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Porto Walking Tour: Discovering Jewish Heritage and Historic Sites
4.7
263 Ratings
Porto
Embark on a captivating walking tour in Porto to uncover the city's Jewish heritage and historic sites. Explore the medieval streets, discover the Jewish quarters, and learn about their contributions to the city's development and their struggle against the Inquisition.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Pelourinho Se Catedral Porto - Meeting point
- Porto Cathedral (Se Catedral) - Visit the wonderfull cathedral
- Ribeira Square - Now more about the old jewish quarter
- Mosteiro de Sao Bento da Vitoria - Learn more abour the memorial
- Postigo do Carvao - Witness medieval Porto
- Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora da Vitoria - Learn more abour the memorial
- Passeio das Virtudes - Glimpse the view from this pont
- Chafariz da Porta do Olival - Witness history
- Miradouro da Vitoria - Discover this hidden gem
What's Included
- Local guide
- Professional guide
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Visit to the Porto Synagogue
- Visit to the Porto Jewish Museum
Additional Information
Begin this exploration at the heart of Porto City, near the pillory in front of the Cathedral. Journey along the path of the city’s development, familiarizing yourself with locations that exhibit the influence of the Jewish community and their significant contribution to the city’s growth during the nascent years of the nation’s formation. Traverse from Pena Ventosa to Ribeira, immersing yourself in the medieval ambiance as you amble through the most ancient streets and observe the remnants of city walls and medieval structures. Also, uncover the influence of Jews during the period of the discoveries and the attempts made over three centuries by the inquisition to obliterate their existence. Recognize the locations of the ancient Jewish quarters and observe how these imperceptible contours still mark the city’s canvas. Conclude this tour by soaking in an exquisite view of the river.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Dress code is smart casual
- On this tour we go up through some stairs and steep streets, please be aware and bring confortable shoes
Location
Porto Cathedral
Terreiro da Sé
Meet your tourguide at the Cathedral, near the pilory.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(263 Ratings)
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Risa_m
May 28, 2024
Best walking tour in Porto - Ricardo was an amazing guide. He knows his history, AND, OURS!
Personal, personable, observant, interesting, and fun.
Worth every penny.
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Jonathan_k
May 25, 2024
Educational and Informative Tour - Enlightening and intriguing tour of the Jewish history in Portugal while also seeing the main sites of the Old City in Porto. Our guide was well informed, friendly, and passionate.
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Sumshmo
May 22, 2024
Porto Shmorto: The Jewish Story - Excellent tour by Ricardo, a Porto native and serious student of Porto's Jewish past. Heartfelt, engaging, inciteful, educational, provocative. Intesely local. Highly recommended.
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Owlioop
May 19, 2024
Engaging tour about Jewish History in Portugal generally and Porto in particular - Ricardo was a knowledgeable leader whose passion for history and presentation style kept us engaged. The highlights were seeing the historical artifacts and his personal anecdotes about the sites we visited and his observations about Jewish experiences in Porto today. The most interesting highlight involved a visit inside a nursing home (won’t share what we saw because it’s better to find out in context of the tour)—but it was very moving.
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Johnny
May 18, 2024
Excellent and informative tour… - Superb, informative walking tour. Ricardo was an excellent leader, open and forthcoming about challenges of giving a tour in the absence of a living and thriving Jewish quarter, with an impressive knowledge base and a good sense of humor. Highly recommended.
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Barry_l
May 16, 2024
Educational - The guide was very nice patient and had lots of information to share with us
Tour later a full 3 hours
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Laura_s
May 13, 2024
Great tour, would recommend - Really wonderful tour. Not much to actually see, so it was a lot of listening to our guide about the history of Jews in Portugal (and Spain) rather than seeing things. Our guide said that a similar tour in Lisbon would be repetitive so he didn't recommend doing both. But this was a great tour and I was pleased with our guide and the content.
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Steven_f
May 12, 2024
Jewish Heritage Walking Tour in Porto with Vanessa - Vanessa lead an informative and interesting tour marking the highlights of Jewish history in Porto. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience!
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913nathaliek
May 11, 2024
To do absolutely - Ricardo, our guide, is a very cultured person, who knows everything about the history of the Jews in Porto.
We learned a lot of very interesting things.
We loved this activity, and highly recommend it.
Thank you Ricardo!!
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Laurie_a
May 10, 2024
Jewish Walking Tour - Interesting and Educational - Vanessa was very informative and very knowledgeable. She engaged us by asking us questions about history as she discussed certain facts as well as ensuring our questions were answered. Thank you for an informative tour!
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