Private Jewish Tour Of Barcelona

WHY THIS IS THE BEST BARCELONA JEWISH TOUR

✓ Learn about the most important Jewish community of Catalonia in the middle ages.
✓ Hear about Nachmanides and the Disputation of 1263… right where it happened. This is something only licensed tour guides like us are allowed to do.
✓ Discover how the local Jewish community was destroyed already 100 years before the Inquisition arrived.
✓ Hear what happened when the Inquisition arrived to Barcelona and step into their headquarters.
✓ See Jewish elements that you wouldn’t find on your own (or would take you a lot of research to find).
✓ Hear what happened with the Jews during World War II in Spain, and how the Spanish Civil War affected them. [ CHAUFFEURED TOUR ONLY ]
✓ Adapt your Jewish Barcelona tour to your energy levels, budget and interests.
✓ And much more, in a private Jewish tour just for you and your party!

PRIVATE JEWISH TOUR FAQ

THIS JEWISH HERITAGE TOUR RUNS:

Express Tours: Week days after 3PM.
Half day tours (walking or chauffeured options): Everyday, any time.

SABBATH: We will be glad to organize a 100% walking tour that day (Call, Interpretation Center and Museum of History), and our guide will handle the money for you.
SOME SITES CLOSED:
– Monday: The Museum of History and Interpretation Center are closed. We won’t be able to access the venue of the Disputation of 1263, either.
– Tuesday: The Interpretation Center is closed.
– Wednesday: The Interpretation Center is only open in the morning.
– Thursday: The Interpretation Center is closed.
– Friday: The Interpretation Center is closed.
– Saturday: The Medieval Synagogue is closed.

TOUR LENGHT: 1.5 hours the Express tour, 4 hours the Walking and Chauffeured tours.

 RECOMMENDED STARTING TIME:
– MORNING TOURS: Anytime between 9AM and 11AM
– AFTERNOON TOURS: Anytime between 1PM and 4PM)
– EXPRESS TOURS: Week days after 3PM

WHERE DO WE MEET? By Hotel Colon in the Gothic Quarter for the Express and Walking tour, unless your accommodation is located within less than 10 minutes walk. Your accommodation within the Barcelona city limits, for the chauffeured tour.

WHERE DO WE END? In the Gothic Quarter, for the Express and Walking tours. Anywhere of your choice within the Barcelona city limits for the Chauffeured tours.

IS THERE A LUNCH STOP? No. You are welcome to book one extra hour to allow for a lunch stop on tour. Note that proper Kosher food is hard to find in Barcelona.

HOW DO WE MOVE AROUND? The Express and the Walking tours are 100% walking tours. In Chauffeured tours we use new air-conditioned Mercedes cars or vans with dedicated private driver.

IS THERE MUCH LEFT TO SEE? These tours are not sightseeing tours. The destruction of the local community in the Middle Ages hasn’t left much to be seen in the medieval Jewish Quarter. There’s nothing in this itinerary that will wow your senses. If you want to see spectacular sites and get some Jewish history background too, we recommend you take one of the sightseeing tours that include a shorter walk around the Jewish History. But if learning is your goal, our Jewish tour won’t disappoint you. You’ll walk around the area where things happened and see the stones come to live to tell you a meaningful story.

ARE YOUR GUIDES JEWISH? No. They are all born and raised in a Catholic society, but most of them don’t practice. They have a strong interest in the Jewish Culture and they are well versed on the local Jewish heritage. They also have experience with orthodox travelers that need to observe religious rules on tour. With our guides you won’t get an edulcorated version of the cruelties the Jews endured during the Middle Ages in our land, but the crude facts expressed in a respectful way. However, if you have a strong desire of hiring a Jewish guide, we can provide a Jewish licensed tour guide from outside our team that matches our quality standards.

DO YOU SPEAK HEBREW? Unfortunately we don’t. But we can provide an Hebrew-speaking licensed guide from outside our team that matches our quality standards. There might be an extra cost for tours in Hebrew that depends on what guide is available for you.

CAN WE VISIT AN ACTIVE SYNAGOGUE? There are 4 active synagogues in Barcelona: 2 orthodox and 2 reform. For safety reasons it is not possible to visit them unannounced: it is necessary to contact them in advance and present documents that back you up. If you have a strong preference for one of them, we recommend to ask your rabbi at home to contact them with a recommendation letter. Otherwise, we can organize a visit with one of the local reform synagogues (that also needs to be arranged ahead of time and identification might be requested).