Jewish Tours of Spain

Spain, a land filled with charm, beauty and cultural heritage. But did you know that Spain has many towns and attractions that are an important heritage to the Jewish community? When visiting, make time to include in your itinerary Jewish Tours of Spain.

Jewish Tours of Spain: Barcelona Attractions

While in Barcelona visit the
• Jewish Quarter, tiny streets that are nestled in the city of Barcelona housing the oldest synagogue in Europe. The temples façade faces southeast to Jerusalem.
• Montjuic, a hill located in Barcelona, which translates to Jew Hill used to be a prison.
• Museum of Natural history in Barcelona, holds artifacts of the Jewish holocaust

Jewish Tours of Spain

Jewish Tours of Spain: Girona

The town of Besalu is an 1 ½ hour away from Barcelona. Besalu is a country side town with some Jewish Heritage:

• Mihkva ( The only Medieval Jewish baths )


Jewish Tours of Spain: Segovia

Another picturesque town with Jewish heritage, this is where you can find:

• The old “Synagoga Mayor” translation Major Synagogue, it is now Corpus Christi Church. It has a small museum. The synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1899.
• Abraham Senior’s house, Senior was the court rabbi of Castille. He was also the one who along with Isaac Avravanel tried to stop the Queen Isabella from expelling Jews from Spain.
• Jewish cemetery located in “El Pinarillo”, along with an interpretation center an Jewish Palace

Jewish Tours of Spain: Madrid

• Beth Yaacov Synagogue, houses a small museum
• Holocaust Memorial, at Parque Juan Carlos


Jewish Tours of Spain: Toledo

• Transito Synagogue, the last standing synagogue after the expulsion. It is a catholic church now with a Sephardic museum and historic Hebrew inscriptions.

Jewish Tours of Spain: Cordoba
• Synagogue, built in 1314, not converted into a Catholic church.
• Jewish Quarter
• Almodovar Gate, or Gate of the Jews