Across Spain
TOLEDO
Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, Toledo have not stopped being a very unique city.
Unsurpassed in its details, its history, its culture and charm. The Three Cultures; Muslim, Hebrew and Christian, left their mark on the architectural, artistic and urban areas of the ancient and unique heritage. Churches, synagogues, mosques, monasteries, walls, bridges, towers and a number of cultural and artistic combinations that can be found on the buildings, makes Toledo a unique city.
Toledo is a great example of Spain’s golden age, where jews, christians and muslims lived together in harmony under the muslim control ,
Where some of the most important jewish poetry came from, like Judah Halevi (1086-1145).
A time where jews formed a very important part of the city in commerce and even played an important part in the government.
Of course a visit to Toledo is not complete without visiting “La sinagoga del tránsito”, a very impressive sinagoga rediscovered lately that now also holds the place to a jewish museum.
Losing yourself into its narrow streets, parks and gardens turns your visit into an experience that can’t be compared to any other.
Delve, look, ask … and if you can, here’s a recommendation: lose yourself through the streets.
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CORDOBA
The fourth time capital throughout its history.
Córdoba is one of the oldest cities in Europe and the most charming of the whole Iberian Peninsula. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1994. The numerous monuments and attractions created from since the Roman times towards the modern age, attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.
Córdoba is a crossroad, a privileged location between mountains, the Guadalquivir valley and the countryside, and it has been the capital four times throughout its history. The capital of Andalusia, the most Romanized province of the Empire. The capital of the Umayyad Caliphate in the tenth century. The capital of Judaism thanks to the Jewish Quarter and Maimonides, and the capital of the Christian frontier during the last centuries of the Recapture.
Córdoba has managed to harmonize the past and present and the different cultures that settled in the city during its two thousand year history.
The old Jewish community, the Jewish Quarter, was fully declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, the best example of the uniqueness of this city.
“Once again, we realize that our heart and memory will forever be entwined to this land (Córdoba)”.
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SEVILLA
Sevilla has many different faces, colors, flavors and scents. The city combines a lot of the culture from the south of the country. But there is indeed something special in the city, besides the splendid Arabian architecture, is its people. The Sevillians like social life, they like to talk and they love to meet newcomers. Sevilla is today like it once was, the main economic and cultural center of Andalusia. In Sevilla today, traces of the past are merge better than ever with the unalterable path of a modern society.
In the community of Santa Cruz one of the most traditional area of the city is the Jewish quarter of Seville, possibly the oldest in Spain. With three entrances and its interpretation center, this turns the Jewish quarter into one of the tourist epicenter of the city.
There are various versions about when the first jews came to Seville. Some say the first jews came there after the destruction of the first temple in 586 BCE, even though some of the important families in Seville claim to descend of King David and even some identify Seville with the biblical tarshish.
The first evidence of jewish life in Seville is from the time of the visigoths even though the real growth of the jewish community started in the time of the moors.
Under the umayyad caliphate the jewish life prospered and jews became important part of trade medicine and textile industry.
Join us in a wonder throw the narrow and ancient streets of the jewish quarter in a trip back in time, where we are gonna rediscover this glorious and important jewish history.
Sevilla has something special.
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GRANADA
The Alhambra unparalleled beauty.
Granada is a city of monuments, that overflows with character due to the variety of styles. In addition to the Alhambra, known worldwide, don’t forget to visit: the Cathedral, Capilla Real, Monastery of Cartuja, Monastery of San Jerónimo, Science Park and various museums and gardens.
The newly discovered Jewish Quarter already has a synagogue and an interpretation center recently released that will delight its visitors.
Its corners are definitely something that you will love. Keep this in mind in order to feel and savor its beauty.
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SEGOVIA
Declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985
“In the vision that the Segovia traveler creates, all the monuments in the city stirs up great chaos. The mind becomes full of palaces, chapels, arches, capitals, gates, windows, towers, altars … The imagination dazzles in hours of wonderful memories, from one marvelous moment to another. We can’t suddenly bring order and peace to the admiration.” Azorin
Segovia has an exceptional monumental supply as a result of the great relationship between its heritage assets and artistic wealth. The journey in the capital itself begins with its three world-class treasures- Aqueduct, the Cathedral and the Alcázar.
Not so far away we can find the medieval Jewish quarter, which allows us to enter a path of encounter with the past. Places where past Jews generations left their marks and today these can still be observed by the stories told, our language and our culture.
Get to know places like the old Jewish quarter, the Mayor Synagogue, Abraham Seneor’s house.
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AVILA
Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
“Avila, (…) the capital of Spain that lives closer to the sky, it is a tiny, calm, peaceful, walled, distant, noble and silent city. Avila, mystic and traditional, honest and tough, waiting timelessly, a friend at heart to whom one can communicate their diaphanous and mysterious secret.” Camilo José Cela
Avila is the most interesting and best preserved part of the medieval Spanish walled city. The churches, convents and monumental buildings, attached to their teresian memories, make this crowed Spanish population one of these peninsulas where the history of Spain and the way of life of medieval Europe, are expressed more fully.
Documented Jewish presence in Ãvila dates back to 1144, but some legends say that there were jews in Ãvila already in Roman times.
The jewish story of Ãvila has been forgotten for many years, but lately the works of historians managed to recuperate that Ãvila had a rich jewish life, with important part in the trade and comerce and synagogues. As well archaeologists managed to locate the place of the jewish cemetery.
Ãvila was the home of a very important rabbi – Moshe de León – who was the composer of the Zohar, one of the most important kabbalistic books.
Ãvila was as well the home of an interesting story, the story of Nissim Ben Abraham, also known as The Messiah from Ãvila, a false messiah that the famous rabbi Salomon Ben Aderet was one of his big opposers.
So join us and our guides would bring back to life this forgotten part of Ãvila’s history, the jewish history of Ãvila.
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MADRID
Madrid, the capital of Spain is a cosmopolitan city that combines the most modern infrastructures and the status of economic, financial, administrative and service center with an immense cultural and artistic heritage, the legacy of centuries of fascinating history.
One of the great hallmarks is represented through the Journey of Art, where you can find the supply of three art galleries: the Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia Museum which holds a collection of spectacular treasures of world art.
Furthermore Madrid hosts a monumental supply: from ancient Arabic and medieval remains to examples of modern architecture, passing through the Madrid of Austria, Madrid has wonderful examples of all architectural styles.
And finally, Madrid is associated with fine dining and shopping in Madrid has one of the best shopping deals across Europe.
Live the life of Madrid!
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