Three Beaties - Venice, Padua and Merano
6 days /5 nights
What do have in common Venice
island, with the art city of Padua
and the northern Merano? Apparently they are just three Italian cities staying
in different places, but they all preserve interesting Jewish sites.
Venice
is the city where the first ghetto
was established. It was a narrow space, where Jews coming from different
countries were forced to live together, but they found the way to maintain their
own traditions. Each ethnic group built up its synagogue, in the upper levels of
private houses, as they should not be recognised by the authorities. The
Venetian ghetto is today a unique evidence of the Jewish presence in Italy, as it still preserves the
five synagogue that were built centuries ago.
Padua,
renowned for the amazing Cappella degli
Scrovegni with frescoes by Giotto,
since the 14th century has had an important Jewish immigration of
students and money lenders from Italian, German and Spanish cities.
Padua
has always been a famous cultural centre, as in the 15th century it
had a Rabbinic
Academy
and the only University in Europe
which accepted Jewish students at the
medicine faculty, while in the 19th century it hosted a Rabbinic School which attracted scholars from all
over the Habsburg empire.
The Jewish presence in Trentino Alto Adige goes back to the 13th
century, but only in 1836 an official group was formed, as a detached section of
the Austrian Community of Hohenems. During the Austro-Hungarian empire,
Merano was a well-known curative
centre with hospitals organised by Jewish doctors, and had very important
guests, as Franz Kafka and Chaim
Weizmann, the first president of Israel. Just when Merano joined Italy (1918),
its Jewish community had the opportunity to become independent (1930) and in the
years from 1946 to 1947, the city has been a shelter for thousands of survivors
from the Shoah, that were hosted in the sanatoria run by Jewish organizations.
With this original tour you will go from the sea to the mountains, passing
through the art beauties of Veneto…and to offer you a more pleasant
journey, you will have the possibility to relax in the new
thermal centre of Merano, and to taste the
traditional tyrolese food.
TOUR PROGRAMME:
DAY
1 - VENICE:
arrival in Venice
and transfer to the Hotel. Guided tour of the city centre with the most famous
Venetian beauties. Dinner. Overnight in
Venice.
DAY
2 - VENICE:
Breakfast. Guided tour of the ghetto area, with its five synagogues and the
Jewish Museum. Lunch. In the afternoon it is possible to rent a boat and visit
the Jewish cemetery on Lido di Venezia, and than continue to the famous
Murano and
Burano island. Dinner. Overnight in Venice.
DAY
3 - PADUA:
Breakfast. Transfer to Padua for a guided tour of the city centre,
during which you will pass through the narrow streets of the Jewish quarter
which has maintained its original appearance, and you will have the opportunity
to visit the Italian synagogue. During the guided tour you will also admire the
many artistic beauties of Padua,
including Cappella degli Scrovegni.
Lunch. Transfer to Verona,
where you will have some free time for a rest. Dinner. Overnight in Verona
DAY
4 - VERONA:
Breakfast. Guided tour of Verona,
where you will visit the famous Arena,
and the historic centre of the city where the story on
Romeo and Giuliette was settled by Shakespeare. Lunch. Transfer to
Merano. Dinner. Overnight in Merano.
DAY
5- MERANO:
Breakfast. Guided tour of the city centre, with a visit to the synagogue, the
Jewish Museum and the Anna Frank Cultural Centre, with a specialized library.
Lunch. In the afternoon free time for relax at the
Thermal Centre of Merano. Dinner.
Overnight in Merano.
DAY
6:
Breakfast. Departure.
This is suggested
itinerary for individuals and groups, prices are on request, please
email number of people, dates and we will provide you a quote.
These are very popular for synagogue groups and can be combined as a stopover on
the way to/from Israel. We can also arrange a shabbat with Jewish community on
request of the group.
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