THE JEWISH QUARTER

Highlights of the Tour:

• The tour starts in the oldest Jewish quarter dating back to the Muslim era of Mallorca, the Call Menor, and continues through the narrow, twisting streets to the medieval Jewish quarter.
  The Call Major is home to remnants of synagogues with Jewish life preserved in street names like Calle Argentera, where the goldsmiths worked. Mallorca, the sephardic Island, was for hunderds of years home to a sizable Jewish population that can be traced back to the 5th century. It was an important center for cartography where Jews played a pivotal role. The famed map-maker Jafuda Cresques, who according to legend drew the maps used by christopher Columbus, was recently honored with a statue in the Jewish quater of Palma. Repression during 14th and 15th centuries led to forced conversions.These crypto-Jews, publicly professing catholicism while privately adhering Judaism, remained for a long time true to their faith. Private homes secretly adapted rooms to be used as synagogues. Called Xuetas by the catholic locals, they lived for centuries in their own quater where signs of this secret community are still found today

Included in the Tour:

• 3 hours guided tour
• minimun 4 pax

Not included:

• transportation(can be arranged if required)
• entrances fees ( can be arranged if required)