Northern Italy
Jewish Heritage Tour
Itinerary
Day 1 :
Arrival in
Venice
, private transfer by boat to the Hotel Ca' Sagredo
1 ° Night in
Venice
Day 2:
Full day walking tour with private English speaking guide, including the visit to the Jewish Museum of Venice.
Meeting at your hotel at
10.00am
.
From the Guglie bridge following the route up the wide
canal
of
Cannareggio
to the former municipal slaughter-house on the edges of the lagoon, cross the
bridge
of
Tre Archi
and enter the Jewish quarter of the city. This is hardly ever included on the usual tours. The Venetian Ghetto, where for three centuries the Jewish were forced to live, we will visit the Jewish museum and some of the five Synagogues. You will be plunged in a particular atmosphere, in one of the older Jewish quarter in the entire world. A city on the city where we will found customs that just here you can feel.
Hotel in
Venice
2 ° Night in
Venice
Day 3:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver .Venice /
Padua
The tour departs from
Venice
, Piazzale Roma and takes you to
Padua
where you could imagine yourself in the past and where innumerable architectural examples can be admired inside the walls.
Padua
and its Province are among the liveliest and most dynamic areas in
North-East Italy
from both the cultural and economic point of view.
Padua
has a great artistic and cultural tradition and possesses famous monuments such as the University that is among the oldest and most renowned in
Europe
, the Scrovegni Chapel, which holds the most complete cycle of entirely preserved frescoes produced by (Giotto, and the Basilica of St. Anthony, which attracts pilgrims from all over the world. The Province has a vast but little-known cultural and artistic heritage and great natural assets. In the late afternoon return to
Venice
3 ° Night in
Venice
Day 4:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver-Venice /
Verona
A refined artistic city at the foot of the
Berici
Mountains
,
Vicenza
is an active industrial, commercial and artisan center, noted for its traditional processing of silk and gold. Its historic center, whose fulcrum is the lively Piazza dei Signori, is rich in beautiful palaces of Gothic-Venetian and Renaissance style.
Home of the great architect Palladio, who lived here doing the 1500's,
Vicenza
preserves many of his works such as the splendid Teatro Olimpico and the majestic Palazzo della Ragione, known as the "Basilica", the symbol of the city. The gastronomy is rich and diverse with such specialties as snails with garlic and parsley, "risi e bisi" rice with asparagus and the incredibly famous "baccalà alla vicentina".
Hotel Le Due Torri in
Verona
.
1 ° Night in
Verona
Day 5:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver.-
Verona
Fine medieval palaces and churches, ancient squares and the magnificent Roman Arena in a town of
Shakespearian
echoes
A city of the western Venetian region, capital of the province with the same name,
Verona
is situated on the two banks of the
Adige
between the plain and foothills of the
Lessini
Mountains
.
Verona
is not only the city of
Romeo
and Juliet but also that of the Arena, a wonderful example of Roman architecture.
Its historical has elegant palaces built in mediaeval times and various Roman remains whose magnificence can be rivaled only in
Rome
itself.
After lunch you will be able to relax and in the afternoom visit to the Synagogue of Verona .
2 ° Night in
Verona
Day 6:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver.-
Verona
/ Ivrea
This day is dedicated to move from
Verona
to Ivrea
Sightseeing on the road:
garda
Lake
and
Maggiore
Lake
.
Hotel Castello di Pavone
1 ° Night in Pavone Canavese
Day 7:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver
This tour id dedicated to see Biella city, its synagogue and the Oropa Sanctuary one of the most famous and ancient pilgrimage destination in Italy. The tour of
Biella
including the funicular trip to reach the Piazzo plane, which was the first settlement of the village called "Bugella" dating back to 826 a.c.
We'll visit the
Cisterna Square
, Saint Giacomo church, Pozzo and
Cisterna
Palace
, and many others more.
Return to the Hotel Castello di Pavone
2 ° Night in Pavone Canavese
Day 8:
Private tour by luxury minivan and english speaking guide/driver
This tour is dedicated to see Casale Monferrato and the famous synagogue :
Casale Monferrato
Midway between
Turin
and
Milan
in
Italy
’s northwest
Piedmont
region stands the small city of
Casale Monferrato
, which holds a small jewel of a synagogue, in a colorful baroque style verging on rococo.
The congregation counts 26 members, most living in Milano and
Turin
.
The small but vibrant Jewish museum, is in a labyrinth of rooms adjoining the sanctuary, they are filled with Torah crowns, menorahs, and other Jewish objects.
The museum is contributing to the education of the largely non-Jewish community that surrounds it.
3 ° Night in Pavone Canavese
Day 9:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver –
Turin
TURIN
Turin
is a thriving community of some 1,100 Jews. The community boasts its own day school with 100 students, a home for the elderly and historical archives with more than 3,700 titles.
Turin
’s Jews have their roots in 15th century migrations from
Inquisition-era
Spain
by way of
France
. For a couple of centuries, they eked out an existence under the dukes and kings of
Savoy
. Barred from owning real estate, serving in the military, joining a trade or craft guild and attending schools, the Jewish population, compelled to wear a yellow mark on their clothing, were permitted to work as pawnbrokers and reweaves.
The heart of the community is an imposing 1880 synagogue, with mosque-like turrets and three different worship spaces.
The top level houses festival celebrations, the sunken sanctuary below is home to the weekly Shabbat services and the smallest space displays an ark from the original ghetto synagogue, its ornate decorations repainted in black and gold, to honor King Carlo Alberto who in 1848, abolished the ghetto, only to die the following year.
It’s a typical post-emancipation synagogue grand, monumental, because after years of ghetto life, Jewish people wanted to show their presence here.
Hotel
Golden
Palace
–
Turin
1 ° Night in
Turin
Day 10:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver –
Turin
Day dedicated to see the Synagogues of Asti and
Cuneo
.
2 ° Night in
Turin
Day 11:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver –
Turin
/
Milan
Day dedicated to move from
Turin
to
Milan
Hotel Park Hyatt in
Milan
1 ° Night in
Milan
Day 12:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver –
Milan
Day dedicated to discover
Milan
and shopping in a some special Jewish Store .
2 °Night in
Milan
Day 13:
Private tour by luxury minivan and English speaking guide/driver –
Milan
Day dedicated to discover the synagogues of
Milan
3 ° Night in
Milan
Day 14:
No tour
4 ° Night in
Milan
Day 15:
Private transfer to
Milan
airport.
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