Tomar Jewish Heritage Tour

The trip that we propose to you is a close look at an undeniable heritage in the old synagogues, even if transformed, in the museums and one of Portugal’s most important Jewish communities. With our tour, we tour the streets where the tiny one-story houses register the marks of a Jewish past in Tomar.

Jewish Tomar Heritage Tour

Get a closer look at Jewish Tomar heritage through this full-day tour from Lisbon. Discover Tomar and its Jewish Heritage from your guide as you walk through old Jewry.

In our Jewish Tomar Heritage tour, you’ll visit: most ancient and only Proto-Renaissance Hebrew Temple in Portugal as well Luso-Hebrew Museum Abrãao Zacuto.

The Jews of Tomar

Built between 1430 and 1460 by Infante D. Henrique, the Tomar synagogue represents the Jewish community’s considerable importance in this city since the 14th century. Firstly in service to Temple Order, after for the Order of Christ.

Our Jewish Heritage tour begins at Tomar synagogue, one of the oldest in the country. After centuries of being defiled, it was recovered by Polish engineer Samuel Schwarz in the 1st 20th century half. This building is in the old medieval Jewry. Meanwhile, archaeological excavations discovered water heating structures and carvings, proving the existence of areas for purifying baths.

Tomar Jewish tour continues at Praça da República where we take an opportunity to appreciate São João Batista Church Manueline façade. These old building windows are a postcard to this city beside Nabão River.

Now our tour is at Templar Castle and Convent, Temple Order headquarters. Its architectural beauty, emphasizing octagonal Charola (late 12th century) and Manueline window, has classified it as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We finish this tour at the Convent of Christ. Thank you for visiting Tomar Jewish Heritage.

PRICE PER GROUP

1-2 people: 415€
3-6 people: 490€
7-8 people: 545€