DAY 1. BARCELONA
Arrival of the group in Barcelona.During our panoramic tour we will introduce the visitor to the most contemporary history of the city. With exterior views of Sagrada Familia, Passeig de Gracia,Batlló and La Pedrera house, Plaza de Catalunya, Plaza de España, Montjuic and Las Ramblas among others.
Accommodation. Welcome cocktail at the hotel and dinner.
DAY 2. JEWISH BARCELONA
Breakfast and tour departing from the hotel, to learn more about the Jewish legacy in the city. With our specialized guide we will make a historical immersion while we walk through the most emblematic places of Barcelona and that have also witnessed convulsive moments in the Jewish community in the Middle Ages.
The narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter will give you an insight into the place where the Jewish families of Barcelona lived, their legacy and their most important experiences. After a brief stop for lunch we will go into the Born area (a district full of avant-garde fashion, bohemian atmosphere and the Picasso Museum of Barcelona) to finish in Barceloneta as an example of a traditional neighbourhood, nowadays renovated and in coexistence with the most modern Barcelona.
Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 3. BARCELONA - MADRID
Breakfast and free morning in the city. Departure at midday approximately, to Madrid by high speed train. Arrival in Madrid and transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay. That evening we will take a walk through the centre of Madrid to enjoy the illumination of some of its most representative buildings: Plaza de Oriente, Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor…
DAY 4. MADRID - SEGOVIA - MADRID
An undisputed jewel of the Andalusian period, a majestic city of importance in centuries of history of the Iberian Peninsula, Cordoba still preserves its Jewish footprint. Our guided tour will take us to the Synagogue, one of the few medieval synagogues still standing in Europe, the House of the Memory of Sepharad with exclusive private visit, where the tour traps us in sensations suspended in time, its Jewish quarter where the figure of Maimonides presides over a mythical corner and speaks of the Jewish footprint in this city. Restaurants that have recovered recipes and flavours of Sepharad and accommodation located in the heart of the Jewish quarter, where the rooms are distributed in an enclosure, currently closed, which forms part of the network of houses and streets that made up the neighbourhood where several Jewish families lived.
Lunch in a restaurant specialising in Sephardic recipes. In the afternoon time to enjoy the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, shopping for local crafts such as silver, filigree, leather and ceramics and the possibility to end the day with a relaxing experience in the Hammam Al Andalus (optional).
DAY 5. MADRID - TOLEDO - CORDOBA
Breakfast. Morning departure to Toledo by private bus. Meeting with our expertise guide to start the visit of this important site for the Sephardic Jews. On our tour of Toledo we will enter into this mixture of cultures that we find at every step of the way, the Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, the Cathedral Primada of Toledo or the Museum of Santa Cruz… Our Sephardic experience takes us to the Bridge of San Martin, the Puerta del Cambron, the Santa Maria la Blanca Synagogue and the Sephardic Museum in the Synagogue of El Transito.
Return to Madrid Atocha station to take the high-speed train to Cordoba. Arrival in Cordoba. Accommodation and dinner in hotel.
DAY 6. CORDOBA
Indiscutible joya de la época Andalusí, ciudad majestuosa y de importancia en siglos de Historia de la Península Ibérica, Córdoba aún conserva su huella judía. Nuestra visita guiada nos llevará a la Sinagoga, una de las pocas sinagogas medievales que siguen en pie en Europa, la Casa de la Memoria de Sefarad con visita privada exclusiva,donde el recorrido nos atrapa en sensaciones suspendidas en el tiempo, su judería donde la figura de Maimónides preside un rincón mítico y habla de la huella Judía en esta ciudad. Restaurantes que han recuperado recetas y sabores de Sefarad y alojamientos situados en plena judería, donde sus habitaciones se reparten en un recinto, actualmente cerrado,que forma parte del entramado de casas y calles que conformaban el barrio donde se repartían varias familias judías.
Almuerzo en un Restaurante especializado en recetas sefardíes. Por la tarde tiempo para disfrutar de la judería cordobesa, realizar compras de artesanía local como plata, filigrana, piel y cerámica y posibilidad de terminar el día con una relajante experiencia el Hammam Al Andalus (opcional)
DAY 7. CORDOBA - LUCENA - CORDOBA
Breakfast and departure to Lucena. During the Middle Ages, Lucena became a prosperous place where Christian, Jewish and Arab cultures came together. This has left a deep heritage mark. We must highlight its Jewish legacy, ‘The Pearl of Sepharad’, as it is known by the Sephardic culture. From the Jewish Necropolis to its historic centre, this legacy, hidden from the eyes of the visitor, has been recovered, but which the people of Lucena themselves have sometimes preserved without being aware of it.
Visiting the Necropolis, the square where we find the old Synagogue, nowadays the Church of San Mateo, its central streets where you can read its name in Hebrew. But we also get to know its craftsmen who continue and keep alive through the good work of their hands, typical and daily objects of the houses of the citizens who preserved them without knowing the real meaning, just following a tradition from the past. We visit goldsmiths and potters and learn about their work first hand. The gastronomy present in Lucena has an important Sephardic background, especially savoury and sweet dishes, which continue to form part of the table of the most traditional families. We visit a winery and taste its wines while enjoying the unique voices that sing to us in Ladino and take us back to another era.
Return to Cordoba, dinner at the end of the tour and accommodation.
DAY 8. CORDOBA - MADRID
After breakfast departure back to Madrid in high speed train. Arrival to Madrid. Free day and accommodation.
DAY 9. MADRID - AIRPORT
Breakfast, check out and transfer to the Airport. You can combine from here any other destinations if you want to extend your days visiting mor of Spain, Portugal or Morocco
