Portugal: Secret Jews and ArtJune 11 22, 2015

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The country of Portugal is a mosaic of cultures, magnificent art and architecture, and home to fascinating Jewish heritage and a community of secret Jews. Well explore the artistic sides of Portugals culture with visits to world-class art museums and contemporary artists studios. Our tour will be enhanced by lectures by renowned professors and meetings with Jewish communities. We will visit spectacular castles, gardens, and UNESCO World Heritage sites together with historic Jewish quarters in cities such as Lisbon, Porto, Castelo de Vide, and others.Well unravel Portuguese mysteries while taking an in-depth look at Portugals art and Jewish heritage. We invite you to join us on this unique tour to one of Europes lesser-known but highly significant destinations. We hope you will come along on this exciting trip.

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Thursday, June 11 ARRIVAL IN PORTUGAL

Arrival at Lisbon International Airport and transfer to the five-star Tivoli Hotel. Check in and enjoy free time to relax.

4 pm: Join your guide and begin a panoramic sightseeing tour of the citys neighborhoods, monuments, and architecturally significant buildings. Lisbon is, without a doubt, a charming capital city. Famous landmarks are scattered throughout an urban landscape unlike any other. Marvel at the beautiful views from above the Tagus River. This is a city at once Atlantic and Mediterranean, and you will discover the citys rich variety of cultural heritages in one of Europes most charming capitals. Jewish life probably began here not long before the city fell to the Moors in the 8th century. Enjoy the extraordinary view from high up on Castelo So Jorge and the Alfama Quarter. A large Jewish community flourished here in the area of the Rua da Judiaria.

Welcome dinner at Tgide, a restaurant boasting excellent food and a superb view over the city.

Lecture by Jos Oulman Carp, President of the Jewish Community of Lisbon, on the forthcoming Jewish Museum of Lisbon in Alfama and the history of the CIL Comunidade Israelita de Lisboa.

Overnight: Lisbon (dinner included) Friday, June 12 LISBON & SHABBAT SHALOM

Start the day with a visit to Fronteira Palace and Garden, a place of harmony and beauty that reflects the ideals of the Italian Renaissance. This is one of the most important places to see great Portuguese tile work. The Room of Battles has been called the Sistine Chapel of tile work.

Visit the National Museum of Ancient Art (Museum Nacional de Arte Antiga), which is considered one of the most important art museums in Europe. Its collection spans the 12th to the 19th centuy and reflects the history, culture, and role played by

Portugal in the world during those 800 years.

In the evening, visit Lisbons main synagogue, Shaare Tikva, where Rabbi Eliezer Shai Di Martino will meet the group.

After services (optional), enjoy Shabbat dinner in the synagogue (or in a Kosher restaurant near the synagogue).

Overnight: Lisbon (dinner included)

Saturday, June 13 LISBON JEWISH HERITAGE AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS

Morning on your own. In the afternoon, meet your guide at the hotel and enjoy a walking tour from Avenida da Liberdade to Rossio Square, which was the site of the Court of the Inquisition.

Chiado is an elegant, sophisticated district of theaters, bookshops, old-style cafes, art nouveau jewelry shops, luxurious international names such as Herms, and local treasures such as the opulently gilded Tavares Rico restaurant, opened in 1784; the fine porcelain shop Vista Alegre; and the boutique of world-renowned Portuguese fashion designer Ana Salazar.

Visit the Chiado Museum which has a collection of Portuguese modern art alongside temporary exhibitions of art by Portuguese artists working today.

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In the evening, enjoy a lecture on Jews in Portugal during World War II by Professor Irena Pimentel or Professor Jorge Martins.

Overnight: Lisbon (dinner included)

Sunday, June 14 LISBON ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Morning visit to the C. Gulbenkian Foundation. This is one of the finest museums of its type in the world and contains the extraordinary collection of an immensely wealthy Armenian oil magnate. The collection is dominated by his taste for magnificent French furniture, Oriental carpets, and paintings by Old Masters. Cross the modernist garden of the foundation to visit another museum C. Gulbenkian Foundations Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM) whose collection presently encompasses around 9,000 works of art by Portuguese and international artists.

