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Jewish heritage


duration: 8 days
availability: on request

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poland has many sites connected with Jewish history and culture.  On this tour you will have an opportunity to visit the most precious remaining sites of Jewish interest. Sites of glory and sites of tragedy.

 


PROGRAM: WARSAW – TREBLINKA – MAJDANEK – LUBLIN – ZAMOSC – KRAKOW – AUSCHWITZ – LODZ



Day 1
Arrival to Warsaw. Overnight and dinner in Warsaw.



Day 2  
Full day Jewish heritage sightseeing tour of Warsaw including Nożyk Synagogue, former Ghetto area, Zlota Street the remaining pieces of the Ghetto wall, Monument of Ghetto Heroes, Umschlagplatz, The Jewish Historical Institute includes Jewish Art Gallery & Warsaw Ghetto Exhibition and movie projection, Jewish cemetery, Janusz Korczak Orphanage, Judaica in Praga district.



Day 3

Visit Treblinka and Majdanek concentration camps. Overnight and dinner in Lublin.



Day 4 

Sightseeing tour of Lublin – the building of Rabbinic Academy, the old Jewish cemetery, the Old Town lanes, the Chapel of the Holy Trinity. En exhibition about multicultural past of the city at the NN Theatre. Dinner and overnight in Lublin.



Day 5
Tour of Zamosc – sightseeing of the town including the Old Town, the Main Market with the City Hall, churches and fortifications, former Jewish district. Dinner and overnight in Krakow



Day 6
Tour to KL Auschwitz – Birkenau camp. Dinner in typical Jewish restaurant accompanied by Klezmer music concert. Overnight in Krakow.



Day 7
The Traces of Jewish Culture tour – tour leads through the most interesting places of the Old Jewish Quarter such as: Szeroka Street – the heart of the old Jewish district, Old Synagogue – one of the greatest monuments of Jewish architecture in Europe, Remuh Synagogue – the only regularly functioning synagogue in the city with its one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries of Europe, The courtyard on Maiselsa Street – place associated with the movie “Schindler’s List” by Steven Spielberg, Nowy Square – one of the most popular places in Kazimierz district, Galicja Museum – one of Poland’s most visited Jewish museum, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective, remains of ghetto, building of the former Oskar Schindler’s Factory and former Nazi Labour Camp in Plaszow.
Dinner and overnight in Krakow.



Day 8
Departure




This itinerary can be modified according to the group's interests.


Price depends on number of participants.


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