Girona

Girona Jewish Heritage small group from Girona

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Girona Jewish Heritage

From $49.36

Select Date and Travelers

up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

  • 3 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Visit the Jewish neighborhood of Girona, a historic home for a local Jewish community that has roots here from the time of the Roman Empire. During the medieval times, around 1000 people lived in this community, the largest Jewish neighborhood in Spain. Wander the cobbled streets and see where Nahmanides the philosopher once lived, and visit the places where three synagogues once were before the 1492 expulsion.
  • Visit the Museum of Jewish History—entry is included in the tour price
  • A unique tour that encompasses Jewish history and acknowledges Jewish presence in Spanish history and culture
  • Find hidden gems with your expert local guide
  • This is a small group tour of up to 10 people

What's Included

  • -Entrace fees to the Museum of Jewish History in Girona.
  • -Guide expert in history of Girona.
  • -Guided Visit to the Museum of Jewish History of Giirona.
  • Food and drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Plaça de Sant Feliu, 17004 Girona, Spain

    Meeting point in Girona city: Plaça Sant Feliu, beside "The River Caffe"

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Girona

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Girona has a lot of steps and slopes so this activity is not recommended for people with mobility problems
  • Stroller accessible
  • Wheelchair not accessible.
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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Great tour of Jewish Girona.
lilianderan, Apr 2024
Enjoyed this tour a lot. Julia was knowledgeable and it was a nice size group of 9. Interesting for everyone and a must if you are Jewish visiting Spain
Great experience
Craig_G, Apr 2024
Our guide Pete Cesar was very thorough and passionate. He was extremely knowledgeable, engaging and respectful. 10 plus plus on scale of 10.
Excellent tour of Jewish Girona
Michele_S, Mar 2024
Our guide Pere was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic - so we really enjoyed learning about old Girona and how the part played by the Jewish community. Would recommend the tour and Pere.
Visiting the Jewish...
Rochelle_S, Nov 2023
Visiting the Jewish Museum and walking the streets. Seeing the mezuzah indents carved into the stones of two homes.
Not a great experience
marion_k, Sep 2023
The tour guide was not a good story teller. It was just a memorized speech. I could have just read the information in a book.
Tour that didn't happen
Allison_D, Aug 2023
I booked Monday and there was not enough booked in so I was offered Wednesday which I was so happy about. I was contacted today and was told it's only in Spanish- I was told it was English speaking. I asked if I could do another time but we leave Thursday morning and there was not another of the same tour running on Wednesday afternoon so I had to ask for a refund.
Jewish Gerona
Ivor_N, Jul 2023
Excellent tour, with a very well informed guide. Putting the history of the Jews of Gerona into the context of the history of the city was well done
A great tour!
Lauren_C, Mar 2023
This tour was very informative and we were taught a really well rounded history of Girona. We really appreciated how our tour guide catered the tour based on the various levels of Jewish religious knowledge of the group members. Would definitely recommend. Ona, our tour guide, was really the best!
Great tour and guide
nn0326, Dec 2022
Ona was our tour guide and she did an amazing job. She was very knowledgeable in the topic and answered all of our questions. She knew everything you could know about Girona and its history, and she knew a lot about the Jewish traditions and customs and how that impacted Jewish life in Girona.
Great tour of Girona
Allison_G, Dec 2022
Our guide was great! Very knowledgeable about Jewish history or Girona and the history of the area. She took us around the city and then gave us a personal tour of the Jewish museum
Nothing Jewish to see apart from small museum
Alan_G, Oct 2022
The tour specified a Jewish heritage tour but unfortunately there is very little to see. A bit misleading.
Response from Host, Oct 2022
Hi Alan, I respect your opinion, perhaps you thought that in Girona you would find more vestiges of the 600 years that we share with the Jewish community, but I don't agree with you at all. Girona has one of the best preserved Jewish quarters from the Middle Ages in Europe. The layout of its streets and its structure is the same as the neighborhood had from the XI-XII century. We also preserve part of the last synagogue, the one that was in operation between 1435 and the expulsion in 1492, today home to the Museum of the History of the Jewish Community. We also preserve a Micve from that time and original palaces and mansions of important Jews who lived at that time, such as the Palace of the Ravaia or the House where the last governor of the Aljama Lleó Avinay lived. But in my opinion, apart from the buildings that remain, what you can feel walking around Girona thanks to our guides is undoubtedly the feeling of a journey through time, of breathing the atmosphere that existed in the middle ages, the different stages between the 2 communities and understand a little better that common past that was buried and hidden for hundreds of years.
Ona from Girona
strumark66gmailcom, Jul 2022
Kiss the lioness, Jewish Quarter and living in Girona. Ona was personable, knowledgeable and patient. A very good guide and fun person.
Ok tour
Mary_G, May 2022
There was a great deal of repetition from from city tour. The guide was knowledgeable but there is not enough places in Girona to support the tour
Amazing!
andrewgeorge2, Dec 2019
Susana was very knowledgeable and provided a wonderful tour! She was very personable and we loved having her as our tour guide.

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