THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD'S FIRST JEWISH GHETTO, being held at the exceptional venue that is the Venice Opera House TEATRO LA FENICE di VENEZIA………..
A concert with conductor Omer Wellber leading the Fenice symphony orchestra, together with International personalities, Jewish leaders and famous artists
A suitable reflective ceremony with a message for peace and dialogue connecting the audience, with the importance of the occasion that this anniversary represents
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Itinerary:-
Thursday 24 March: Arrival in Trieste airport, on RyanAir flight from Stansted that left at 13.50 lands at 16.55 Trieste meeting with your tourist guide and transfer by bus to Trieste. Dependent on timing of the Purim reading at the Synagogue we may go straight there before checking in at our NH 4* Hotel in Trieste Following Synagogue services and kiddish with the Trieste community we Check-in in hotel and time at leisure. Overnight Trieste NH Hotel in the city centre close to restaurants and shops
Friday 25 March: breakfast, meeting with your tourist guide and the bus and transfer to Miramare Castle.
The Castle of Miramare stands on the tip of the promontory of Grignano. Its position overlooking the sea, providesthe possibility to enjoy a wonderful view over the Gulf of Trieste.
A nobleresidence commissioned by Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Habsburg, its interiors feature sumptuous original furniture. At the end transfer to the Municipal Museum of the Risiera di S. Sabba, located in a building built in 1898 for rice husking, which was used after the autumn of 1943 by the occupying Nazis as a police detention camp (Polizeihaftlager), intended both for the sorting of the racial and political deportees in Germany and in Poland and for the deposit of stolen goods, and for the detention and extermination of
Italian, Slovenian and Croatian hostages, partisans and political prisoners. At the end return to the city centre for the visit of the Jewish Museum “Carla & Vera Wagner”, the ex-ghetto zone, piazza Unità d’Italia, the Borgo Teresiano. Free time for lunch. Early afternoon FREETIME before the group goes to the Synagogue for the Kabballat Shabbat prayers. Dinner with kosher meal. Overnight at the NH Hotel Trieste
Shabbat 26th March: Breakfast, Morning prayers at the Synagogue for those who want. Otherwise morning time at leisure. Lunch with kosher meal.
In the afternoon meeting with your guide ALL BY WALKING Museums Pre-Paid for the visit of one of the most important Museum in Trieste: Revoltella Museum, elegant city residence, in Renaissance style, belonging to Baron Pasquale Revoltella, it hosts sculptures and works of modern painting. Revoltella was the vice president of the Company Universal of Canal of Suez.
An ALTERNATIVE CHOICE today or FREETIME other days we suggest you to taken the public TRAM DE OPCINA, it is a tramway unique of its kind present in Trieste since September 9, 1902.
The tramway draws its name from the locality it reaches and is a means of transport used for an original tour along a charming and panoramic route. The route starts in Piazza Oberdan and reaches Opicina up a steep slope. For this reason, after travelling on the first stretch normally, the tramway is hitched up to some engines that push it (uphill) and hold it back (downhill) following the funicular stretch.
Sunday 27th March: breakfast, meeting with your tourist guide for the visit of the Jewish Cemetery in Trieste.
At the end transfer by bus to Gorizia for the visit of the Synagogue, the Jewish Museum and the Jewish Cemetery. In Gorizia you will breathe the suspended atmosphere typical of a border city: in the Piazza Transalpina, which until 2004 was physically divided by a wall, you will walk with one foot in Italy and one foot in Slovenia.
The medieval castle with its enchanting borough is a real gem: from here you will enjoy a
wonderful view over gentle hills and over the whole city, where medieval, Baroque and nineteenth-century architectures are harmoniously combined.
Free time for lunch.
In the afternoon, along the way to return to Trieste, stop in a winery to taste the local wine.
Overnight in Trieste
Monday 28th March: breakfast, meeting with the bus and the tourist guide and transfer to Aquileia, the most important archaeological site in Northern Italy. Visit then free time for lunch. In the afternoon transfer to Villa Manin di Passariano for the visit of the exhibition of “Miro”. Return to Trieste.
