JEWISH HERITAGE OF ISTANBUL TOUR
ASKENAZI – SHALOM & AHRIDA SYNAGOGOUES – ZULFARIS MUSEUM
Departure: Everyday
Duration: 7 Hours
Pick up: Istanbul Hotels & Istanbul Cruise Port
Service: Private
After meeting, your private guide will be waiting to lead you to your own luxury vehicle, in which you can relax as your private excursion to Istanbul starts. You will drive to Askenazi Synagouge. Your first visit will be the Askenazi Synagogue, and then cross over the Golden horn to Balat, which has been the core of Jewish presence in Istanbul for over five centuries. We then continue to Neve Shalom Synagogue. Visit the old neighborhood and the Ahrida Synagogue. It is the oldest and most beautiful synagogue in Istanbul and was built in the 15th c. Later we will visit the Galata Tower and the old neighborhood of Galata and where you can get a nice view of Old Istanbul and the Zulfaris Museum, with historic and ethnographic sections, celebrating over 500 years of friendship between Turks and Jews. We will end the tour in Ortakoy, where the Sephardic Jews were welcomed to Turkey by the Ottoman Sultan (nice cafes and small restaurants).
ATTENTION PLEASE: Please send your passport copies 15 days before tour date.
Remark;
• If it is demanded, other languages are available for private group or individual requirement. (It is charged extra US$ 50 for the other languages guided.)
• 0-3 ages are free, 3-8 ages are 50% discount.