan. It is a relatively new city, founded under the Russian Empire in the 19th century.
Four star hotel in the city centre with 100 rooms, restaurant, lobby bar, sauna, jacuzzi and swimming pool.
By train
The brand new has daily night trains to and from Tashkent that make the 19 hour journey across the desert with one major stop along the way in Samarkand.
By bus
If you're really budgeting, you can catch a bus to Urgench from the Hippodrome station in Tashkent.
By car
Inter-city "taxi" services are essentially a collection of informal drivers who wait to fill up their cars with passengers and then drive them to their destinations.
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