Last night in Trieste the group will be invited to a cooking demonstration with tastings of the food prepared together with local wines from the region
Tuesday 29th March: breakfast, meeting with the bus and transfer to Venice. Arrival in Mestre and check-in in hotel, then transfer to Venice by private little bus for 3 hours guided tour of Venice Starting at the RIALTO bridge - We will pass from the famous bridge exploring the Cannaregio quarter before exploring, in depth, the three ghettos founded exactly 500 years earlier in 1516. We will also be visiting the area around the ghetto during this tour, and we will be talking about the Synagogues that existed and are still in the quarter, along with the Jewish museum, (which will be visited the following morning) after a full understanding of the history of this first Ghetto. We will make a stop on this tour at some stage, as appropriate so we can see how the Venetians spend their evenings, in one of the street bars next to the markets that predominate this area with a glass of local wine accompanied with delicious snacks of bruchetta and cicchettis. Many local guides now offer tourists Jewish foodie tours in the evening in this area frequenting markets and several bars, so we will attempt to experience the ambiance during an afternoon stop from the tour at a typical such bar. Return to Mestre by private little bus.
Evening Opening Ceremony Concert at the Fenice Opera Theatre Venice – After concert concludes
Transfer by private boat from the Fenice Theatre to Tronchetto
Overnight Venice Mestre
Wednesday 30th March: breakfast, transfer to Venice by private little bus for the visit of the Jewish Museum and the Synagogue. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon guided tour of Palazzo Ducale and Museo Correr thereafter.
Return to the hotel in Mestre by private little bus. Overnight.
31 March: breakfast, morning guided tour of the Jewish Cemetery. In the afternoon transfer by bus to Venice airport.
PRICE PER PERSON in hotel 4* in Trieste and Hotel 4* in Mestre
Minimum 15 participants £995
Single supplement for 7 nights £295
SUPPLEMENT FOR STAR HOTEL SPLENDID 4* IN VENICE CENTRE EURO £245 per person in double
Room for 2 nights
Please note that if the group will stay in Venice, it is not necessary to take the minibus for the
transfer as they are already in the city centre of Venice.
The price includes:
NH HOTEL 4* - TRIESTE, located in the city centre, and NH LAGUNA PALACE 4* - VENICE MESTRE
(9 kilometres from tourist Venice ).
- 5 nights in 4* Hotel in Trieste with bed and breakfast basis
- 1 lunch + 1 dinner with kosher meal in Trieste
- Museum fees
- Winery visit and food demonstration and tastings plus local wines
- Cannaregio Venice local wine and drink stop of delicious snacks of bruchetta and cicchettis
- 2 nights in 4* Venice Hotel in Mestre with bed & breakfast basis
- Tourist guide for:
- 24/3 assistance during the transfer from Trieste Airport to Hotel in Trieste
- 25+27+28/3 full day
- 26/3 half day
- 29/3 half day in Venice
- 30/3 half day in Venice
- 30/3 guided tour of Jewish Museum and Synagogue
- 31/3 guided tour of Jewish Cemetery
- Bus with 30 seats on disposal as per program
- Entrance to Jewish Museum in Trieste and Venice
- Wine tasting in the Collio area
- Entrance fee to Palazzo Ducale and Museo Correr
- 1 free in single room for your tour leader
- Transfer by minibus from Hotel in Mestre to Piazzale Roma in Venice for 29/3 twice + for 30/3 twice
- Transfer by private boat from the Fenice Theatre to Tronchetto on 29/3
- Transfer by bus from hotel to Venice airport on 31st March
The price doesn’t include:
- Tickets for concert at Fenice theatre
- Excursion by private boat to the Isle of Murano with guide – minimum 15 at 55€ each
- Extra meals
- Drinks
- Insurance
- Everything doesn’t written in “The price includes”