Far from the partying Erasmus crowds of central Krakow, hidden behind Gdańsk’s polished Dutch-style façades and beyond the distasteful touristification happening at the former Auschwitz Concentration Camp, there is a different country awaiting to be (re)discovered. Despite the barbaric anti-Soviet iconoclasm that followed the extremely controversial Decommunization Laws, the former Polish People’s Republic (Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa aka PRL) and its bittersweet socialismstill live on in a vast plethora of modernist architectonic shapes, melancholic Baltic resorts, towering bloki (apartment blocks), Soviet memorials, war graves, powerful monuments, and realist bas-reliefs.
We routinely organise private Soviet Tours across the Polish backcountry, ranging from a classic socialist weekend escape in Warsaw or Szczecin to a two-week PRL-themed odyssey from Braniewo, close to the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, down to Bogatynia, in the Polish panhandle between Czechia and East Germany. Our bespoke Soviet Tours to the bygone Polish People’s Republic are available all year round and, depending on the amount of people joining the trip, you will be pleased to find out that prices are not much higher than our scheduled group tours. Affordable custom-tailored private tours are, in fact, our speciality.
On a private tour you have the chance to travel at your own pace, have our local guides all to yourself and do things that normally aren’t possible on group tours such as be invited by a local family over for dinner or overnight in a socialist-era apartment. Whether you are interested in a particular area, architectonic wonder, unusual activity and/or offbeat attraction within the former PRL or simply looking for an hit-and-run visit to Katowice or Lublin, you just need to tell us what you like and how many days off you got: we will then easily meet your needs with a unique tour individually designed according to your time schedule and specific geographical preferences.
Contact us today and travel tomorrow to the Polish People's Republic!
