--- title: "Mazar-i-Sharif – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Mazar-i-Sharif from Kabul, Guzara and Kandahar: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif is…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/mazar-i-sharif" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/mazar-i-sharif.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81.jpg/1920px-%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Mazar-i-Sharif](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81.jpg/1920px-%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Balkh Province. [Plan a trip to Mazar-i-Sharif](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Mazar-i-Sharif) [From Kabul](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kabul&to=Mazar-i-Sharif) ## Every way there - Kabul → Mazar-i-Sharif 306 km · quickest by air, 3h 9m · $130–190 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kabul-to-mazar-i-sharif) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kabul&to=Mazar-i-Sharif) - Guzara → Mazar-i-Sharif 548 km · quickest by air, 6h 26m · $230–330 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/guzara-to-mazar-i-sharif) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Guzara&to=Mazar-i-Sharif) - Kandahar → Mazar-i-Sharif 581 km · quickest by air, 6h 32m · $210–320 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kandahar-to-mazar-i-sharif) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kandahar&to=Mazar-i-Sharif) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Mazar-i-Sharif, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Mazar-i-Sharif](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mazar-i-sharif) What Mazar-i-Sharif has - Y Scheduled flights Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR), 8 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Balkh, 21 km. 36.700°, 67.117° It has 12 city districts (nahias) and an estimated population of 568,013 people. Hafiz Abdul Rahman Himat is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Mohammad Kazim Tariq. Get in ## Getting to Mazar-i-Sharif 1. Kabul Bus Station The journey from Kabul takes 8-10 hours (or as long as 12 hours), via the Salang Pass. 2. Mazar-e Sharif International Airport See ## Worth seeing In the way of sights Mazar has little to offer the visitor other than the Blue Mosque, although some of the modern monuments built atop traffic circles are worth a photo. 1. Blue Mosque The shrine marks the burial site of Ali bin Talib, the Prophet Mohammad's cousin and the fourth caliph of Islam. 2. Qala-i-Jangi 3. Takht-e Rustam Eat ## Where to eat Restaurant menus are usually only available in Dari. It is probably easiest to use AI to translate. Food stall abound on the streets surrounding the Blue Mosque. Bagels with green vegetables, tomato and french fries are especially good. Fruit shakes, soft drinks and tea are also available. Perhaps obviously, be very careful about what you choose to eat. 1. Mansoor Restaurant Delicious local and Western food with a Trumpian decor. 2. Kefyat Hotel 3. Rayhan Restaurant How locals move ## Getting around Mazar-i-Sharif the local way - Get in The back road from Herat via Maimana is a very rough 3-day journey requiring a 4wd vehicle with back country preparation, and is no longer considered safe. - Get in Walk the rest of the way across the bridge, get stamped in by the Taliban, and then take a shared taxi to Mazar for AFN 150-300 or a private taxi for AFN 800-1000 (2026). - Get around Zaranj (tuk-tuks/auto-rickshaws) are also plentiful and even cheaper. - Go next Shared taxis head to the Uzbekistan border (better rates when taking one from the bus terminal, 200-400 Afs (2026) depending on your negotiating skills; otherwise city rates apply) - taking 30 minutes on a good tarred road through the desert. From [Wikivoyage: Mazar-e Sharif](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mazar-e_Sharif), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazar-i-Sharif) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mazar-e_Sharif), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Mortazaali787 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/mazar-i-sharif, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt