From our office in Varna, Bulgaria, and with our specialist knowledge and language skills gained from a decade of working in the region, YPT can really get you from the heart of Russia and Eastern Europe out to the corners where the action is.
Our Soviet Europe tours are run in accordance with YPT’s branding and ethos: a competitive price, expert guides, and most importantly an adventure that will stick with you for life. Every tour is accompanied by an experienced western YPT guide and to encourage friendships and good times we cap our tour groups at a maximum of 24 people. Once we hit 25, we divide our tours into 2 different groups with their own vehicle, local guides and western YPT guides. Group sizes are usually around 10 – 12 people. As we like to say, “we do group tours for people who hate group tours”.
Our independent Soviet tours are suitable for all solo travelers, couples, friends, families, and travel groups. During your private tour, you will be accompanied by local guides (several languages are available), and you will have your own driver and air-conditioned vehicle. YPT provides full visa support. A dedicated, western YPT guide can also be hired for the trip if needed.
- Russia – Murmansk and the Soviet Arctic, Trans-Siberian Railway, Magadan, Stalingrad.
- Eastern and Central Europe – Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia.
- Balkans – The entire former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania
- Baltic States – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kaliningrad
- Caucasus – Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan
- €895
Belarus: Back in the USSR Tour
Visit the most Soviet of post-Soviet states in Eastern Europe
- Start Date : February 19th 2021
End Date : February 25th 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €395 / €790
Chernobyl and Transnistria Winter Tour
Journey through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and an unrecognized Soviet time warp country!
- Start Date : February 26th 2021
End Date : March 7th 2021 - Duration: 3 days / 10 days
- €595
Communist Bulgaria Tour
Join an action packed, communist-relic-hunting road trip through Bulgaria
- Start Date : March 12th 2021
End Date : March 18 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- €995
Communist Bulgaria & Dark Romania
A journey through the dark history of Romania from Communism Nicolae Ceaușescu to Dracula!
- Start Date : March 12th 2021
End Date : March 22nd 2021 - Duration: 10 nights 11 days
- €495
Dark Romania Tour
A communist relic hunting trip through Bulgaria and a journey from the homeland of the king of Communism Nicolae Ceaușescu to Dracula!
- Start Date : March 19th 2021
End Date : March 22nd, 2021 - Duration: 3 nights, 4 days
- €395 / €790
Chernobyl and Transnistria Easter Tour
Celebrate Easter in the former Soviet Union on a journey through Chernobyl and Transnistria
- Start Date : April 2nd 2021
End Date : April 11th 2021 - Duration: 3 days / 10 days
- €1845 - €2495
Iran & Caucasus Unrecognised Countries Combo
From Iran through Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and Georgia
- Start Date : April 6th 2021
End Date : April 26th, 2021 - Duration: 20 nights, 21 days
- €795-€1495
Caucasus Unrecognised Countries Tour
Visit the hardest to get to Unrecognised Countries in the Frozen Conflict Zones of Post-Soviet Europe
- Start Date : April 13th 2021
End Date : April 26th 2021 - Duration: 14 nights, 15 days
- €795
Ultimate Transnistria Victory Day Tour
Celebrate Transnistrian Victory Day and witness a Soviet style military parade.
- Start Date : May 5th 2021
End Date : May 13th, 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- €1695-€2595
Moscow to Pyongyang By Train Tour
Experience and ride on the longest passenger train journey in the world!
- Start Date : May 24th 2021
End Date : 10th June 2021 - Duration: 8 days / 17 days
- Flight option: €300 flight out
- €395
Belarus Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Spring Tour
Visit the recently opened and untouched sector of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, in Belarus!
- Start Date : May 28th 2021
End Date : May 31st, 2021 - Duration: 3 nights, 4 days
- €995
The Ultimate Yugoslavia Tour
Visit the entire former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia through 7 unique countries that boast tons of dark history, bizarre sights and mouthwatering food!
- Start Date : May 30th 2021
End Date : June 11th, 2021 - Duration: 12 nights, 13 days
- €790
Chernobyl and Transnistria Summer Tour
Visit our favourite Unrecognised Country : Transnistria and explore the post-nuclear disaster of Pripyat.
