JEWISH HERITAGE OF BUDAPEST, VIENNA & PRAGUE
time 10 Days / 8 Nights

Budapest, Vienna, Cesky Krumlov, Terezin, Prague

Hungary: The history of the Jews in Hungary dates back to at least the Kingdom of Hungary, with some records even predating the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895 CE by over 600 years. Written sources prove that Jewish communities lived in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary and it is even assumed that several sections of the heterogeneous Hungarian tribes practiced Judaism. Jewish officials served the king during the early 13th century reign of Andrew II. From the second part of the 13th century, the general religious tolerance decreased and Hungary's policies became similar to the treatment of the Jewish population in Western Europe.

Vienna: The history of the Jews in Vienna, Austria, goes back over eight hundred years. There is evidence of a Jewish presence in Vienna from the 12th century onwards.

At the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, Vienna was one of the most prominent centres of Jewish culture in Europe, but during the period of National-Socialist rule in Austria, Vienna's Jewish population was almost entirely deported and murdered in the Holocaust. Since 1945, Jewish culture and society have gradually been recovering in the city.

Prague: The 16th century began the Jewish Renaissance in Prague. Prague nobility in 1501 allowed for an open atmosphere of economic activity. Yet during the Habsburg reign, the Jewish people were expelled twice in 1542 and 1561. Each time they returned to prosper even more. From 1564 to 1612, the reigns of Maximilian II and Rudolf II were “golden ages” for the Jews in Prague. In the early 18th century, the Jews accounted for about one-fourth of Prague's population. More Jewish people lived in Prague than anywhere else in the world. This “golden age” ended with Empress Maria Theresa's succession to the throne, who expelled the Jews once again.[1] Unfortunately Prague's Jewish Quarter was totally demolished in the early 1900s, except for the synagogues and a few other buildings, and rebuilt in the fashion of the time, art nouveau style.

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  • Round-trip air USA – Budapest & Prague – USA 

  • Meet and Assist by your Perillo Tours representative 

  • Private deluxe air-conditioned motor coach 

  • English speaking Jewish guide(s) 

  • Choice of  4 or 5 star deluxe hotels throughout 

  • 3 night accommodations in Budapest 

  • 1 Night accommodation in Vienna 

  • 4 Night accommodations in Prague 

  • Breakfast and dinner daily plus 1 lunch 

  • 6 Days of motor coach touring 

  • 2 Days of walking tours  

  • Entrance fees  

  • Porterage of 1 suitcase per person at hotels 

  • All transfers 

  • Hotel taxes and service charges 

  • USTOA 1 Million Dollar Travelers Assistance Program 

This itinerary may be modified to the requirement of your group

Occasionally local religious and national holidays, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of events or the missing of certain events/places. Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of events and places to be visited. 

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