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By Portugal Cultural Experience

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Free cancellation available
The previous price was S$161 and current price is S$128 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into the medieval Jewish quarter and explore Jewish life, Sephardic heritage, forced conversion, the Portuguese Inquisition and the enduring memory of a community that helped shape Évora. Discover traces of mezuzahs preserved in medieval doorways and stories rarely told on standard tours.

    What makes this experience different is the expertise behind it. Portugal Cultural Experience has operated in Évora since 2015 and is a reference in local cultural tourism, having welcomed thousands of travellers from around the world. Our qualified team combines academic knowledge, cultural expertise and years of experience interpreting Évora’s heritage.

    No generic legends: your guide connects places, evidence and human stories, clearly separating documented history from tradition and uncertainty.

    Choose a private experience designed for curious travellers who want more than sightseeing. Book your journey into Évora’s Jewish past and discover the hidden stories most visitors leave unseen.

Activity location

  • Praca do Giraldo
    • Praca do Giraldo, S/N0, Centro Histórico
    • 7000-508, Evora, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Giraldo Square Fountain
    • 7 Praça do Giraldo
    • 7000-508, Évora, Distrito de Évora, Portugal

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Évora Jewish Heritage: Inquisition & Memory — Private Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 16:30
Price details
S$160.10
S$128.08 x 1 AdultS$128.08
Total
The previous price was S$160.10 and current price is S$128.08
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Entrance tickets to the chapel of bones and a private tour guide.

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Praca do Giraldo

  • 30m
The place where inquisition executions took place. Visit to the jewish quarter

Capela dos Ossos

  • 50m
  • Admission ticket included
Évora's most visited monument, which illustrates the spirit of the counter-reformation

Forum Eugenio de Almeida

  • 10m
Exterior view of the inquisition palace and evidence and symbols in the inquisitor's house.

Templo Romano de Evora (Templo de Diana)

  • 20m
A visit to the Roman temple in Évora, which is contemporary with the beginning of the Jewish diaspora caused by the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman Empire.

Judiaria de Evora

  • 30m
Step into Évora’s former Jewish quarter and spot traces of mezuzahs still preserved in the doorways of medieval homes.

Location

Activity location

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    Praca do Giraldo
    • Praca do Giraldo, S/N0, Centro Histórico
    • 7000-508, Evora, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Giraldo Square Fountain
    • 7 Praça do Giraldo
    • 7000-508, Évora, Distrito de Évora, Portugal

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