Items | Secrets of Jewish Majorca - Full Day Experience
Secrets of Jewish Majorca - Full Day Experience
(11) Reviews
Distrito Centro
Important Information
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Discover the Crypto-Jewish contributions to modern society. The Spanish island of Mallorca was home for hundreds of years to a thriving Jewish community where Jews played a pivotal role in cartography before having to go underground with the rise of the Spanish Inquisition in the 14th and 15th centuries. Many Jews faced forced conversions, becoming Crypto-Jews, who displayed their Catholic face outwardly while adhering to their Jewish faith through secret signs and hidden synagogues in their homes.
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
Snacks
All Fees and Taxes
Lunch
Breakfast
18 and above
Private transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
Starbucks
We will meet in front of the Starbucks coffee shop in Plaça de Cort in the city center.
Return
Carrer de la Vidrieria, 9
We will end our tour in our pop up shop called Jewish Majorca. We share the space with another local souvenir shop called La Insular, which has an entrance on Carrer de la Argentina 8.
Secrets of Jewish Majorca - Full Day Experience
(11) Reviews
Distrito Centro
About
Discover the Crypto-Jewish contributions to modern society. The Spanish island of Mallorca was home for hundreds of years to a thriving Jewish community where Jews played a pivotal role in cartography before having to go underground with the rise of the Spanish Inquisition in the 14th and 15th centuries. Many Jews faced forced conversions, becoming Crypto-Jews, who displayed their Catholic face outwardly while adhering to their Jewish faith through secret signs and hidden synagogues in their homes.
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
Snacks
All Fees and Taxes
Lunch
Breakfast
18 and above
Private transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
Starbucks
We will meet in front of the Starbucks coffee shop in Plaça de Cort in the city center.
Return
Carrer de la Vidrieria, 9
We will end our tour in our pop up shop called Jewish Majorca. We share the space with another local souvenir shop called La Insular, which has an entrance on Carrer de la Argentina 8.
Itinerary
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Palma de Mallorca
Begin your experience at the Call Major, home to remnants of ancient synagogues and a statue of the 14th century Jewish cartographer Jafuda Cresques. Walk through the narrow, winding streets with signs of the secret community- centuries-old family owned jewelry shops and ensaimada, a famous Mallorquin pastry. Discover how the Inquisition forced conversions and limited the Catholic descendants of the Jewish Conversos to specific streets to live and work in.
See the Gate of the Jews, and the site of the old synagogue. You will also stop at a local bakery and visit the house of a medieval Jewish merchant to learn the secret traditions the Jews created to keep their faith close. Break for lunch and enjoy some local tapas.
4 hours
2
Castell de Bellver
Enjoy a photo opportunity of Bellver Castle and take in the stunning view of the bay of Palma below.
30 minutes
3
Carrer de Robert Graves
Memorial to the German-Jewish refugees hiding in Mallorca during the Spanish Civil War
30 minutes
4
Plaça de Gomila
Memorial to the Crypto-Jewish victims of the Inquisition in Plaza Gomila
