OLD-WORLD CHARM and soviet heritage

RUSSIA moldova  ukraine  Yugoslavia  Albania  belarus  Gdr  romania BULGARIA 

Eastern Europe is a vague geopolitical concept Westerners use to define the territories and societies located on the other side of the former Berlin Wall. From the tranquil shores of the Baltic Sea to the windswept steppes of Southwestern Russia, every village, town, hamlet east of Bavaria may be regarded as a piece of Eastern Europe, a boundless and diverse land without clear geographical borders. With the exception of a few overtourism-plagued destinations, we cover the entire Eastern European spectrum. Where would you like to travel next?

In addition to the itineraries published on the website, we also offer tailored expeditions, unusual travel routes and short city trips across and beyond Eastern Europe. Examples include: ski holidays in Bosnia, historical tours through ancient Thracia, melancholic drives along the Budjak steppes and epic overland journeys from Vienna to Istanbul. Just email us at info@soviettours.com for more info about our unadvertised tours.

Every time I have returned to Western Europe from my travels across the East, I have felt disorientation and wondered: What am I doing here?

Crossing the borders to the West, I always had a burning sensation: here is where the adventure ends, the notes in my notebook become rarefied, and in the air there is always that unmistakable mixture of sugary Catholic respectability and Protestant obsession with productivity.

Paolo Rumiz

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