Small-Group Communist Tour of Split: Discover History with a Local Historian
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Split
Immerse yourself in the communist history of Split on a personalized small-group tour with a local historian. Discover fascinating stories, hidden gems, and even take a photo with a legendary Yugo car!
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Trg Franje Tuđmana - We will meet at bus station on the Trg (Square) Franje Tuđmana where you will be introduced with details of the Communist tour of Split. Also, here you will be introduced with major happenings during World War II in Split and Yugoslavia in general which lead to the birth of the new communist state. You will be shown some pictures of damage made in Split during the War.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Carbonated beverages
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the Communist history of Split in a highly personalized, small group tour of no more than eight people, under the guidance of a local historian with a Masters degree in history.

This tour will provide a comprehensive look into the Communist era of the city of Split, a city that acted as a central hub for politics, industry, economy, education, healthcare, and tourism. Discover stories about Split’s rapid growth during communist Yugoslavia and learn about its interesting history, facts, and legends.

In addition to the narration, we will explore notable sites and hidden treasures that echo the city’s communist past.

During our tour, seize the opportunity to snap a picture at the steering wheel of the iconic Yugo, a symbol of Yugoslavia!

Join this journey to gain unique insights into the lived experiences of individuals in Communist Split and Yugoslavia. This tour encourages lively discussions and questions for an interactive experience!

Location
Autobusno stajalište Sv. Frane
Trg Franje Tuđmana
The meeting point will be at the bus station on the square Trg Franje Tuđmana. Square is surrounded by St. Francis church, Prokurative (Republic Square), and Riva Promenade. Pictures of Trg Franje Tuđmana are among the pictures of this experience.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Alcibiades_s
Mar 25, 2023
Different experience of Split’s history - Amazing and very different experience of Split’s history. If you are interested in learning about Yugoslavia and communist/socialist architecture, this is your tour. Boris is very knowledgeable and excellent tour guide. Mine ended up being a one-on-one tour so it became a personalized exprience which was great. Highly recommended
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Passenger27349102227
Feb 22, 2023
Great, different tour with true expert! - Very interesting and different tour! We wanted to know more about recent history and this was the only tour. Our guide Boris, who guided as also on another tour, was very knowledgeable and he is, in general, true expert for history. Definitely do this tour if you want something different!
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Michael
Sep 30, 2022
Hidden gem tour in Split! Highly recommended!! - If you want something completely different in Split you should take this tour. Before this one we already did the walking tour with Boris and how delighted we were, we decided to go for this one as well. Communist tour of Split gives you completely different view on the history of Split because most of the tours are focused on Roman and Medieval history of the area and this is the only one which offers you to see and understand the period of the history which is not so "in focus" but has every reason not to be like that. The tour focus is on period of Communism/Socialism between two wars, World War II and conflicts in the Balkan in the 1990s even though you will hear what was happening in this area during that time as well. Politics, life, architecture and other themes you probably won`t be able to understand without someone to tell/show you about it. Boris is definitely great choice! Historian, history teacher, tour guide with extensive knowledge for the themes which are part of this tour, will take you through the important parts and the hidden gems as well. Also, there are some small "touches" like having a popular drink from that period and taking a picture at the wheel of one of the symbols of Communist/Socialist Yugoslavia, which is a great add to the tour. After city walking tour, once again, very high recommendation for this tour as well. This is something you won`t be able to get anywhere else in Split. One more time, thank you very much Boris! :) Doreen & Mike
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Cathysunshinezela
Jul 11, 2022
Fascinating and must do it!!! Highest recommendation!!! - When we came to Split we didn't expect significant twentieth century history related to communism so we were very curious when were booking this tour! But it was a bingo! This part of the history of Split is hidden and not so much in the focus which is making it even more interesting! Boris this time showed us interesting architecture of socialist period which was followed with fascinating facts and stories about it! History of Yugoslavia is interesting and unique because it is presenting life and politics between two worlds in that time, western and eastern! Fascinating is a right word for it and Boris is right person to show you that! Must do it!!!
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Steve95555
Jun 30, 2022
Different tour - different and great experience!!! - This was our second tour with Boris, after we already did the walking tour with him in old city. As we expected this was also a great tour on which we found out a lot about communist period of Split as well as about Croatia and Yugoslavia in general. Boris gave us great insight into this interesting and not so known period of history of this area. History, architecture, everyday life, politics, dictatorship of Tito and many other topics were part of this tour so we really learned a lot, especially because we had a guide who is also a professional historian! We also tasted popular drink of the communist era which was a nice addition to the tour! If you want to see and hear about some other part of Split history and about life in general in communist Yugoslavia I would definitely recommend this tour! All together we were on two tours with Boris and we felt lucky that we had him as our guide! Great experience!! Thank you so much Boris!!!
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C736f
Apr 26, 2022
Communist Yugoslavia as it was - unforgetable experience! - As we were already on another tour with Boris on which we were explained mostly Roman and Medieval part of the history of Split we wanted to know a bit more so we decided to go with him on his Communist tour. Boris showed us that there is much more than just a Roman Emperor's palace, medieval noble palaces and squares in the city. The communist (socialist) heritage is quite impressive as well. We started in the center of the city where we were introduced with "legacy" of the WW2 in Split. After that we visited few locations in Split by car on which we were explained about unique Yugoslavia history, politics, arhitecture and way of life together with other interesting themes such are health and education system. It was "smoothly cruise" between parts of Yugoslavia heritage with interesting stops such as at first Yugoslavia mall or modern communist neighboorhood. During the tours we also had a chance to try popular sada drink of that period which was nice "touch". On the end of the tour Boris explained us the fall of Yugoslavia and gave us some interesting facts about the war. This tour was like a search for treasure of modern history! And Boris was definitely the best person who guided us in that search! After this two tours with Boris I can say that we coudn't spent our time in Split better than this. We enjoyed, we lau we learned and we left fulfilled with unforgetable memories. Thank you Boris
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Tinb640
Mar 24, 2022
New and original. Must see! - I never had the chance till now to go to a tour like this. I Highly recomend it! Didn't know Split had such a rich communist history. The local architecture from that time was very intesting and somewhat unique in its own way. Very refreshing if people want to get to know the bit more modern history which had a lot to offer in the sense of architecture as an art, which tells its own story about how the architects percived the times of communism through it's buildings.
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