Jewish Ghetto in Rome

and find the hidden treasures of Rome that most tourists never see. Meet your expert guide at Trajan’s Column and walk to the Theatre of Marcellus and the Porticus Octaviae, an enormous structure built by the emperor Augustus in honour of his sister Octavia. 

From here we enter the oldest Jewish Ghetto in the world, first constructed in 1555 by the pope after revoking all rights granted to the Roman Jews, and barring them from all types of trade and the ability to own real estate. In spite of this, the Jewish community thrived inside developing shrewd business trade, a unique and wonderful cuisine inside their walls and even their own dialect of Italian. Here we will encounter the Great Synagogue, still the third largest in Europe, which still functions today as a place of prayer and a vital cultural reference point for the entire Jewish community of Rome.  Then walk the streets past The Turtle Fountain, sample Kosher gelato and cross over to the boat shaped Tiber Island using the oldest active bridge in Rome.