about Mashhad

If you have never come to Mashhad,it is good to know a little about it:

Mashhad is the second most populous city in Iran.It is located in the north east of the country close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan between the two mountain ranges of Binalood and Hezar-masjed. The city benefits from the proximity of mountains,having cool winters, pleasant springs, mild summers and beautiful autymns. It is only about 250 km from Ashgabat,Turkmenistan.

Mashhad features a steppe climate with hot summers and cool winters. the city only sees about 250 mm of precipitation per year, some of which occasionally falls in the form of snow.

Mashhad also has wetter and drier periods with the bulk of the annual precipitation falling between the months of December and May. Summers are typically hot and dry, with high temperatures sometimes exceeding 35 c. winters are typically cool to cold and somewhat damper, with overnight lows routinely dropping below freezing.

Mashhad enjoys an averae just under 2900 hours of sunshine per year. Today the holy shrine and its museum holds one of the most extensive cultural and artistic treasuries of Iran, in particular manuscript books and paintings.

The second largest holy city in the world,Mashhad attracts more than 20 million tourists and pilgrims every year, many of whom come to pay homage to the Imam Reza Shrine. It has been a magnet for travelers since medieval time.

Among the major industries in the city there is nutrition industries, clothing, leather. textiles, chemicals, steel, and non-metallic mineral industries, construction material factories, handicraft industry and metal industry.

With more than 55% of hotels in Iran, Mashhad is the hub of tourism in Iran. In the geography of tourism, religious places known as the most powerful hub to attract travelers around the world, every year 20 to 30 millions of pilgrims from Iran and more than 2 millions pilgrims and tourists from around the world come to Masshad.

Mashhad is served by Mashhad International Airport which handles domestic flights to Iranian cities and international flights