Thessaloniki Trip Overview
This a Jewish Heritage walking tour in Thessaloniki’s city centre, where the main Jewish community used to live and work for centuries.
Although not much of the old buildings is nowadays preserved in this neighbourhood, due to the terrible fire of 1917 and the World War II distructions, the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki has tried to show and renovate the main sites related to the Jewish Heritage.
This tour can be done in the mornings only, when the sites are open until 14.00 – not on Saturdays.
A longer tour can also be arranged out of the city centre upon request by private transportation to see the east-side of the city with the old Jewish villas of the early 20th century, the new Jewish cemetery on the west-end and also the old railway station, known for the Holocaust deportation of 50.000 Jews by the Nazis by trains.
Visits to the Jewish Museum and the synagogue request a pre-booking by your guide, with full name, passport and nationality details to be sent in advance.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Thessaloniki, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This a Jewish Heritage walking tour in Thessaloniki’s city centre, where the main Jewish community used to live and work for centuries.
Although not much of the old buildings is nowadays preserved in this neighbourhood, due to the terrible fire of 1917 and the World War II distructions, the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki has tried to show and renovate the main sites related to the Jewish Heritage.
This tour can be done in the mornings only, when the sites are open until 14.00 – not on Saturdays.
A longer tour can also be arranged out of the city centre upon request by private transportation to see the east-side of the city with the old Jewish villas of the early 20th century, the new Jewish cemetery on the west-end and also the old railway station, known for the Holocaust deportation of 50.000 Jews by the Nazis by trains.
Visits to the Jewish Museum and the synagogue request a pre-booking by your guide, with full name, passport and nationality details to be sent in advance.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Agiou Mina 11, Thessaloniki Greece
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki is housed in a historical building. We’ll see the exhibitions on the old Jewish cemetery, traditional clothes and religious items from the old synagogues and a photo display on the history of the Jews in the city from antiquity to modern times. You can buy books and souvenirs from the small museum shop. The admission fee for the museum and the synagogue is a combination ticket of 7 EUR per person.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Monastir Synagogue, 35 Siggrou, Thessaloniki 54630 Greece
This is the only preserved old synagogue of Thessaloniki from 1927. It is known as the “Monastiriotes Synagogue”, after the Jews who fled from the old town of Monastir (nowadays Bitola) to Thessaloniki. It has been recently renovated and is still used by the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki. It also houses a small exhibition in the same building.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Jewish Quarter of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece
In the old marketplace area, we’ll visit the so-called “new synagogue”, Yad Lezikaron. This is currently operating every day for services and it housed in a modern commercial offices’ building, where the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki is also located. Recently renovated.
Pass By: Modiano Market, Platia Aristotelous Platia Aristotelous & Ermou, Thessaloniki 54600 Greece
The famous Modiano covered market used to house many small food shops, named after the city’s architect, Eli Modiano. It is now under restoration, so we will be be able to see anything, but we’ll see the building on the outside.
Pass By: Pazar Hamam, Komninon 17, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece
This 15th century Ottoman public bathhouse is also know as “Yehudi Hamam”, since it was mainly used by the numerous Jews who were living and working in the marketplace area around it.
Stop At: Holocaust Memorial, El. Venizelou 2, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece
The Holocaust Memorial is by the seafront, on the Liberty Square. You’ll see the sculpure which represents the holocaust with seven flames, in the shape of the Menorah and human bodies, created by Nandor Glid in 1997. You’ll hear about the Black Sabbath day, which took place in the very same square.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Monasteriotes Synagogue, Siggrou 35, Thessaloniki 546 30, Greece
The Monastoriotes is the so-called “old” synagogue of the city, recently renovated and is visited upon request and appointment your guide books for you, with passport details needed for all visitors. The admission fee is included in the combination ticket of 7 EUR together with the Jewish museum guided visit.
Duration: 30 minutes
