Mashhad Shopping
Go shopping in Mashhad with recommendations, reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and locals.
Local Time 2:23 pm Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Mashhad Map
Mashhad Map
on July 17, 2005
Mash had has three bazaars. The biggest , the two-storied Bazaar-e Reza (or Bazaar-e Bozorg), is 800 m long, 30 m wide, and one of the main shopping centers in the town. The crafts of Khorassan are all represented in the bazaar. All kinds of local souvenirs such as fur-cloak, turquoise, Carnelian ring, gold, perfume, saffron, pelisse, prayer-mat, and rosary may be found here besides a myriad of foreign articles. There are several escalators in the Bazaar, which take the visitors to the second floor. Thebazaar has two gates: one in Bayt ol-Moqaddas Square and the other in the l7th Shahrivar Square.
The next shopcenter is called Sara-ye Bazaar-e Reza, where products such as embroidery, knitwear, shoes, etc, are sold. Tthird bazaar, called the Kuwaiti Bazaar, is situated in the l7th Shahrivar Square, where vcategories of products are sold. Make sure also to visit a workshop where turquoises from the Neishabur mines are cut and polished. Bazaar is open 8 am to 8 PM, Saturday to Thursday. The remains of several old caravarisaries, now put to other purposes, can be seen. Postal services are provided at both ends of Bazaar-e Reza during the office hours.
Certain other shopping centers are scattered in the town: 1) Zist-e Khavar Business Center, in Dr Shari'ati Square (Kuh Sangui) affiliate with Bank-e Tejarat, and in building considered the most attractive and the most spectacular shopping center in the Middle East; and 2) Shops along Ahmad Abad Ave, Jannat Ave, Daneshgah Ave, and Modarres Ave.
