Jewish Heritage Tours in Europe, Country by Country

A Jewish heritage trip in Europe is best planned country by country: each one keeps a different part of the story, and the tours that tell it are local. Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary hold the great Ashkenazi quarters and the memorial sites; Germany and Austria the cities whose communities were destroyed and rebuilt; the Netherlands and France the western communities and their memorials; Italy the first ghetto and one of the oldest communities in Europe; Spain and Portugal the history of Sepharad. Across the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco keeps the mellahs of Fes and Marrakech and a living community in Casablanca. This site compares the guided tours, the tickets and the memorial visits in each of the eleven, with what they include and what they cost.

Where to start

• Poland. Kraków’s Kazimierz and the former ghetto in Podgórze, Warsaw’s POLIN Museum and the ghetto’s traces, and the guided visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.
• The Czech Republic. Prague’s Josefov, with the Spanish Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery, and the Terezín Memorial an hour north.
• Hungary. Budapest’s District VII and the Dohány Street Synagogue, described as the largest in Europe.
• Italy. The synagogues of the Venice Ghetto, established in 1516, and Rome’s Ghetto, with the Great Synagogue of 1904.
• Spain and Portugal. Córdoba and Toledo’s medieval synagogues, then Lisbon, Tomar and Belmonte.
• Morocco. The mellahs of Fes and Marrakech, Casablanca’s synagogues and its Museum of Moroccan Judaism.

What a tour adds

Much of what a heritage traveller comes to see does not explain itself. A cemetery in Prague, a courtyard in Kraków, a street name in Lisbon: without the history they are a cemetery, a courtyard and a street. The guided walks on this site supply it, and the better ones also open the doors: Get Prague Guide’s Jewish Quarter walk includes every entry, from $74 as of October 2026; Hidden Treasures of Hungary’s takes you inside the Dohány Street and Rumbach synagogues, from $62.

Some things no tour sells. The Anne Frank House sells its tickets only on its own website. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial reserves entry in your name, online. The country pages say where to buy what the tours do not include.

What a tour can do is take you there with a guide:

Figures as of October 2026: the shape of the market, not a quote. Check the price and the conditions on the date you choose.

Three things to plan around

1. Saturdays and Jewish holidays. Working synagogues and most Jewish museums close on Shabbat. The closures guide lists what closes where, with the 2027 holiday dates.
2. The memorial sites. Auschwitz-Birkenau, Terezín, Sachsenhausen, Dachau and Treblinka are each a day trip from a city. The memorial sites guide sets out the entry rules, the ages and the guided visits.
3. The pace. Lisbon, Porto, Toledo and Venice are hard walking; Budapest’s Jewish Quarter walk and several private tours by car are not. See the guide for older travellers.

Routes across several countries

Ten to twelve days covers one route without hurrying: Central Europe from Berlin to Budapest, the Sephardic cities of Spain and Portugal, Italy from Venice to Rome, or Amsterdam with Paris. The four heritage routes give the days, the order and the tour that anchors each stop, and the Sephardic route covers Spain and Portugal in detail. For what private and group guides cost, see private or group tours.

How the prices on this site work

Every price is the tour’s from price as of October 2026, per person unless marked per group, and every rating and review count comes from the listing on the day it was checked. GetYourGuide takes the payment, confirms the reservation and handles cancellations; most tours on this site cancel free up to 24 hours ahead, while one Kraków tour cannot be refunded (checked October 2026). Check the conditions on the date you choose.