Group
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Start Date
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End Date
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Price
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1 & 2 | July 15th | July 24th | €790 |
1 | July 15th | July 23rd | €395 |
2 | July 22nd | July 24th | €395 |
Join YPT this summer in a land that we know and love, the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl and unrecognized country of Transnistria. Beginning in the thriving Romanian capital of Bucharest, we’ll explore the wild history of one of the godfathers of Communism: Nicolae Ceaușescu!
We then board a DDR-made night train into the least visited and poorest country in Europe: Moldova! Here we will tour the capital of Chisinau before visiting an underground winery to sample a hearty amount of Moldova’s most well-known export. Inside are the personal wine collections of Putin, Merkel, and even Hermann Göring! We will even enjoy a tasting session in the same suite that both Vladimir Putin and Yuri Gagarin celebrated their birthdays in.
Moldova will be our crossing point into the unrecognized country of Transnistria, trapped in the style of the Soviet Union since a brutal civil war with Moldova during the collapse of the USSR. We will spend two days here and our years of experience and vast array of contacts in Transnistria mean we can show you the far-flung corners of this fascinating rebel republic.
Crossing into Ukraine across smuggling territory, our next destination will be the rough port town of Odessa. Infamously known as the maternal city of the Russian Mafia. Here we’ll spend the night and have the chance to relax at the welcoming waters of the Black Sea as well as mix it up a bit with a tour of the dark history of Odessa through its gangster neighbourhoods and abandoned Soviet areas.
A refurbished Soviet night train will bring us into the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, where we will venture into the nuclear exclusion zone of Chernobyl, featuring the ghost city of Pripyat. Led by our guide who was born inside the exclusion zone, we can guarantee access to places that most visitors never see. We will spend our final night of the tour in the eerie silence of the exclusion zone in a Soviet hotel in the safe area of Chernobyl town.
Friday 15th July – Bucharest
Saturday 16th July – Bucharest
Sunday 17th July – Chisinau
Monday 18th July – Transnistria
Tuesday 19th July – Transnistria
Wednesday 20th July – Odessa
Thursday 21st July – Odessa
Friday 22nd July – Kiev
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Saturday 23rd July – Chernobyl
Sunday 24th July – Chernobyl
Want to extend your YPT adventure? Join one of our great tour extensions
•All Transport (except transport to Kiev before tour, onward travel from Kiev after group 1 and onward travel from Bucharest after the tour finishes)
•All accommodation based on Twin-Share Basis
•Some local tours (unless otherwise stated)
•Visa fees
•Single supplement (€290)
•Food and drinks
•Personal expenses
•Tips for local guides and drivers
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