- Start Date : July 16th 2021
End Date : July 25th, 2021 - Duration: 9 nights, 10 days
- €2895
Summer Siberia Combo Tour: Buryatia, Baikal and Magadan
Take in the best sites of mighty Siberia, as well as explore its darkest memories
- Start Date : July 18th 2021
End Date : August 1st, 2021 - Duration: 14 nights, 15 days
- €995
Republic of Buryatia & Lake Baikal Siberian Summer Tour
Witness Lake Baikal in all its glory and visit Buryat settlements
- Start Date : July 18th 2021
End Date : July 25, 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- €1895
Magadan Soviet Gulag Tour
Explore the Russian Far East in the Kolyma Region, infamous for its dark history and famous for its awe inspiring scenery and wildlife.
- Start Date : July 26th 2021
End Date : August 1st, 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- €495
Transnistria National Day and Gagauzia Tour
Think the Cold War is over? Come to Transnistria for National Day and think again!
- Start Date : August 29th 2021
End Date : September 5th, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €1490-€2790
Transnistria, South Ossetia, Chechnya and Russia Combo
Visit two post-Soviet breakaway states and explore the length and breadth of Russia from Siberia to the Caucasus!
- Start Date : August 29th 2021
End Date : September 18th-27th, 2021 - Duration: 22 days to 29 days
- €995
Revolutionary Russia Tour
Visit the most important sites throughout Russia at a ridiculously cheap price!
- Start Date : September 4th 2021
End Date : September 15th, 2021 - Duration: 11 nights, 12 days
- €795
South Ossetia Tour
Participate in the independence day celebrations of the world's youngest unrecognised Country and frozen conflict zone!
- Start Date : September 15th 2021
End Date : September 22nd, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €495
Chechnya and Stalingrad Tour
A Soviet- and post-Soviet-themed adventure through the former war-ravaged Chechnya and Stalingrad!
- Start Date : September 22nd 2021
End Date : September 27th, 2021 - Duration: 6 days, 5 nights
- €595
Kaliningrad Post-Soviet Exclave Tour
Explore Russia's westernmost exclave, the secretive Kaliningrad
- Start Date : September 26th 2021
End Date : September 30th, 2021 - Duration: 4 nights, 5 days
- €1195-1795
Kaliningrad, Baltics & Belarus Combo
Tour the whole of the Baltics, from Kaliningrad to the Belarussian Exclusion Zone
- Start Date : September 26th 2021
End Date : October 11th, 2021 - Duration: 11 to 16 days
- €845
Soviet Baltics Tour
An action packed and in depth road trip which kicks off in Lithuania and takes us through four countries in just over a week.
- Start Date : September 30th 2021
End Date : October 7th, 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- €395
Belarus Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Autumn Tour
Visit the recently opened and untouched sector of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore abandoned Soviet villages, factories, police stations.
- Start Date : October 8th 2021
End Date : October 11th, 2021 - Duration: 3 nights, 4 days
- €1995
Svalbard: Soviet Frontier Arctic Cruise
Visit some of the northernmost settlements in the world in ex-Soviet Svalbard!
- Start Date : October 10th 2021
End Date : October 15th, 2021 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- €2495
Ultimate Leaders Tour
Visit the Mausoleums of Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Lenin in one go!
- Start Date : October 11th 2021
End Date : November 2nd, 2021 - Duration: 21 nights, 22 days
- €1995
Svalbard: Soviet Frontier Cruise (Second Departure)
A second chance to visit some of the northernmost settlements in the world in ex-Soviet Svalbard!
- Start Date : October 13th 2021
End Date : October 18th 2021 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- €395-€2995
Eurasian Adventure Tour
7 weeks, 21 post-Soviet countries or Unrecognised Countries. Taking in the whole iron curtain: The true Young Pioneer Tour
- Start Date : October 26th 2021
End Date : December 5th 2021 - Duration: 2 days to 39 days
- €795
Chernobyl and Transnistria Nuclear Winter Tour
Explore post-nuclear disaster Pripyat and our favourite Unrecognised Country of Transnistria
- Start Date : November 5th 2021
End Date : November 13th 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- €895
Balkan Badlands Tour
The ultimate Balkan adventure
- Start Date : November 16th 2021
End Date : November 28th, 2021 - Duration: 12 nights, 13 days
- €495
Kosovo and Albania winter tour
Journey into the lands of blood feuds and bunkers and experience an untouched corner of Europe!
- Start Date : November 17th 2021
End Date : November 22nd, 2021 - Duration: 6 Days, 5 Nights
- €495
Chernobyl and Transnistria Ultra Budget New Year Tour
Ring in the New Year exploring Chernobyl and Transnistria with this ultra cheap package!
- Start Date : December 28th 2021
End Date : January 3rd, 2022 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
