Jewish Traditions in Florence: Private Walking Tour

Highlights

• Expert Local Guide
• Jewish Museum & Synagogue

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Ponte Vecchio

   15min

   The Ponte Vecchio, symbol of Florence, the only bridge that survived the Second World War, with the typical goldsmith shops known all over the world

2. 2

   Stop 2

   15min

   Borgo San Jacopo, a street of the Oltrarno district in Florence where we will find some memories of the life of the Jews in the Middle Ages

3. 3

   Piazza della Repubblica

   30min

   Piazza della Repubblica, the elegant nineteenth-century square built over the ghetto now decayed and completely dismantled. We will read together the traces of the era of the ghetto in this bright square of lights and colors

4. 4

   Piazza Del Duomo

   30min

   in this square we will stop to explain the fantastic Gates of Paradise, made of gilded bronze by Lorenzo Ghiberti in the Renaissance period. We will read the panels together with the stories of Genesis.

5. 5

   Sinagoga e Museo Ebraico

   1h 30min

   The main synagogue of Florence is located in the historic center of Florence, in Via Farini. Its copper green dome is a famous point of the city panorama

Before you go

Location