Mashhad Shopping

Mariam Noronha

Things to buy in Mashhad

Mashhad is a great city for shopping: dry fruits, an assortment of salted nuts, saffron, Iranian sweets like Gez and Sohaan, precious stones like agates, turquoise, intricately designed silver jewellery studded with rubies and emeralds, eighteen carat gold jewellery, perfumes, religious souvenirs, trench coats, scarves, termeh, carpets and rugs are just a few of the delights on offer at the city's shopping areas.

Shopping Complexes and Bazaars

Bazaar-e-Reza, located near the shrine of Imam Reza (A.S), has many stores selling all kinds of goods while Sara-ye- Bazaar-e-Reza is a textile and fabric market. Places like the Shargh-Zit Trade Centre, Kuwaiti Bazaar, Proma Trade Centre, Almas-e-Shargh, Zist Khavar and Bazaar-e-bozorgh-e-markazy are other shopping areas that offer both variety and value for money.

Carpet Stores in Mashhad

The second lane after Dar-e-Jawaad of Imam Reza (A.S) Shrine Complex:

Farsh-e-Gostar

Nafees Toosi Carpet

Moghaver Carpet

Sharif Apartment Hotel Store

On offer carpets, kilims, wall hangings in a range of prices. Interesting buys include carpeted jugs and containers.

Wall Clocks

An interesting range of hand painted clocks starts at around 70 USD. Persian blue, royal, blue, pink, green and black on white - intricately painted designs!

Saffron

A number of branded saffron stores dot the shopping areas in Mashhad and if coming to Iran means getting your share of saffron then do stop by at one of these stores.

Shopping at the Imam Reza Shrine Complex

The Razavi store is the best place to buy a range of products - biscuits, chocolates, dates (rutab), saffron, ice cream, chips, dairy and bakery products are just some of the things you can buy here.

They also have a store where one can buy Islamic CD's and souvenirs like tiles, wall clocks, crystal ware, pen stands and the like.

Statue of Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, Iran. — Statue of Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tus

Mashhad Access

Getting There

Mashhad is well connected by road, rail and air to major cities across the globe and within Iran.

By Air

International flights connect Mashhad International Airport with Istanbul, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Beirut, Jeddah, Doha, Dushanbe and Kabul. There are 2-3 flights everyday to Mashhad from the Iranian cities of Isfahan, Shiraz and Tehran. Kish Air offers a two hour flight to Mashhad from Kish Island.

By Road

Gonabad is 260 km from Mashhad while Tehran is 900 km. Buses from other important cities coming in to Mashhad travel by night. There are no international buses arriving at the city.

By Train

3 trains offering different fares and facilities travel from Tehran to Mashhad everyday. The duration of the journey by train from Tehran to Mashhad is 10-14 hours. There is one daily train from Sarakhs and other trains from Turkmenistan, Ashgabat and Merv.