Visit Belm Tower and the Jernimos Monastery. Both are noted UNESCO sites and magnificent examples of Manueline architecture (which is the specific form of the late gothic in Portugal). The vast church is of great interest; it contains the tombs of Vasco da Gama as well as several kings and queens of Portugal. In the nearby Cultural Centre of Belm, designed by architect Vittorio Gregotti in 1992, enjoy the Berardo exhibit. See works by Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso. Salvador Dal, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, and notable Portuguese artists such as Maria Helena Vieira da Helena Silva, Helena Almeida, and Cabrita Reis.

Overnight: Lisbon

Monday, June 15 LISBON / ESTORIL / SINTRA Morning drive along the Atlantic coast to Sintra, the Glorious Eden of Lord Byron and ancient summer refuge of the royal court. Due to its artistic, botanical, and historic richness, the Sintra landscape has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visit the only surviving Portuguese Royal Palace from the Middle Ages. The rooms contain remarkable azulejos and artesonado ceilings dating from the 15th to the 17th century.

After lunch in the town center, visit Portugals first landscaped garden, an exceptional botanical collection bringing together species from all around the world. Unique scenes along winding ways pass by ruins, lakes, and waterfalls. Then enter the palace itself built in neo-gothic style with Indian influences. The tour will be led by a landscape architect responsible for the continuing care and ongoing restoration of parts of the garden. Return to Lisbon and visit a leading art gallery in town or an artists studio. Meet with Jewish photographer Daniel Blafuks to discuss his work.

Overnight: Lisbon (lunch included)

Tuesday, June 16LISBON / VORA / MARVO Morning departure to the Alentejo region to tour the village of vora, the finest example of a city from the Golden Age of Portugal and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986. It was here that one of the largest Jewish communities existed up until the 15th century. Several houses still bear niches where mezuzot were once fastened to doorposts. The buildings that once housed the synagogue and the surrounding structures of the Judiaria (Jewish quarter) still stand in the citys historic district.

After lunch in a traditional restaurant, visit the Public Library, where Hebrew manuscripts dealing with the Jewish communities of the 13th and 14th centuries are housed, as well as Abraham Zacutos Almanaque Perpetuum, a series of navigation charts used during the Age of Discoveries. Next, continue to Crato, arriving at the former monastery of Santa Maria Flor da

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Rosa, which has been renovated and converted into a hotel.

Dinner and overnight: Crato Pousada (lunch included)

Wednesday, June 17MARVO / CASTELO DE VIDE / BELMONTE Start the day with a walking tour of Marvo. This impressive fortress town served as an entry point to the thousands of Jews who fled Spain in the 14th and 15th centuries. Later, depart to Castelo de Vide, where a large Jewish community existed in the 14th century. A medieval synagogue stands at the corner of the Rua da Judiaria and Rua da Fonte. Restored to its original appearance, the synagogue today features the original 14th-century sanctuary. Departure to Belmonte, check in to your historic hotel another delightful Pousada. In the evening, enjoy a private dinner in an elegant dining room at the Pousada with some members of the local Jewish community.

Overnight: Belmonte Pousada (dinner included)

Thursday, June 18 BELMONTE / TRANCOSO / PORTOT

Morning visits to significant Belmonte museums and monuments. Start at the Jewish Museum and continue to the Judiaria and Bet Eliahu Synagogue. Next, proceed to town of Trancoso, where Jewish merchants first settled in the 12th century. Visit the well-preserved Casa do Gato Negro (The House of the Black Cat). The faade of the house is decorated

with emblems that have been interpreted as representations of the Lion of Judah and the Gates of Jerusalem. The Isaac Cardoso Center for Jewish Interpretation along with a new synagogue called Beit Mayim Hayim are located here. Mr. Jos Levi, a Jewish archaeologist who has been researching Jewish heritage in Serra da Estrela area, will give a lecture on Jewish life in this region and lead the tour.

Depart to Porto, a city built in the Middle Ages on the bank of the Douro River, where the harmony between the architecture and the contours of the landscape creates an urban environment of singular beauty. Check in to the Hotel da Msica, the first Kosher hotel in Portugal!

