Jewish Legacy in Bucharest

Explore the Jewish heritage of Bucharest on a private car tour. Visit significant sights, including the Coral Temple, Holocaust Museum, Jewish Theater, and Holocaust monument.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Choral Temple - The Choral Temple is a synagogue located in Bucharest. It is a copy of Vienna’s Leopoldstadt-Tempelgasse Great Synagogue. The synagogue was devastated by the far-right Legionaries/Nazis, but was then restored after World War II, in 1945.
    It still hosts daily religious services in the small hall, being one of the few active…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Entry/Admission to Choral Temple - 4€ per person - only cash
  • Entry/Admission to Museum of Jewish Community - 4€ per person - only cash
  • Entry/Admission to the Jewish State Theatre - 5€ per person - cash only
  • Charity at the Temple Mămulari - 4€ per person
Additional Information

This is an exclusive tour tailored just for your group. During this tour, you will explore the most important landmarks that are associated with the history of Bucharest’s Jewish community.
We will start the tour by picking you up from your hotel and heading to the Coral Temple, touted as the most beautiful temple in Bucharest. There we will meet a…

Location
The Choral Temple
Strada Sfanta Vineri 9-11
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Geraldpeter_d
Jun 13, 2024
Highly Informative Due to Expert Guide - This was the best guided tour I have ever taken. The guide has deep knowledge of the subject and explained what I was experiencing very comprehensively which was exactly what I hoped for. Highlights were arriving at the Great Synafogue during the procession of the Torah and visiting the Yiddish Theater. The guide was very straightforward in discussing Romania's role in the Holocaust which I respected. This is a deeply moving tour.
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Frequentflier744242
Apr 30, 2024
Amazing guide - Radu was an amazing guide. He managed to get us into synagogues that were closed for the holidays. He took his time and didn’t rush us anywhere. He made all the information sound vital and interesting.
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Viviana
Dec 1, 2023
Eloquently stated ! - Catalin provided a narrative of Romanian Jewish history that reflected a deep respect for the suffering and tragedies known to have occurred in the spaces he introduced very eloquently! I was fortunate to communicate with him in both Romanian as well as English and he has clearly mastered the ability to use easy language as a mechanism to relay complex and deeply meaningful concepts relating to painful historical facts. Thank you for an enlightening guide. I recommend his work to anyone seeking insights into Romanian and Romanian Jewish history.
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Roberta_s
Nov 2, 2023
Jewish Life in Bucharest by private car - Radu was fabulous. He was incredibly knowledgeable about Jewish history in Romania. He took us to the few remaining synagogues in Bucharest which are unfortunately closed right now due to the current situation in Israel. We spent a lovely half hour with Marcel finding out about the only theatre in the world that has plays done entirely in Yiddish. We very much enjoyed spending time and learning about Romanian Jewish history and culture. We highly recommend Radu.
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Charles_m
Sep 7, 2023
Great Tour of Bucharest - We toured Jewish Bucharest with Radu in early September. Radu drove us from site to site, telling us a lot about Bucharest and the Jews that lived there and the current Jewish community. We went to the currently active synagogue, the Jewish History center in another no longer functioning synagogue, the Yiddish Theater and the Holocaust Memorial. We drove through the old Jewish part of town and had lunch at an Israeli-type restaurant. Radu was full of information but let the curators of the various sites fill in much more information. Even if you are not Jewish, this tour lgives you a chance to see what Bucharest had been like before WWIi.
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Jennifer_f
Dec 22, 2022
The tour was very... - The tour was very informative and our guide was very professional, engaging and spoke English very well. We were very happy with this tour.
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Charles_d
Sep 20, 2022
Private tour of Bucharest Jewish Quarter - I was very fortunate to have had Radu as my personal tour guide. Radu is very knowledgeable on Jewish history in Romania. We visited the Choral Temple, the Synagoga Mare and the Union Temple. all of which are well ornamented
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James_r
Jul 4, 2022
Jewish Tour - The most memorable part of our journey was our tour guide Radu. As well as being a excellent guide he is one of the finest gentleman I have ever met. Consider yourself lucky if you get Radu. It will be a wonderful experience
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Graham_r
Jun 2, 2024
Great tour - The tour guide Radu was wonderful, so knowledgeable about all things. The synagogues were great, we didn’t enjoy the Jewish theatre quite as much.
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Jere_l
Sep 9, 2023
Didn’t happen - The tour never happened; they had no guides so they refunded the money. The website could have had it as unavailable.
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From $70
up to 7 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).