Tehran Free Tour

With all its winding streets, fascinating architecture and hospitable people, one of the best ways to get to know Tehran is by foot. Discover the city of mystery with Uppersia Tehran Free Tour and you will also learn fun facts and be entertained the whole way around by one of our expert tour guides .Our Tehran Free Walking Tour will show you the secret and least-known places in Tehran: Hayem Jewish synagogue, Armenian Churches, Zoroastrian fire temple, Mashgh Square and National garden gate. Leila as a tour guide accompanied our guests and at the end of this tour, she helped them with their future plans of trip. 

Mashgh Square in Tehran

Two Revolutions and a Coup Iran Tour

Revolutions have occurred during human history and vary widely in terms of methods, duration and motivating ideology. The revolution of 1979 in Iran marked the beginning of a completely new era in various socio-economic fields and political systems. Are you eager to walk through some of Iran's most interesting landscapes in search of the richest stories from the recent past? Uppersia team organized The "Two revolutions and a coup" tour  to help you learn what has happened in Iran during its constitutional revolution of 1905, the Coup against the prime minister of the time Dr. Mossadegh in 1953, the revolution of 1979 and in general its recent history. 

Mashq Squrae, Tehran, Iran

Iran has been the cradle of the movements, revolutions and changes in the Middle East the same way it was the first country in the region that forced the king to accept the constitution around in 1905. This trip includes Tehran and Tabriz that were the focus of these incidents. In Tehran, Visit historical Baharestan Square and get acquainted with Islamic Consultative Assembly, former Embassy of United State, Mashq Square, and visit Ebrat museum, a prison during the second Pahlavi era.  Also stroll around Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader and politician. In Tabriz, besides exploring UNESCO World Heritage Sites, you Visit Ali Monsieur’s house, who is one the most prominent political figures involved in Iran’s Constitutional Revolution, Sattarkhan’s museum and Bagher Khan’s tomb in Tobaieh Garden. You also explore the grave of Howard Conklin Baskerville, a foreign leading figure in the revolution of 1979, who was killed during an attempt to break the Tabriz siege.

Constitutional museum, Tabriz, Iran

 Your tour guide will tell you the stories of revolutions and the coup while you are visiting the neighborhoods of the events and you will visit the places open to public and world-famous sightseeing. Regarding the budget,Two Revolutions and a Coup Iran Tour includes basic services so that it can be affordable for everyone.

The story of the first flight over Iran.

10 years after the invention of airplane by Wright brothers, on the 4th of January 1914 (during Qajar dynasty) the first airplane flew over Iran. Mr. Kuzminski, who was a Polish pilot assembled the separated parts of an airplane in Russia and transferred it to Iran through the Caspian Sea. This airplane was ready for a demonstration flight in Tehran and on the due day many of the people of Tehran bought expensive tickets to watch the first airplane flying over their city. Ahmad Shah, the Qajar king and the courtiers were also invited to this show. The airplane had a short flight and the people were amazed but this wasn’t without a trouble. The pilot couldn’t find a suitable area for landing so he landed in the middle of the Mashq Square perforce! Mashq Square was a vast area for military maneuvers and training of the army during Qajar dynasty. It is said that the airplane had a crash with a giant cannon in the middle of the Mashq square but the pilot wasn't injured. The airplane remained in the Mashq square for weeks and the king and his deputies took a photograph with that. The people also came to see the metal bird closely.

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Ahmad shah and his deputies taking a photo with the first airplane in Tehran.

Mashq square

   “Mashq square” or Parade square is one of Tehran’s historical squares. This area has been a vast military square, with approximately 400 meters width and 400 meter length and a casern at the center, where the army could do maneuvers and military exercises in front of the king.

  This field was founded during Qajar era, while Fath-ali shah was the king (1797-1834 (and it got developed during Naser-eddin shah’s kingdom. A high brick wall and governmental buildings were constructed around the field. In 1922 the former municipality of Tehran changed this military field  into a big garden and park and the title “Mashq square" changed to “Bagh-melli” (national garden).

Today, “Mashq square” is considered as a collection of historical monuments and museums, giving visitors an overview about Iran’s political and social situation during Qajar era. Some of them will be mentioned in the following:

 National gate (sardar-e-bagh-melli): This monument is famous because of its interesting constructional and external design, which is a combination of Iranian and European architecture with tile works showing Persian eslimi margins, paintings and religious verses in white, yellow, pink and Persian blue on top of the arc. This gate used to be the city symbol for Tehran before Azadi tower.

  National jewelry museum: A treasurable collection of most valuable Iranian jewelries, related to different eras like Safavid, Afshar, Qajar and Pahlavi is kept in this museum. Jewelry pieces like Naderi paisley, a marvelous piece of diamond named Daryaye-nour (a bright sea), the jewel globe and Farah Pahlavi’s crown are some of the most precious objects available in National jewelry museum.

  Tehran post and communication museum: First Iranian postage stamps that were printed during Qajar era and 7300 more stamps from Iran and countries, horse carts used in delivering mails, first telegraph sets and first telephones are kept in this museum.

  Iran’s national museum: It is known as the most important museum of Iran, including The Ancient Museum of Iran and The  Islamic Museum of Iran. 300,000 objects, including pottery vessels, metal objects, textile remains, coins and rare books, dating back to ancient and Islamic era are kept in National museum of Iran.

  Most of Iran tours, Operated by Uppersia travel are started in Tehran, which is known as the city of museums. So you will have the time for visiting this historical square in Tehran, during your Iran tour.

Iran's national museum.

The beautiful entrance gate of "bagh-melli".