Krakow Private Tour of Kazimierz Including Old Jewish Quarter
Kraków, Poland
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Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 3 hours
Enjoy this private tour, highlights of which are: the oldest part of the Jewish Qtr (Szeroka St) with the Old Synagogue, Remu Synagogue and Remu Cemetery, Helena Rubinstein's House, Izaak Synagogue, the Nowy Sq with the best pubs and cafes in Krakow, places from Spielberg's "Schindler's List", the Ghetto Heroes Sq and the Pharmacy "Under the Eagle" in the former WWII ghetto, Old ghetto wall, Schindler's Factory and many more. Karzimierz soon became a center of Jewish community and Jewish community was growing fast. In 16th century it became the largest in Europe and at the beginning 19th century Karzimerz was incorporated into Krakow. By 1939 the city was a home to nearly 60.000 Jews. It boasts 7 large synagogues - the biggest complex of such type in Europe, comparable with only with Jewish monuments in Prague.
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Enjoy this private tour, highlights of which are: the oldest part of the Jewish Qtr (Szeroka St) with the Old Synagogue, Remu Synagogue and Remu Cemetery, Helena Rubinstein's House, Izaak Synagogue, the Nowy Sq with the best pubs and cafes in Krakow, places from Spielberg's "Schindler's List", the Ghetto Heroes Sq and the Pharmacy "Under the Eagle" in the former WWII ghetto, Old ghetto wall, Schindler's Factory and many more. Karzimierz soon became a center of Jewish community and Jewish community was growing fast. In 16th century it became the largest in Europe and at the beginning 19th century Karzimerz was incorporated into Krakow. By 1939 the city was a home to nearly 60.000 Jews. It boasts 7 large synagogues - the biggest complex of such type in Europe, comparable with only with Jewish monuments in Prague.Once you are picked up at your hotel, you will head off to Szeroka Street, a pre-World War II centre of a Jewish life. There you will see three Jewish synagogues - the most precious being the Old Synagogue. Next you can visit the Renaissance Remuh Synagogue and cemetery.
Next you will continue along the Jewish Heritage Route and admire the rest of Synagogues like: Temple Synagogue (built in the second half of 19th century for the Society of Progressive Jews), the 17th-century Kupa Synagogue, Isaac Synagogue and the Wysoka (High) Synagogue, built towards the end of the 16th century.
Then you will head towards the Heroes Square, a location of the Jewish ghetto at World War II. Then you will explore the Oscar Schindler factory - the original building of factory where Schindler employed the Jewish people (used in Steven Spielberg´s Schindler's List)
After the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Next you will continue along the Jewish Heritage Route and admire the rest of Synagogues like: Temple Synagogue (built in the second half of 19th century for the Society of Progressive Jews), the 17th-century Kupa Synagogue, Isaac Synagogue and the Wysoka (High) Synagogue, built towards the end of the 16th century.
Then you will head towards the Heroes Square, a location of the Jewish ghetto at World War II. Then you will explore the Oscar Schindler factory - the original building of factory where Schindler employed the Jewish people (used in Steven Spielberg´s Schindler's List)
After the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel.
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