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Jewish Bologna and Modena or Ferrara
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Jewish Bologna and Modena or Ferrara

By Stephanie Foulkes Tourist Guide ER
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$737 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Venture into the ghettos of Ferrara, Modena or Bologna
  • Learn about discrimination but also Judaism
  • Unlock the secrets of Emilia's Jewish history
  • Discover the mystique of Ferrara, dubbed the first renaissance city

Activity location

    • Ferrara
    • Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Via Galliera, 6, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Jewish Bologna and Modena or Ferrara
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 2:00 pm
Price details
AU$737.13 x 1 TravellerAU$737.13

Total
Price is AU$737.13

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedMy skills as a professional guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedYours and my train tickets to and from Ferrara (10.40 euros pp return)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded If we go to the Bologna synagogue the cost is seven euros per person for a guide from the Jewish community.

What you can expect

Enjoy a tour with your ultimate Jewish history guide of Bologna and Ferrara or Modena! Jews form part and parcel of the fabric of Italian society and have been in Italy for twenty-two centuries. Throughout history Jews have been expelled over and over again, marginalized and made to live in ghettos, including in Bologna where they were expelled from twice. But they were welcomed by the Estense of Ferrara, where there is a large thriving community. In this tour, I will give some background starting from the Roman era, and explain how they are well integrated today. In the morning we will visit the Jewish Ghetto and Museum, and then we will go to Ferrara or Modena by train, where we visit the Jewish area and in Ferrera the Meis (the ltalian museum of Judaism and the Shoah). The tour is not available on Mondays due to the museums' closure. Itinerary: the two towers where the old Jewish guild was, the old Jewish Ghetto and Museum, Santo Stefano - known as the seven churches - and Santo Stefano square with the house of the Jewish-Sforno family. * I will contact the 19th-century synagogue at 9, via dei Gombruti with its Star-of-David Rose window to see if it is visitable, (not on Friday nor Saturday, the Bocchi building with the only Jewish inscription in Europe. The synagogue is not visitable on Sundays. Meeting Point + Tour Duration Duration: 6 hours The duration is flexible depending on the amount of time we spend in the museums, and it includes the journey to Ferrara. It will also depend on the time spent for lunch. Transport: Walking tour inside Bologna. Train to Ferrara or Modena. Bus/taxi and some walking in Ferrara. In Ferrara we'll visit the Meis and the Jewish ghetto. ln Modena the main Square and ghetto.

Location

Activity location

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    • Ferrara
    • Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Via Galliera, 6, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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    • Via Piangipane, 81, 44121 Ferrara FE, Italy | Meis of Ferrara
    • Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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    • Piazza del Nettuno, 1a, 40124 Bologna BO, Italia | Let's meet in front of the fountain.
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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    • Piazza del Nettuno, 1a, 40124 Bologna BO, Italia | Let's meet in front of the fountain.
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy