Traveling to Iran with a kid is an amazing experience.

By knowing the best places to travel with children in the world, you can select appropriate countries to visit to ensure that your trip will run as smoothly as possible. You and your children should enjoy every moment seeing the world and create a lifetime of memories along the way.

You’re looking forward to that upcoming family vacation, but you want to make sure younger family members will have fun, too? Iran is the right choice.

Traveling to Iran with a kid is an amazing experience. The country is one of the most walkable and friendliest, with a host of activities to explore.  Plus, choosing the right guides goes a long way in keeping your kids excited about where they are. A great guide can have a profound effect on your children and the quality of their trip. Ali, a thoughtful member of Uppersia team, engages well with kids and we guarantee that the trip to Iran will stick into their memories forever.

Traveling to Iran with a kid is an amazing experience.

Join Uppersia on solar eclipse tour.

On Dec 26 2019 there will be an upcoming solar eclipse that is watchable in Iran especially in southern part of the country. We invite you to join Uppersia on solar eclipse tour. You do not need to have a science background or any prior experience to join us.
We are offering a chance to stand on a nice rooftop in Shiraz to sip tea and enjoy this amazing event. From 6 am to 9am on December 26th, you’ll experience breathtaking vistas of the landscape, and you’ll immerse yourself in the incomparable southern sky.

We invite you to join Uppersia on solar eclipse tour.

Happy Yalda Night

Iran has hundreds of traditional and unique festivals with many having a long history of over 1000 years. Iranian festivals are exciting and full of local traditions and customs making them one of the best ways to experience Persian culture first-hand. 
Yalda, which literally translates to ‘birth’, is a Persian tradition of celebrating the longest and darkest night of the year. Shabe Yalda, also known as Shab-e Chelleh, is one of the most ancient Persian festivals annually celebrated on December 21 by Iranians all around the world. Every year, family members gather together, most often in the house of the eldest member, and stay awake all night long in Yalda night. Fruits and nuts are eaten and pomegranates and watermelons are particularly significant. One of the other traditions of Yalda night is getting Faal-e Hafez or Hafez Omen from the book of great Persian poet, Hafez-e Shirazi . Each member of the family makes a wish and randomly opens Divane-Hafez. What is expressed in that poem is believed to be the interpretation of the wish. 
The festivals and celebrations in Iran are some of the most magnificent in the world and offer an experience of culture and history that is not to be missed.

Kashk-Bademjan: one of the most well-known and probably the best appetizer in Iran

Appetizers have recently made its way from all corners of the globe, and especially in Iran where food plays a big part in society and culture. One of the most well-known and probably the best appetizer in Iran is Kashk-Bademjan. It is a frugal meal for the travelers and has become very popular in Iran. It is a vegetarian dish consisting of eggplant and Kashk- a slightly salty dairy product- and is garnished with a mixture of garlic, onion and dried mint. It is served with a special kind of bread called Lavash.

Is Persian cuisine your passion? You can be in touch with Uppersia team and get our hundreds of recipes on Iranian food.

One of the most well-known and probably the best appetizer in Iran is Kashk-Bademjan.

Dotār have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative Intangible Heritage list.

One of the richest aspects of Iran’s culture is its music. Made up of several different types, Persian music reflects the richness of its diversity and echoes its present and past history. Depending on which region of the country you visit, you will be sure to hear the sounds of traditional and modern musical instruments permeating the air.

Iran has been compiling files to register a number of its musical instruments with UNESCO over the past year as intangible cultural heritages. More recently, traditional skills of crafting and playing Iranian musical instrument Dotār have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative Intangible Heritage list.

Dotar is a folkloric plucked musical instrument with a pear-shaped bow crafted with dried wood or mulberry tree, a neck made of apricot or walnut wood, and two strings. While playing, the players recount epic, historical, lyric and moral narrations that are central to their ethnic history, pride and identity.  While you’re in Iran, don’t miss Isfahan Music Museum, where showcasing over 300 traditional Iranian musical instruments in a sleek gallery.

Watch this video to experience that music can teach us about heavenly beauty.