Magical Spain Jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips

<body>  <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <img src="../images/HomePageImages/astalogo.gif" width="86" height="75" align="right" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"> <h1> Guided Spain Jewish Heritage Trip</h1 ><h2>> Sephardic Secrets of Spain - Escorted Deluxe Small Group Tour</h2> <h3>A private 8 day Spain guided Jewish tour to remember 1500 years of </h3> Sephardic Jewish heritage, history and sites in Spain. Guided Deluxe trips & tours for your group of 4+ or small group packages to experience Sephardic Spain. <p><img src="tours_images/medievalspain-tru.jpg" width="191" height="183" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"> <img src="tours_images/knocker.gif" width="152" height="185" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"> <img src="tours_images/10019005.jpg" width="161" height="182" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"> <a href="../contact/index.htm" target="_top">=> RESERVE MY PLACE NOW</a> <table> <tr> <td width="6%"><font size="2"><strong><br> </strong></font></td> <td><h1>Spain Jewish heritage trip</h1> <p> <H2> private or group version deluxe itinerary:</H2></td> <td><H1>Sephardic Spain Tour Highlights</H1></td> </tr> <tr> <td>day 1 </td> <td>Madrid, Spain</td> <td>Madrid:Private presentation & guidedtour + welcome meal with top wines</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Toledo, Spain</td> <td>Toledo: El Tránsito and La Blanca Synagogues, Sephardic Museum, Juderia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Avila - Salamanca , Spain</td> <td>Medieval walled Avila &mystical legends, Juderia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Salamanca , Spain</td> <td>Salamanca: Plaza Mayor, University, Cathedrals</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Salamanca - Hervás - <p> Cáceres , Spain</td> <td>Hervás: Jewish . Cáceres: Jewish Quarter - Juderia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Cáceres -Trujillo - <p>Mérida , Spain </td> <td>Merida Romanheritage, Juderia & medieval Trujillo + New World Jewish connections</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Mérida- Sevilla, Spain </td> <td>Sevilla:medieval Jewish Quarter ,Moorish fortress + Columbus?</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td> Córdoba - Sevilla, Spain</td> <td>Córdoba: Jewish Quarter-Juderia Castle, Synagogue, Mosque, Roman heritage...</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Enquire about our optional deluxe extension to Barcelona & Girona</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font size="2"><strong> The ONLY disappointment is to miss this opportunity ... </strong></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><font size="2"><strong>You Deserve it.<a href="../contact/index.htm" target="_top"><font color="#000000"> <font color="#990000">=> RESERVE NOW</font></font></a> <font color="#990000"><=</font></strong></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><br> <strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="tours_images/tours_jewish_photo_01.jpg" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, SpainTablet" width="145" height="239" align="right"></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Small Group or private SPAIN JEWISH HERITAGE TRIP:</font></p> <ul type="square" style="margin-bottom: 0;"> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fully escorted - experienced bilingual tour director</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8 days 7 nights deluxe hotels/double occup. / private baths</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Minimum 4 persons - normal maximum 20</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ground transportation and baggage transfers to hotels... airfare not included</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Daily Private walking tours </font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">All breakfast, 7 main meals with wine </font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Independent cultural options: Cuisine language, art or dance.</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tapas & wine tasting</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gratuities at hotels and restaurants </font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Select museum admissions, presentations, tastings, and special events</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pre trip info and language guide</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Magical SPAIN food & wine report &</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Average day has 2+ miles of walking - please consult for health issues</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Start: Madrid - finish: Seville</font></li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><span class="header1"><font size="5" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></span></p> <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#9C0000"> <tr> <td class="textstyle3"><p style="margin-top: 0;"><strong><font color="#990000" size="3"><em></em></font><em><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't like these trip Dates below?... </font></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><em>We'll run it by request with 4+ persons!</em></font></p></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#9C0000"> <tr> <td class="textstyle3"><p style="margin-top: 0;"><span class="header2"><font size="3"> 2004 Sephardic Secrets of Spain tour dates:</font></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"> <img src="tours_images/logo_creditCards_169x21_000.gif" width="169" height="21" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"><br> <br> </p> <table width="526" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#9C0000"> <tr class="textstyle3"> <td width="121"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><strong>Jun. 12 – 19 </strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><strong><font color="#0000FF">sold out!</font></strong></p></td> <td width="121"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><strong>Sept. 19 – 26</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><strong><font color="#0000FF">sold out!</font></strong></p></td> <td width="121"><strong>Oct. 10 - 17</strong></td> <td width="123"><strong>Nov 12 - 19</strong></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">*enquire about 2005 dates for your private family tour or join a group.