Shopping

The major shopping precincts are:

Almas-e-Shargh Shopping Center
Zist-e-Khavar Shopping Center
Proma Shopping Center
Jennat Street Mall
International Bazaar Shopping Complex
Bazaar Reza
Bazaar Markazi

Mashhad and especially Nishapur are famous for high quality turquoise. Saffron which is used for natural flavoring and coloring of food is also the best souvenir from Mashhad.
Mashhad is an important center of the carpet weaving industry, it is known for producing some of the best wool in Iran. Their carpets and rugs are mostly curvilinear with the single central medallion and corner floral design, and very busy curvilinear floral motifs in the background. They are usually bright and cleverly colored, therefore literally giving life to any dull room. Their color schemes are usually tones of dark red, blue, or khaki. Mashhad carpets are very well made and they will last a very long time, as would any other Persian rug. Mashhad rugs and carpets have different size and majority of them are large size (10 x 18 feet).