Overnight: Porto

Friday, June 19PORTO

Morning visit to the Serralves Museum, the foremost museum for contemporary art in Portugal.

Later, take a walking tour of the old city, declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1996. Visit the Cathedral, dazzling in its mixture of romantic and baroque elements, before descending to the Ribeira area, where we find the characteristic quays beautifully restored in their ancient stone. Porto was well known among the Jewish traders during the Middle Ages and today there are remains of what was once a typical Jewish quarter in the Middle Ages. Later, at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue, meet with some members of the Porto community and learn the story of Captain Barros Basto, who became well known in the Jewish world for trying to rescue the descendants of the Jews who were forced to convert in the 15th century and who continued to practice, in secret, certain precepts of the Jewish religion. The Porto Synagogue is an outstanding architectural monument, and one of the most extraordinary places of Jewish worship in the world. Shabbat services (optional) followed by Kosher dinner with some members of the community.

Overnight: Porto (dinner included)

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Saturday, June 20PORTO LECTURE AND LEISURE 10 am: Meeting in the hotel with the Jewish American writer Richard Zimler, who will give a lecture on Jewish Porto. Enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

In the evening (after Shabbat), visit the famous port wine cellars. Enjoy dinner at Taylors Wine Cellars restaurant, which has superb food and wine to complement its oustanding view over the old city.

Overnight: Porto (dinner included)

Sunday, June 21TOMAR / LISBON

In the morning, depart for Tomar. Visit the 15th century synagogue, now the Abrao Zacuto Museum, located on what was once Rua da Judiaria. With Gothic vaults upheld by four central columns, this structure houses Jewish gravestones, the cornerstones of the 13th-century Synagogue of Belmonte and the 14th-century Lisbon Synagogue. Later visit Convento de Cristo (UNESCO World Heritage Site), which once served as the headquarters of the Order, which promoted the Portuguese Age of Discoveries assisted always by the contribution of Jewish scientists and investors. Depart to Lisbon and check in to your city center hotel. Tonight we enjoy a farewell dinner at the Casa

de Linhares Fado restaurant, where we have the opportunity to discover this melancholy and moving Portuguese folk music. Because of its uniqueness, Fado has been declared a UNESCO intangible world heritage in 2012.

Overnight: Lisbon (dinner included)

Monday, June 22DEPARTURE DAY

Transfer to the airport to connect to your flight home.

*Please note: Itinerary subject to change.

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Maria Helena Lemonnier EXPERT TOUR GUIDE

Maria Helena Lemonnier is an officially licensed tour guide and manager with fluency in four languages. Her particular expertise is Jewish Heritage Portugal and Portuguese architecture and art. Lemonnier holds a BA in Tourism from the Instituto das Novas Profissoes and a certificate in the English language from the University of Cambridge. She has also completed additional studies in architecture and art especially the art of Lisbon. She will be our guide during our tour of Lisbon.

Sandra MontezTRIP LEADER

Sandra Montez is a licensed tour guide and tour manager who has led tours all over the world. Her special expertise is in Portuguese Jewish history and culture. Since 2001, she has been studying Judaism and Jewish History at the Universidade Nova in Lisbon and the Lisbon Synagogue. Courses she has completed include Introduction to Judaism, Portuguese Jewish History, Sephardic Ways of Living, 15th-century Portuguese History, Architecture of Lisbon, Art History, and the History of Portuguese Glazed Tile. She offers a wealth of experience and tourism skills in addition to a unique combination of academics related to Jewish Portugal and the art of Portugal. She will be our guide for tours of Portugal outside of Lisbon.

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The Tivoli Lisboa Hotel

Located on Avenida da Liberdade, this elegant five-star deluxe hotel is set right in the heart of Lisbon. Housed in a deluxe 1930s building, the hotel features a rooftop bar with a panoramic view of the city below. The Tivoli Lisboas outdoor pool area includes a spacious terrace framed by a green garden. While staying at the hotel, you can enjoy a drink in the privacy of the Terrao Bar with a superb view over Lisbon, or take a moment to relax in the Tivoli Caf Lisboa. Their lively on-site restaurant Brasserie Flo Lisbon satisfies even the most discerning of palates. At the Terrao restaurant, enjoy the selection of stylish dishes accompanied by a unique view over the city of Lisbon. The tastefully furnished rooms have flat-screen TVs with satellite channels and a sitting area with velvet seats. Some rooms overlook the courtyard or Avenida da Liberdade.