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><span class="header3"><font size="2">8+ person Price:</font></span> <font size="2">2694€ per person / double room<font size="3"><strong></strong></font></font></p> <p><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="2"><strong>The ONLY disappointment is to miss this opportunity ... </strong></font></p> <p><font size="2"><strong>You </strong></font><font size="2"><strong> Deserve it! <em> =</em>> <a href="../contact/index.htm" target="_top"><font size="3">RESERVE NOW</font></a> <=</strong></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font size="2">* 100% Refundable Reservation Deposit of €100 / per person</font></p> <p><font size="2">untilBalance Due: 50 days before trip</font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><font size="2">L</font><font size="2">ess than 8 persons or Private trips +15%</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font size="2"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font size="2">ingle room: + € 558</font> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"> <img src="tours_images/asta.gif" width="135" height="136" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#990000"> A Summary of Sephardic Jewish history in Spain:</font></strong></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><strong><font color="#990000" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="tours_images/avila.jpg" width="170" height="122" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"></font></strong></p> <p></p> <p><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sefarad and the first Beis Ha’Mikdash </font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">For some 1500 years Sefarad, was home to one of the Sephardim world’s largest Jewish communities. Although some Jews came during the Antiquity, thousands of Jews fled Palestine to Sefarad after the destruction of the first Beis Ha’Mikdash in Jerusalem. From that point on, Jews including Maimónides... lived in Spain until the Expulsion of 1492. From this period we find medieval synagogues, the labyrinthine Juderias or old Jewish quarters, Roman and Moorish architecture, Ladino and Inquisition sights... all of which evoke a rich history worth revisiting</font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Moorish Medieval Spain 8th – 15th Centuries: Moments of Splendor and Sorrow</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> This period in the Muslim Al Andaluz was generally positive as Sephardic Jews reached high levels of commercial, administrative and academic prominence with leaders like Maimónides... Versed in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, Spanish, Catalan or Arabic - depending where they lived -, Jews worked as teachers, merchants, financiers, doctors and ambassadors Nevertheless, despite this prosperous situation, Jews suffered some ill treatment especially as the Catholicism expanded south for a number of reasons.</font></p> <p><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Expulsion or Conversion in 1492</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Catholic Kings, Expulsion in 1492 and the Holy Office of the Inquisition In 1492 after the Moorish surrender, the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabella, ordered the expulsion all Jews and Moors who wouldn't’t convert, thus ending the largest and most distinguished Jewish settlement in Europe. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Vatican’s Holy Office of the Inquisition persecuted many supposed heretics including many "Converso" families holding public "autos-da-fe" until the 18th century with various sociological effects that we will examine in during this guided trip. Representing some over 55% of the Diaspora, some Sephardic Jews still speak their medieval language, Ladino, which we can study while in transit.</font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font size="2"><strong>To experience & learn more don't miss this opportunity ... </strong></font></p> <p><font size="2"><strong> You Deserve it.<a href="../contact/index.htm" target="_top"><font color="#000000"> <font color="#990000">=> RESERVE NOW</font></font></a> <font color="#990000"><=</font></strong></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><font color="#0000FF" size="2"> http://www.magicalspain.com/</font></p> <p></p></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0"></p></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="right" class="textstyle2"><br>  <div align="center"><a href="custom_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Travel and Tours</a> I <a href="custom_frameset.htm" target="_top">Custom Spain Tours</a> I <a href="food_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Wine, Castles & Cuisine</a> I <a href="walking_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Walking Trips</a> I <a href="cycling_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Cycling Trips</a> I <a href="jewish_frameset.htm" target="_top">Jewish Spain: Sephardic Heritage Trips</a> I <a href="custom_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Private Day Tours</a> I <a href="golfTrips_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Golf Trips</a> I <a href="itineray_frameset.htm" target="_top">More Private and Custom Spain Trips</a> I <a href="../events/index.htm" target="_top">Spain Special Events</a> I <a href="../weddings/index.htm" target="_top">Spain Destination Weddings</a> I <a href="../weddings/honeymoons_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Honeymoons</a> I <a href="../events/golfEvents_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Golf Events</a> I <a href="../events/corpEvents_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Corporate Events</a> I <a href="../events/location_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Location Services</a> I <a href="custom_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Private Tours</a> I <a href="../about/index.htm" target="_top">About MagicalSpain and Spain</a> I <a href="../about/philosophy_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Philosophy</a> I <a href="../about/theteam_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Team</a> I <a href="../about/history_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spanish/Spain History</a> I <a href="../about/gastronomy_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spanish/Spain Food & Wine</a> I <a href="../about/pressRoom_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Press Room</a> I <a href="../comments/index.htm" target="_top">Spain Comments</a> I <a href="../contact/index.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Contact</a> I <a href="../comments/index.htm" target="_top">Spain Trip Client Comments</a> I <a href="../comments/links_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Travel Links </a>I <a href="http://www.magicalspain.com/Albums/index.htm" target="NEW">Magical Spain Photo Album</a> I <a href="../comments/privacy_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Privacy Policy</a> I <a href="../comments/terms_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Terms and Conditions</a> I <a href="../calendar/index.htm" target="_top">Spain FAQ and Calendar</a> I <a href="../calendar/faq_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain FAQ</a> I <a href="../calendar/2004_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Trips 2004 Calendar</a> I <a href="../calendar/2005_frameset.htm" target="_top">Magical Spain Trips 2005 Calendar</a> I <a href="../calendar/festivals_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Festivals</a> I <a href="../calendar/topSights_frameset.htm" target="_top">Spain Attractions</a></div> <p><font color="#990000"><img src="../!assets/interface/graphics/line.gif" width="560" height="10" alt="jewish heritage Trip, Sephardic Jewish Trips, Spain"><br> Zydeco Unlimited, Inc 2003-2004 ® all rights reserved</font><br> <br> <br> </p></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </body>