Soviet Tours seeks to deliver an unforgettable travel experience that goes way beyond the usual sightseeing. Our tours go straight to the core of the culture and traditions of the regions we journey through. Travelling with us you'll be given the exceptionally rare opportunity to get a first-hand insight into the complex and often misunderstood geopolitical issues defining the unusual destinations we take our guests to.
Our motto is flexibility and we will help you to customise your tour or to design new routes from scratch according to your particular preferences and requirements. Our team of local guides have an extensive knowledge of the regions they live and work in, exclusive contacts with local authorities and an unrivalled ability to solve complex problems; moreover they can all be legitimately labelled as prodigious polyglots as they are able to speak at least three languages fluently. Finally we also offer volunteer and language programs, which are truly unique in the former Soviet scenario and basically represent your only chance to get involved in a long-term project in the region.
Soviet Tours was proudly founded and is enthusiastically run by Berlin-based photojournalist, adventurer and travel author Gianluca Pardelli, whose reportages from the most diverse and remote backwaters of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe have been featured in major newspapers and media outlets around the globe.
You were not made to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge
(Inferno, XXVI)
