Carpets
Carpets
- Address
- City Centre, east side of shrine
Lonely Planet review for Carpets
There is a line of carpet shops along the east side of the shrine, stocked high with rugs, embroidery, lapis lazuli, and antiques (old and new). Prices are slightly cheaper than Kabul and the sell isn't so hard.
Mazar-e Sharif is an excellent place to pick up gilims and needlework, the traditional handicrafts of north Afghanistan. Most of these are Uzbek, while the carpets tend to be made by Turkmen. Suzanis (spreads embroidered with either silk or wool) make particularly good souvenirs.
