Kesher

DAY 1 SUNDAY NEW YORK

EVENING DEPARTURE FOR BARCELONA.

DAY 2 MONDAY BARCELONA

ARRIVE IN BARCELONA, WHERE YOU WILL MEET YOUR TOUR LEADER. TOURING TODAY WILL INCLUDE THE CITY HALL, LAS RAMBLAS, GAUDI BUILDINGS, AND MONTJUICH- THE OLD JEWISH QUARTER FROM THE RAMBAN PERIOD AND MORE. LEISURE TIME FOR FURTHER VISITS OR SHOPPING. OVERNIGHT IN BARCELONA FOR THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS.

DAY 3 TUESDAY BARCELONA, GIRONA

FULL DAY TOUR OF THE FAMOUS OLD JEWISH TOWN OF GIRONA, VISITING THE OLD BANOS ARABES, THE ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND THE JEWISH MUSEUM. CONTINUE TO BESALU TO SEE THE SITE OF AN OLD MIKVAH, BEFORE RETURNING TO BARCELONA VISIT THE PICASSO MUSEUM.

DAY 4 WEDNESDAY CORDOBA

TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT TO GRANADA WERE YOU WILL VISIT THE ALHAMBRA, SPAIN’S MOST FAMOUS CASTLE, BUILT BY THE MOORS, AND THE BEAUTIFUL AND EXOTIC GENERALIFE GARDENS. OVERNIGHT IN GRANADA.

DAY 5 THURSDAY CORDOBA

DRIVE TO CORDOBA THE BIRTHPLACE OF MAIMONIDES. SIGHTSEEING INDLUDES THE MOSQUE WITH 1,000 COLORED COLUMNS, PLAZA TIBERIAS SQUARE, AND THE SMALL MOORISH BUILDING KNOWN AS THE RAMBAM SYNAGOGUE. OVERNIGHT IN CORDOBA.

DAY 6 FRIDAY GIBRALTAR

DRIVE THROUGH COSTA DEL SOL TO GIBRALTAR. UPON ARRIVAL, ENJOY A TOUR OF ITS CHIEF ATTRACTION- THE ROCK. AROUND 600 JEWS LIVE IN GIBRALTAR. SEPHARDIC JEWS COMING FROM ITALY, NORTH AFRICA AND LATER FROM ENGLAND SETTLED THERE SOON AFTER THE BRITISH OCCUPATION IN 1704. INCLUDED IN THE TOUR WILL BE THE FAMOUS ST. MIGUEL CAVES AND A VIEWING OF THE HUNDREDS OFAPES WHO ROAM THE APE’S DEN. EVENING SERVICES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SHABBAT DINNER. OVERNIGHT IN GIBRALTAR FOR THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS.

DAY 7 SHABBAT GIBRALTAR

Morning services at the synagogue. After lunch enjoy a walking tour of the area.

DAY 8 SUNDAY SEVILLE

DEPART GIBRALTAR FOR SEVILLE. HERE YOU WILL VISIT THE ARABIAN ALCAZAR AND ITS GARDENS. YOU WILL VISIT THE PLAZA ESPANA, PILATUS HOUSE, AND THE OLD SANTA CRUZ QUARTER, FORMERLY THE JEWISH QUARTER. OVERNIGHT IN SEVILLE.

DAY 9 MONDAY TOLEDO

DEPART TODAY FOR TOLEDO, CAPITAL OF MEDIEVAL SPANISH JEWRY. OVERNIGHT IN TOLEDO.

DAY 10 TUESDAY TOLEDO, MADRID

TODAY’S VISITS WILL INCLUDE THE JEWISH QUARTER AND ITS ANCIENT SYNAGOGUES, NOW TRANSFORMED INTO CHURCHES, EL GRECO’S HOUSE, FORMERLY THE HOME OF SHMUEL HALEVI. DRIVE TO MADRID FOR A SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE PLAZA MAYOR, PUERTO DEL SOL, AND PLAZA ESPANA. VISIT THE 18TH CENTURY ROYAL PALACE, THE BETH JACOB SYNAGOGUE, AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER.OVERNIGHT IN MADRID FOR THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS.

DAY 11 WEDNESDAY SEGOVIA, MADRID

A DRIVE TODAY WILL BRING US TO SEGOVIA FOR A WALKING TOUR OF THE CITY, VISITING THE SITES OF THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH QUARTERS: CALLE DE LA JUDERIA VIEJA, AND CALLE DE LA JUDERIA NUEVA. VIEW THE LARGEST ROMAN AQUADUCT IN THE WORLD AND THE ALCAZAR. VISIT THE ESCORIAL PALACE, FOUNDED BY PHILIP II IN THE 16TH CENTURY, BEFORE RETURNING TO MADRID FOR A VISIT TO THE PRADO MUSEUM.

DAY 12 THURSDAY MADRID, NEW YORK

TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT FOR YOUR FLIGHT HOME.

OPTIONS

MADRID

FLAMENCO SHOW

SEVILLE

HORSE AND BUGGY RIDE, BOAT RIDE.