| | - 7 nights' accommodation using selected
hotels
- 4 days of touring in a luxury, air-conditioned vehicle
+ 3 days of walking tours with local tour escort and licensed,
English-speaking local tour guides as needed
- All site entrance fees and program fees as per
itinerary
- Da'at tour educator accompanying the group from arrival to
departure
- Meals: daily breakfast & 3 dinners
- Porterage at the hotels
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| Day One: Sunday DEPARTURE Overnight: Flight Day Two: Monday ARRIVAL IN VENICE - Arrive at the Marco Polo International Airport in Venice.
- Transfer to the hotel on your own. (Transfers can be arranged at
additional cost.)
- 2:00 p.m. Meet your tour educator and other group members in the hotel
lobby.
- Depart the hotel for an orientation tour along the alleys, bridges and
canals as an introduction to Italy and the compelling beauty of this unique
city, as well an orientation to the Jewish journey - Jewish Memory as
History.
- Ride a gondola through the canals of Venice.
- LaDa'at Focus The Wonders of Italy:
Welcome dinner and orientation with your tour
educator.
Overnight: Venice Day Three: Tuesday VENICE & THE WORLD'S FIRST GHETTO | walking
tour - Breakfast at the hotel.
- LaDa'at Focus 2,000 Years of Italian Jewry:
Introduction by your tour educator.
- Visit the Island of Murano to tour one of its many
glass-making workshops.
- Sail to the colorful Island of Burano, noted for its
lacework and colorfully painted houses.
- Lunch on own.
- Unchanged Legacy: Tour the Jewish Ghetto, the home and
center of Venetian Jewish life, 1515-1848. Visit the Great
Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Museum in the Nuovo
Ghetto.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner on own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Venice
Day Four: Wednesday ROLLING HILLS &
THE BEAUTY OF ITALY - Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Depart Venice and travel through the beautiful countryside of
Tuscany where Jewish life flourished between the 13th and
15th centuries. In the 1940s, the region was a refuge for Jews fleeing
persecution.
- Visit a local Tuscan Farm in the countryside for
wine tasting with local specialists and a dialogue about
Italian culture.
- Visit Ferrara, established almost 1,000 years ago. Over
the centuries, Jews migrated here from Rome, Spain and Germany. The
community eventually numbered 2,000 souls; and with its ten synagogues,
became one of the most flourishing and important in Italy. Even though Jews
have lived in Ferrara since its founding, it was not until the 13th century
that their numbers grew large enough to be granted political status and
certain privileges, protected by the Edict of 1275.
- Continue south towards Florence and check into the
hotel.
- Dinner on own and free time to explore the streets of Florence at
night.
Overnight: Florence Day Five: Thursday JEWISH FLORENCE & THE CRADLE OF THE
RENAISSANCE | walking tour - Breakfast at the hotel.
- LaDa'at Focus The Jews of Tuscany:
Introduction by your tour educator.
- Begin the tour of Florence with a close look at the Jewish world once
centered here. The stories that emanate from the late 14th-century ghetto and
the Moorish-style synagogue built in 1882 will be enhanced by a visit to
the Museo Ebraica (Jewish Museum).
- Lunch on own, en route.
- Visit the Uffizi Gallery, one of the oldest and most
famous art museums in Europe.
- Walk to the Duomo, celebrated for its magnificent dome
designed by Brunelleschi, and view the Baptistery's renowned "Gates of
Paradise" by Ghiberti.
- Continue with an exploration of the open-air art museum of Piazza
della Signoria, ending at the Ponte Vecchio, or
the "Old Bridge.”
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Florence Day Six: Friday JEWISH STORIES ABOUND ON THE ROAD TO
ROME - Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out of the hotel, depart Florence and drive south towards
Rome.
- Stop along the way in Pitigiliano, once known as “La
Piccola Gerusalemme” -- Little Jerusalem -- because of its once-thriving
Jewish community. Though the community is no longer, one can still walk
through the restored synagogue, mikveh and kosher butchery, and even enjoy a
glass of kosher wine.
- Lunch on own, en route.
- Continue to Rome, and take a panoramic tour of the ‘Eternal City' and its
vistas.
- Check into the hotel.
- Optional Kabbalat Shabbat services at a synagogue in
Rome.
- Shabbat dinner at a restaurant.
Overnight: Rome Day Seven: Saturday THE GLORY OF ROME WITH HIDDEN TREASURES
REVEALED - Breakfast at the hotel.
- LaDa'at Focus The Roman Empire and the Jewish
People: Introduction by your tour educator.
- Embark on a tour to some of Rome's most beautiful structures, including
the Spanish Steps, Europe's longest and widest staircase,
the Trevi Fountain, the largest baroque fountain in the
city, Piazza Navona (Navona Square) and more.
- Lunch on own.
- Tour ancient Rome, including the Coliseum, the Roman
Forum and other monuments that recall Rome's great historic past. View the
Arch of Titus, perhaps the best-known symbol of the Roman
destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Rome Day Eight: Sunday SACRED ROME - Breakfast at the hotel.
