The Baltic States consist of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and their capitals are popular amongst long weekend holidays makers and partygoers. However, Young Pioneer Tours are here to explore the Baltics Soviet past, hard hitting and informative – we’ll delve deep into history and secret locations unknown to the outside world! Your journey with us […]

Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is the unrecognised de facto state located between Moldova and Ukraine. Last of the true Soviet States with its own flag (which bears the hammer and sickle) – Young Pioneer Tours will take you deep into the country that doesn’t exist, to experience a genuine Soviet state […]

Join YPT for a tour in a land that we know and love, the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl and unrecognised country of Transnistria, reminders of what the Soviet Union was and both complemented by the atmospheric Eastern European winter. Beginning in the vibrant Ukrainian capital of Kiev, we will venture into the nuclear exclusion zone […]

Start your new year in an unrecognised country! Officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), and often referred to as the last of the Soviet Union – Transnistria is one of the four unrecognised countries and frozen conflict zones that litter the regions of the old Soviet Empire. The tour begins in the Moldovan […]

Our Cyprus tour while take you to the unknown side of the island. While largely known as a vacation resort for British and European holidaymakers, Cyprus has a very different side. After being ravaged by war following the Turkish invasion of 1974, the island was divided in two, with a UN-designated buffer zone separating the […]

Join YPT on an Armenia Tour unlike no other, as we discover the remains of the former Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). This tour comprises on-the-ground research, rediscovering lost and forgotten Young Pioneer camps and Soviet monuments featured in Western fashion magazines! Your journey begins in Yerevan, the largest and capital city of Armenia. We’ll […]

Kosovo and Albania are independent nations linked with a strong ethnic identity. Despite having a wealth of natural beauty, hospitable locals and an abundance of history from ancient to modern, these two countries are less travelled and very underrated. The modern history of the countries has been far from pleasant. Albania was locked in the […]

Belarus is a country that has earned various nicknames in the past few years. Some of them being ‘’the last corner of the Soviet Union’’ and ‘’Europe’s last dictatorship”. On our Belarus tours, we take you on a journey through this fascinating but overlooked country that has a wealth of fascinating experiences on offer. Whilst […]

In this combo, retrace the history of the 20th century in a region of Europe that would definitely gain to be more known: the Baltics, Europe’s Russian Exclave and the lesser seen side of the Chernobyl catastrophe! The Baltic States consist of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and their capitals are popular amongst long weekend holidays […]

We’ve worked on this tour for a while, but now we bring you back to the heart of Soviet Europe. This tour coincides with the Transnistrian and South Ossetian National Day celebrations, two of the last surviving Soviet-style military parades left in Europe! The tour will begin with a journey into the secretive state of […]