Palma de Mallorca

Secrets of Jewish Majorca - Half Day Experience

4.8(16 reviews)
Free cancellation

Description

Hear the stones whisper hundred of years of history. Learn about the Inquisition, forced conversions, and the emergence of the ‘Crypto-Jews. This visit includes all of the sites of the highlights tour as well as additional locations connected to Jewish heritage in Palma. You will learn about the Inquisition, forced conversions, and the emergence of the ‘Crypto-Jews’ who publicly professed Catholicism while privately adhering to Judaism. We will also visit the specific streets where the Xueta families have lived for centuries until as recently as the 1960s. Signs of this at-one-point marginalized community can still be found today with many of the current jewelry shops having been kept within their families for generations beforehand. Even the famous Mallorquin pastry, the “ensaimada” is specifically cooked with pork fat as a reaction to the centuries-old prejudice and discrimination.

Highlights

  • Walking Tours
  • Half-day Tours
  • Private Sightseeing Tours
  • Short term availability
  • Excellent Quality
  • Private and Luxury
  • Cultural Tours
  • Weather Dependent - Weather-Proof
  • Historical Tours

What makes this experience special

Language guide

Inglese, Spagnolo

Transfer included

Raduno al punto d'incontro

What's included

Included

  • All Fees and Taxes

Not included

  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Snacks

Itinerary

  1. 1

    Start in the Jewish Quarter Interpretation Center, which is

    Start in the Jewish Quarter Interpretation Center, which is next to the entry point to the old Jewish Quarter. Whenever you visit Jewish Quarters in and around Catalan-speaking regions of Spain such as the Balearics, Valencia, and Barcelona you may see the signs “Carrer de Call” or “Street of the Jewish Quarter.” We enter a secret tunnel in a Ceramics Workshop then view memorial plaques or Stopelsteins from the Spanish Civil War. You will learn about the Inquisition, forced conversions, and the emergence of the ‘Crypto-Jews’ who publicly professed Catholicism while privately adhering to Judaism. Visit the specific streets where the Xueta families have lived for centuries until as recently as the 1960s. You will also learn about the tragic events of 1691, when a group of Crypto-Jews tried to escape on the ship of an English captain but a storm prevented their departure. We end visiting the plaza where 18 orange trees were donated by the local Jewish community.

    3h
  2. 2

    Museum

    Museum

    30 min
  3. 3

    Take a visit to a unique modern bakery with a medieval oven

    Take a visit to a unique modern bakery with a medieval oven built in 1652

    30 min

Meeting point

We will meet in front of the Starbucks coffee shop in Plaça de Cort in the city center.

Useful information

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation available
  • More than 1 day before100% refund
  • Between 0 and 1 days before0% refund

Prices by age band

  • Adulto8-100 anni
    108

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