Hotel Flor Da Rosa-Crato Pousada

The charming Hotel Flor Da Rosa has incorporated many original features from its former existences as a Palace, Convent, and Castle. The castle was the home of the Hospitallers of the Order of Malta, and their distinctive motif is featured throughout the Pousada. The Pousada has been beautifully converted by carefully blending traditional and modern conveniences. The hotels elegant swimming pool is surrounded by beautiful, lush gardens and is the perfect place to relax and unwind. All rooms have en-suite bathroom, heating / air conditioning, minibar, bathrobes, hairdryer, safe, cable TV, and internet access.

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Hotel Convento De Belmonte

The former convent of Nossa Senhora da Esperanca (Our Lady of Hope) is now the luxurious Hotel Convento De Belmonte. The ecclesiastical origins of the convent have been maintained in this new, elegantly designed Hotel Belmonte. An original amphitheater can be found in the surrounding woodland, and the Pousada has an 18th-century chapel.

This hotel has panoramic views over the plains across to the peaks of the Serra de Estrela mountain range. The Pousada Belmonte has excellent facilities including an outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar, terrace, and luxurious lounge areas.

All rooms are named after Friars who stayed at the convent. All rooms have balconies and all modern conveniences, including en-suite bathroom, air conditioning, free internet access, minibar, safe, hairdryer, cable television, and telephone.

Hotel da Msica, Porto

Much more than an elegant design hotel, the Hotel da Msica is a plunge into a symphony of experiences. Forming part of the iconic Mercado do Bom Sucesso building, the Hotel da Msica marries modernity and comfort with a whole orchestra of culture, gastronomy, and history. The Hotel da Msica has 85 rooms spread out over four floors. Spacious, modern, and inspired by musical scores by famous composers, the rooms offer the utmost comfort and convenience in a welcoming environment. The hotel hits just the right note and is pitch-perfect.

Amenities include individually controlled air conditioning, bathroom with hairdryer and shower, desk, free wireless internet throughout the hotel, telephone, LCD TV with cable channels, minibar, safe, electronic key, and laundry service.

*All four of these hotels (pousadas) are selected for their special character and history that make them unique. The Hotel da Msica is especially distinctive in design and is kosher, as well.

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P R O G R A M D E T A I L S

Participation Limited to 26 participants, this program is open to Members of the Jewish Museum. Non-Members are welcome to join the Museum in order to participate. Designed for people of all ages, Travel Programs entail walking moderate distances and may include uneven or slightly hilly terrain and / or stairs. Participants need to be in active, good health, able to keep up with the group, ready to travel as part of a group, and experience cultural differences with grace.

Land Program Cost $4,995* (plus $75 Jewish Museum membership fee for non-Members); based on minimum enrollment of 15 participants

Program Cost Includes:

11 nights at deluxe hotels** Breakfast daily; 2 lunches and 7 dinners including farewell dinner on June 21 10 days of sightseeing including entrance fees to all sights on itinerary, in a deluxe air-conditioned motor coach and English speaking guides All Museum entrance fees and toursAll hotel porterage (1 piece of luggage per person) at each hotel, taxes, and service chargesTips to guides, drivers, and chambermaids, and at group meals* Per person, based on double occupancy, for registration by March 1, 2015. Cost after March 1: $5,450. Single supplement $906 additional. Limited to 26 participants; based on minimum enrollment of 15 participants. ** Upgrades to Collection Rooms are available at the Tivoli Hotel in Lisbon, per person $155 and for single rooms $329. Upgrades require advance payment, are non-refundable, and are available for booking on March 10, 2015.

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To reserve your place, complete the reservation form and return with your non-refundable deposit of $500 to our office at: The Jewish Museum Travel Program at GIL Travel 1511 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102

Second deposit of $1,000 per person due: March 31, 2015. Balance due: 60 days prior to departure (April 11, 2015). Call 215.568.6655x253 or 800.223.3855x253 with any questions.

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