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 private walking tours of Rome

JEWISH ROME
Temple    Old Ghetto    Medieval Synagogue    Jewish Museum    Trastevere

 

 

suitable for children
group size: the size of your party

3 hours private walking tour of Rome Jewish ghetto and of medieval and renaissance Rome most popular areas.
See 1st century BCA Teatro Marcello and the ruins of Octavia’s Portico, ancient Rome popular market area and center of Rome Jewish community life. A Jewish community is first recorded in Rome in 139 BC, oldest in Europe. Retrace its development since the time when Jewish traders from Israel first settled in the district of Trastevere to 1555 when they were moved to the area that became Rome Jewish ghetto for 300 years. See narrow backstreets and a few dwellings memories of miserable living conditions in the old ghetto. Visit the beautiful 1905 Great Synagogue and its adjoining museums of the Rome Jewish Community. From the old ghetto walk across the river to the site of the year 1000 Synagogue in Trastevere and to nearby medieval and renaissance Rome: see the open air market of  “Campo de’ Fiori” with picturesque stalls, Palazzo Spada with Borromini’s amazing trompe l’oeil gallery and Piazza Farnese with Michelangelo’s magnificent palace. Stroll along colourful backstreets, lined by antique stores and craftsman workshops, to breathtaking Piazza Navona with Bernini’s fountains, sidewalk artists and outdoor cafés.

Rome Jewish ghetto and private walking sightseeing tour of Trastevere and   renaissance Rome

1 to 4: Euros 165,00
additional person: € 30
admission to Rome Jewish Community museum: €  7,50