Jewish Tour of Thessaloniki – private walking tour

This is a Private half-day tour, that can be booked for up to 10 passengers. For larger groups, please send us an email. You can start the tour at 9:00 AM in the morning and finish at 1:30 PM, or start at 10:00 AM and finish at 2:30 PM. 

It is performed by very knowledgable escorts, local Jews from Thessaloniki, whose families have lived there for more than 500 years! The most important Jewish sites are included in this tour. You will love the deep knowledge of your escort, hear extraordinary stories, and in the end you will have a great idea of the importance of the Jewish presence in this city.

After a short orientation about the jewish history of the city, we will walk together through the historical centre of Thessaloniki, where jewish life used to flourish, from the 15th century until World War II.
We start the tour by visiting the main Synagogue “Monastirioton”, the only one pre-war synagogue out of the 43, still existing in the city. We continue to the Yad Lezikaron synagogue, the Modiano market, both of them in the heart of the former quarter of Jewish life in the city. We proceed to the Yahudi Hamam in the same area, and the Allatini Bank in the area of Frangon, the heart of the commercial life of the past.
We then visit the wonderful Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, where the magnificent Jewish past of the city will be clarified to the visitors. The tour will be concluded by a visit to the Shoah monument (Holocaust memorial) at Liberty Square, where the first prosecution was effected from the Nazis towards the Jews of the city. By strolling through the streets of the center of Thessaloniki, the visitor is also able to see the most beautiful part of the city.
This tour lasts about 3-4 hours, according to the pace of the visitors.