Itinerary of Eastern Europe Family Tours | Arza World Israel Tours
Monday. Depart the USA to Warsaw. Flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
Tuesday. Arrive in Warsaw. Welcome by our representative who will assist with arrival formalities.
Introduction to Jewish Warsaw at the Nozyk Synagogue, once a thriving center of Jewish life, followed by a visit to the Yiddish Theater for a glimpse of the glory of pre-Holocaust Jewish life. Walk through the cobblestoned streets of old Warsaw to the Baroque Market Square where you will find hidden gems among the many stalls.
This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner and orientation with your tour manager at the hotel. WARSAW
Wednesday. After breakfast check out of your hotel.
Begin the day at the Okopova Cemetery with it's close to 300,000 graves which tell the story of the glory days of Polish Jewry. Continue to the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, and Mila 18, headquarters of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and the Umschlagplatz, site of the deportation of the Warsaw Jewish community to Treblinka.
Visit Beit Warszawa, Warsaw's Progressive Synagogue for a visit with the local Jewish Community.
In the afternoon, drive by coach via the city of Kielze, site of the 1946 pogrom against Holocaust survivors that led to a mass exodus of Polish Jews from Poland, and continue to Krakow.
Check in at your hotel.
Lunch and Dinner on your own. KRAROW
Thursday. Breakfast at your hotel.
Guided visit to the Kazimierz Jewish Quarter, once a thriving center of Jewish life and visit the Reform Temple, the traditional Altshul and the Rema Synagogue, named for the great Rabbi Moses Isserlez, concluding with a visit to the Kazimierz Cemetery where the Rema is buried. Continue to the "Pharmacy" in the Ghetto, the Ghetto walls and the Oskar Schindler factory.
Depart for the infamous sites of the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration and death camps for a guided visit and memorial service with time for personal reflection.
Lunch and Dinner on your own. KRAKOW
Friday. After breakfast check out of your hotel.
Morning departure to Budapest by coach.
Upon arrival, balance of the day at leisure.
Lunch on your own.
In the evening, attend Shabbat Services at the local Synagogue with the local Jewish Community.
Shabbat dinner at a local Jewish Restaurant. (B,D) BUDAPEST
Saturday. Breakfast at your hotel.
Optional Shabbat Services.
Begin your walking tour at the Castle District. Walk along the Fishermen's Bastion with a magnificent view of the Danube and the city. Drive to Heroes Square and wander along the Vace Ucca Pedestrian Mall.
Free time to enjoy the festive atmosphere on the Chain Bridge over the Danube. Balance of the day at leisure.
Lunch on your own.
Enjoy an evening Hungarian folklore show with music and dinner. BUDAPEST
Sunday. Morning tour of the former Jewish district of Pest. Enjoy the beautiful architecture of the Dohany Street Synagogue with a Holocaust Memorial in the garden. Continue with a visit to the Jewish Museum and the Theodor Herzl House Museum, and the new and creative Holocaust Memorial Museum.
In the afternoon, enjoy an excursion to the 14th century artists' colony of Szentendre. You will have time to walk along the cobblestoned streets and see the characteristic, Mediterranean-style architecture.
In the evening, enjoy an illuminating cruise along the river.
Dinner on your own. BUDAPEST
Monday. After breakfast check out of your hotel.
Depart for Vienna by coach and travel through the city of Bratislava, (Pressburg) Slovakia.
Visit the crypt-like cemetery where Rabbi Chaim Sofer, known as the Chatam Sofer, is buried. Considered by many to have been one of the great leaders of European Jewry, the Chatam Sofer's impacd is still felt on world Jewry today. Walk along the embankment until you reach the Memorial of the Holocaust as well as the Wall of Memories, built on the remains of the Pressburg Central Synagogue. Visit the Museum of Jewish Culture with prize exhibits of rich Jewish Slovak heritage.
Arrive in Vienna, check in to your hotel.
Balance of the day at leisure.
Dinner on your own. VIENNA
Tuesday. Breakfast at your hotel.
This morning, begin the day with touring sights of historic Vienna. Visit St. Stephan's Basilica and Schonbrunn Palace and gardens, the former summer residences of the Hapsburg family.
In the afternoon you will visit the Jewish Museum and the Judenplatz Museum and famous Missing Book Memorial.
Attend an evening performance of Mozart or Strauss.
Dinner on your own. VIENNA
Wednesday. Breakfast at your hotel.
Depart Vienna for the Czech Republic by coach and travel through Southern Bohemia to the Jewish Quarter in Trebic, the only Jewish Sight declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Town outside Israel.
Partake in a guided tour of the Old Synagogue and walking tour of the Jewish Ghetto.
Arrive in Prague, check in at your hotel.
Balance of the day at leisure.
Dinner on your own. PRAGUE
Thursday. Breakfast at your hotel.
Enjoy a full day of sightseeing in Prague. Begin with a visit to the Royal Prague Castle, including the Golden Lane, Daliborka Tower, Royal Palace, St. Vitus Cathedral and the Charles Bridge. Continue to the famous Jewish Quarter and the Precious Legacy exhibit in the Jewish Museum. Guided visits to the Alt-Neu New Synagogue, the Pincus Memorial, the Moorish Sephardic Synagogue, and the well known Prague Jewish cemetery and Burial Society Hall.
In the afternoon, explore the Bohemian Castle of Karlstejn built 650 years ago by Charles IV as a depository for the Roman Empire coronation jewels and state documents. Return to the Old Town of Prague for free time to wander the many alleyways and courtyards.
Dinner on your own. PRAGUE
Friday. Breakfast at your hotel.
This morning depart for Terezin, once an army garrison, but transformed by the Nazis into a Ghetto/Concentration Camp. Walk through the town and visit the Terezin Memorial Museum and hidden Danish synagogue, as well as the garrison prison and gallows. Take part in a memorial service at the Terezin Crematorium.
Return to Prague for free time in the Old Town and time to prepare for Shabbat Dinner.
Lunch on your own.
Enjoy Shabbat Dinner at a Jewish restaurant.
After dinner, attend Shabbat Services at a local synagogue with members from the Local Jewish Community. PRAGUE
Saturday. Breakfast at your hotel.
Optional Shabbat morning services at the local Synagogue.
Balance of day at leisure.
Enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. PRAGUE
Sunday. Breakfast at your hotel.
Transfer to the airport for your international flight, arriving home the same day.
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