Mirror working in Golestan Palace

Mirror work can be traced back to 13th century Persia. The use of mirrors and the craft of mirror work stem from traditional Islamic beliefs—the mirrors help to trap or blind the evil eye and reflecting bad luck. 
All of the stunning mirror working elements have come hand in hand in creating a truly precious Persian Palace, indeed fit for royalty. Strolling through the different areas of Persian buildings may sometimes leave tourists wondering about the mysterious and luxurious lives that were lived here!

Our guest and Reinna in Golestan Museum

Happy International Museum Day

International Museum Day is a global day celebration that takes place annually on May 18. The International Museum Day is celebrated each year with a different theme. The theme for International Museum Day 2020 is Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion. This year, however, the fortieth anniversary of International Museum Day is different for museums that remain shut down in countries dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where is the first museum you plan to visit after lockdown?

Our guests in Ancient Museum of Iran 

Ancient Museum of Iran

Tehran and its magnificent "National Museum of Iran"! The museum is formed by two complexes: the "Museum of Ancient Iran" and the "Museum of the Islamic Era" .
Museum of Ancient Iran has a focus on archeological artifacts and presents the wide range of ancient relics. Accordingly artifacts come from Shush, Islamabad, Persepolis, where pieces of evidence of ancient civilization were found. The collection includes stone tools , which belongs to Stone Age and more than 30000 years old. Probably the most exciting and shocking item of the museum is the Salt Man from Zanjan which was found in a salt mine. 
2.500 years of history await you! Enjoy 😉

Our guests in Ancient Museum of Iran

National Museum of Iran

The National Museum of Iran is one of the oldest museums dedicated to ancient culture. This modest museum represents Iran’s rich history. The interior includes a collection of ceramics, potteries, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis in Fars province, Khuzestan province, Tehran province and Golestan province. There are quite a few art craft from the site of Persepolis. As you see in this photo, the ancient objects from Persepolis include a magnificent human-headed capital. It is great to view these treasure before you actually visit that wonderful site.

Magnificent human-headed capital in National Museum

 

Iranian Handicrafts

Many believe that the best way to get to know a folk culture is through discovering its traditional handicrafts. You can find a legend, an ancient story, a life attitude even the social trend in a folk handicraft. Gabbeh is the handmade product of tribes and today produced in some workshops. The weaver chooses the layout according to his concepts or perspective of his surrounding animals, people, trees or even woven geometric shapes. Roberto, our Italian guest was really curious about Iranian handicrafts and Leila, the professional tour guide of Uppersia team, satisfied his curiosity.

An Italian traveler tries to weave Gabe

Are you trying to look like a local?

For many travelers, experiencing another culture, means something far different from visiting museums, archeological ruins, and national monuments.  Droves of other travelers who travel to Iran want to experience other culture by trying on nomadic traditional clothing and feel most immersed in different world. The dress of Qashqai nomadic tribe is composed of multiple gathered skirts, tunics (keynak) with slit at the sides, covered with short jackets (arkhaloq) with pointed sleeves. Colorful glass beads, coins and attractive purling are extraordinary ornamentation used in special occasions. The professional tour guide of Uppersia team, Ali, lent our Australian and European guests a hand to dress one of the world's instantly recognizable traditional garments in Shiraz.

Our guest in Kahkaran nomadic tribe