In the vast region of Siberia there is no shortage of places that are extremely difficult to access even for local people, never mind tourists. A place which takes the number one spot of inaccessibility and isolation is one you’ve probably never heard …

If you go on our tours, you are more than likely to someday have a layover in Istanbul. The city that once was Constantinople, at the crux of the spice road, is nowadays one of the most important flight hub in the world, with the New Istanbul Airport w …

After running tours there for ten years, it’s no secret that Transnistria is one of our favourite countries (that technically doesn’t exist). After breaking away from Moldova in a civil war during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Transnistria exists t …

As part of our series on flags of post-Soviet countries and the popularity of our Russian Flag blog, we decided to focus our next installment on the Ukrainian flag. Ukraine is a country we know well, and after pioneering our groundbreaking Chernobyl to …

Moldova, the not so proud owner of the titles of Europe’s poorest and least visited country, has been a staple country on our Soviet Tours calendar for almost a decade and we certainly know our way around this fascinating country. Home to the rebel rep …

Home to our Soviet Europe office, Bulgaria is a country we know and love. Having traveled extensively around the country, we feel it is extremely underrated in terms of the huge amount of history, Communist-era relics and incredible food that is on off …

Palawan seems to win the best island in the world perennially, and that is for very good reason! Truly one of the most beautiful places on earth, with two of the best tourist areas of the Philippines, amazing island hopping, and some of the best mangoe …

Nampo Petrol Clam BBQ is without a doubt the most unique and quintessential DPRK culinary experience available and no visit to the west coast port town of Nampo is complete without trying this very North Korean way of preparing clam BBQ. As you can pro …

While people do not immediately think of animated cartoon shows when thinking of North Korea, North Korea has quite a few domestically produced animated shows that have become very popular with the local populace. The most famous of these shows without …