Our specifically designed tours are rich with content and include highlights of the era. Riches of Judaism tours include the highlights of the ancient Gebrew Gezer calendar in the Archaeological museum, Topkapi Palace and Galata, home to the lovely Neve Shalom synagogue Akrida synagogue from the 15th century, the synagogue and Jewish cemeteries at Kuzguncuk and Uskudar in ISTANBUL in addition to the traditional Turkish treasures of the Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent and the Grand Bazaar.
We include BURSA , the Former capital of the Ottoman Empire. Bursa was also home to a large Jewish community. Visit Gerush and Mayor synagogues in the city. Then visit Thyatira, home of an ancient Jewish community that thrived for centuries.
Still home to one of Turkey’s largest Jewish communities, with a synagogue dating back to 220 BC, visit IZMIR and see the Beth Israel and Senora synagogues.
Visit SARDIS, home to the ruins of one of the largest, and most ancient, synagogues of antiquity and the city of Ephesus boasting Hebrews signs and symbols among its remains as one of the world's most comprehensive ancient sites. See the ancient lonia cities of Priene and Miletus’ ruins that are haunting, evocative and intriguing, some adorned with Hebrew script.
