Wood carving Art in Iran

From the beginning of history, human’s chase for beauty and art has never stopped. 
Iranian artists mix unique designs, innovative ideas, different viewpoint and long-lasting value to creat amazing products.
Persian wood carving has a great tradition in Iran. wood carvings are elaborate and amazing crafts that require a lot of skills and effort. Wood carving products are made by highly skilled craftsman. Process of making wood carving is complicated work of art. Woodcarvers have to employ a composite techniques that allow to engrave a single piece of wood elaborately and combine several pieces of woods.
 The eye-catching wood carving pieces are exciting gift that you can buy while you’re in Iran.

Wood carving Art in Iran

Coppersmiths' Bazaar In Kerman

With thousands of souvenirs inside that display Persian culture, Iran has continued to use traditional bazaars since the past eras.
One of the most most well-known bazaars is Coppersmiths' Bazaar where the traditional culture of smithing is still preserved and protected. The coppersmith trade is a 400-year-old tradition in Kerman and it is an occupation passing down from fathers to sons. The Coppersmiths' Bazaar is the best place in town for visitors to see its many traditional copper products and specialties. In the bazaar you can see smiths maintaining the art of coppersmithing. You can watch them making pots and pans with a love of the business and craft as well as their beautiful products. The bazaar has no modern technology to produce utensils, and that is why the value of handcrafted products mesmerizes visitors.
While you’re in Kerman, visiting this bazaar is a must.

Coppersmiths' Bazaar 

World's Smallest Tea house in Tehran Grand bazaar

Tehran Bazaar is one of the most mysterious, most beautiful and most visited tourist attractions in Iran. Besides the thousands of shops, you have to look deeper into the narrow corridors of the Bazaar and, of course, above the top of your head to see the old architecture of Tehran. Among the shops that line the labyrinthine alleyways of Tehran's Grand Bazaar sits the Haj Ali Darvish teahouse. In a very small space, hardly two square meters, there’s tons of love and kindness awaiting the customers. It's not the only teahouse in the bazaar, but having first opened in 1918, it's definitely one of the oldest. And according to some, it's also the smallest not just in the bazaar but in the whole world. You can spend some time in this teahouse and listen to the stories of the old owner who inherited this job from his father, and has since maintained its history and identity.

Haj Ali has engraved a famous verse of a poem along with the name of his old coffee shop on metal coins and give these attractive coins to travelers as souvenir. He loves to post photos of everyone who visits his small tea-house. Also one of our travelers, who accompanied by one of the most knowledgeable tour guides of Uppersia team, MS.Valaee, visited this attraction.

Mr. Hannes visiting  World's Smallest Tea house in Tehran Grand bazaar

Saffron: Edible Ruby to Bring back from Iran

Planning a trip to Iran, and not sure what to bring back as an edible souvenir for yourself, or a thank you gift for the kind soul who’s watching your pet or child while you’re away?  Our suggestion is saffron, which is typically believed to be native to the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and Iran. Saffron has been used for thousands of years as a seasoning, fragrance, dye, and medicine. The stigmas of the flower are harvested and processed by hand which is very labor intensive and the reason why Saffron is considered the world’s most expensive spice. Many Iranians believe that in its pure form, saffron works as an antidepressant and a culinary weapon against Alzheimer’s, cancer and degeneration of the eyes and that is why saffron is omnipresent, in Iranian recipes. We suggest you to indulge buying this edible ruby from Mashhad, Isfahan, and Shiraz, the producer of more than 80 percent of this valuable spice in the world.

Saffron: valuable souvenir from Iran