SEPHARDIC STEPS –ASHKENAZIM JEWELS

The history of the Jews of Thessaloniki, (Greece) reaches back two thousand years. The city of Thessaloniki (also known as Salonica) housed a major Jewish community, mostly Eastern Sephardim, until the middle of the Second World War. It is the only known example of a city of this size in the Jewish diaspora that retained a Jewish majority for centuries.

Minimum size 15 pax

Day 1: Thessaloniki

Arrival at the “Macedonia” Airport of Thessaloniki and transfer to hotel.
Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight at Hotel

Thessaloniki Tour – White Tower, Jewish Museum, Byzantine Walls, Rotonda, Villa Allatini, Mordoch & Bianca

Day 2: Thessaloniki

Breakfast at hotel
6-hour guided city tour of Thessaloniki including: neoclassical villas of the jewish community (Villa Allatini, Casa Bianca and Villa Mordoch), Byzantine walls, the Rotonda, and Jewish museum of Thessaloniki where you will learn about the presence of the Jewish community in Thessaloniki.
Lunch and Dinner at local restaurant

Day 3: Thessaloniki – Veroia – Kavala

Departure for Veroia after breakfast
Visit the Synagogue and 18th Century Jewish Quarters of Veroia
Departure for Kavala and check in at local hotel.
Lunch and Dinner at local restaurants

Day 4: Kavala – Istanbul

Breakfast and morning stroll in Kavala
Departure for Istanbul
Change of Bus and Guide at Greek-Turkish borders
Check in at hotel in Istanbul
Dinner in hotel

Istanbul – Ahrida, Kamondo Stairs, Ashkenazi Synagogue, Kamondo Mausoleum, Jewish Museum, Ora Hayim Jewish Hospital

Day 5: Istanbul

Breakfast at hotel
8-hour guided city tour including: Ashkenazi, Italian and Tofre Begadim Synagogues, the Kamondo Stairs and the Jewish museum, Ahrida Synagogue, Yanbol Synagogue and Cana synagogue, Ora Hayim Jewish Hospital, Asphar Mayor , Caraim and Maalem synagogues, Hasköy Sepharadim Cemetery and Kamondo Mauseleum, Ortakoy, Etz a Hayim Synagogue
Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Istanbul

Breakfast
Check out and transfer to aiport
Departure