- LaDa'at Focus Michelangelo and the Jews:
Introduction by your tour educator.
- Enjoy a special visit to the Vatican Museum and view some
of the seldom-revealed Jewish historic relics preserved there.
- Continue to the Sistine Chapel, followed by a visit to
St. Peter's Basilica, built in the late
Renaissance.
- Lunch on own.
- Continue to the Great Synagogue, built in 1904, and the
Museum of Jewish Heritage housed inside it.
- Tour the Jewish Ghetto, established by Pope Paul IV in
1555. Rome's Jews were stripped of their rights and forced to live in the
walled-in, overcrowded area. The medieval streets wind their way towards the
square from which Jews were deported during the Holocaust.
- Return to the hotel.
- Farewell dinner and group reflection at a typical Roman
restaurant.
Overnight: Rome
Day Nine: Monday DEPARTURE
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out of the hotel.
- Transfer on your own to the Rome International Airport. (Transfers can be
arranged at additional cost.)
- Departure flight to the U.S.A., arriving the same day.
| | Need to Know | - Tour rates
are per person based on double occupancy and a minimum of
15 full paying participants.
- Tour prices
are per person in U.S. dollars. All hotel accommodations,
motor coach transportation, special dinners, sightseeing,
admissions, luggage handling and the services of local
guides, drivers and the tour educator are
included.
- Hotels are
subject to confirmation. If the hotels listed cannot be
confirmed, we will use other hotels on the same level.
- Hotel
Accommodations: The tour price includes all hotel
accommodations, in hotel rooms with private baths. Our
standard is to provide the best available hotels while
considering value. Although the level of the accommodations
may differ slightly from hotel to hotel, we are committed to
your comfort. Two-bed rooms are reserved in most hotels.
Triples are two-bed rooms with a rollaway cot where
available and are not recommended when considering the comfort
of those in the room. King-size beds are not available in
most hotels; what is considered king-size usually consists
of two single beds pushed together and made up separately, but
with one headboard. Some two-bed rooms may have two twin
(not full- or queen-size) beds.
- Meals are
included as specified in the itinerary.
- Tour
Educator: All trips are conducted by our tour educators or local
guides who remain with the group throughout the
tour.
- Gratuities
included for restaurant and hotel staff only (for guides
and drivers, see below).
- Baggage: All
tour packages / group tours allow one piece of luggage
per person and one carry-on bag. Excess luggage will be
subject to a charge of up to $100 per piece. The Travel
Agent and/or Tour Operator, shall not be held responsible
for any damage to or loss of luggage/personal items. All
damage/loss must be reported at time of the incident and
documented in writing by local authorities for submission
to the insurance company. With regard to airline baggage
allowance, different carriers have different regulations for
business and coach. Please check with your individual
carrier with regard to permitted number of pieces, weights
and dimensions. The tour operator is not responsible for
fees levied by any air carrier for the transport of personal
belongings of any kind.
Not Included
- Airfare
to the tour departure point and from the tour ending
point is not included. Airfare may be purchased from us
for travel originating in the United
States.
- Supplemental cost for Bar/Bat
Mitzvah ceremony (to be advised upon
request).
- Personal Expenses: All personal expenses such as laundry, valet
service, cables, telephone calls, Wi-Fi usage and postage
are not included.
- Guide
and Driver Gratuities (recommended guidelines vary based
on number of participants):
- For
a group of 15-19 passengers:
$10
per participant per day for the Da'at
tour educator, $6 per participant per day for the tour escort,
$5 per participant per day for the local guide
& $3 per participant per day for
the driver - For a group of 20 passengers and
more:
$8 per participant per day for the
Da'at tour educator, $6 per participant per day for the tour
escort, $5 per participant per day for the local
guide & $3 per participant per
day for the driver
Additional Information
- Airline
Security Measures: In the U.S., you must provide
identification in the form of a passport at the time of
airport check-in for travel to international destinations.
Your passport name must match the name on your tour reservation
and airline ticket or you may be denied
boarding.
- If you
are traveling from an airport outside the jurisdiction of
the U.S., you will need to determine what travel
documentation and identification is required for that
particular airport.
- Due to
heightened security regulations, certain items such as a
metal nail file, pocketknife, cigarette lighter or
tweezers, and some liquid, gel, or aerosol items may not
be permitted in your carry-on luggage. Please call your
airline prior to departure to obtain current information on
non-permissible carry-on items and recommended airport
check-in times. You may also wish to visit the Transportation
Security Administration website at www.tsa.gov to obtain more information on
acceptable identity documentation and prohibited luggage
items.
- Holidays and Museum Closures: Museum visits and personal shopping
time may be disrupted due to unforeseen circumstances or the
many religious, state and local holidays locally
observed in the destinations being
visited.
- Photography During Tours: We will occasionally use photographs taken
by fellow guests or your trip director for promotional
purposes. If you prefer that your photo not be used in any
marketing activities, please notify us at the start of
your tour.
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