National Palace of Culture (NDK)

Arrive at Sofia Airport, where your private driver will greet you and transfer you to your hotel. Enjoy a welcome dinner and tour briefing. Hotel 4*

Museum of Socialist Art

Explore the National History Museum, which houses exhibits from the communist era, including propaganda art and relics from socialist Bulgaria. Visit the Monument to the Soviet Army, the Largo architectural ensemble, and the former Communist Party Headquarters.

Rila Monastery

Drive to the Buzludzha Monument, the abandoned UFO-shaped building that once served as a meeting hall for the Bulgarian Communist Party. Continue to Shipka Pass to learn about Bulgaria’s liberation struggles.

Plovdiv Old Town

Cross the Danube into Romania and arrive in Bucharest, the “Paris of the East.” Evening at leisure.

Belgrade

Visit the Palace of Parliament, the second-largest administrative building in the world, built during Nicolae Ceaușescu’s rule. See Revolution Square, where the 1989 uprising began, and tour Ceaușescu’s private residence, Spring Palace.

Josip Broz Tito Mausoleum

Journey into Transylvania, stopping at key communist-era industrial towns along the way. Evening walking tour of Brasov’s Old Town.

Nikola Tesla Museum

Morning in Brasov, then travel to Sighisoara, a perfectly preserved medieval town, for a contrast to the urban communist architecture.

Timisoara

Drive west through the Carpathian landscape into Serbia. Evening in Belgrade.

Sibiu

Tour the House of Flowers, Tito’s Mausoleum, and the Museum of Yugoslavia, filled with gifts from world leaders during the Cold War. Stroll through Kalemegdan Fortress and view socialist residential blocks from the 1970s.

Sighisoara

Explore Novi Sad, Serbia’s cultural capital, and its impressive Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic military site during Yugoslavia’s history.

Brasov

Visit Subotica, where colorful Art Nouveau meets socialist planning. Learn about post-war reconstruction and Tito’s modernization policies.

Bucharest

Drive to Sarajevo, the city where East meets West. Evening free to explore.

Palace of Parliament

Visit the Tunnel of Hope, a secret lifeline during the 1990s siege, and the Olympic venues from the 1984 Winter Games, built during the Yugoslav era.

Bucharest

In Mostar, admire the famous Old Bridge, then explore Tito’s Bunker, a top-secret nuclear shelter hidden in the mountains.

Republic of North Macedonia

Travel south into North Macedonia. Evening in Skopje.

Skopje

Discover Skopje Fortress, the Mother Teresa Memorial House, and vast public squares dominated by communist-era buildings.

Matka Canyon

Enjoy a nature escape to Matka Canyon, then return to Skopje for a farewell dinner celebrating Balkan hospitality.

Skopje

Private transfer to Skopje Airport for your onward flight.