Shin Tours runs Jewish tours to Italy lasting 8–14 days, priced from $5,390 per person sharing. Book one of our five ready-made tours on any date, or a private tour built around your group, dates, and pace. We're rated 5.0 on Tripadvisor.
Our routes trace Jewish Venice, Florence, Naples, and Rome, from the Venetian Ghetto to the Arch of Titus. One 14-day tour is fully kosher and Shabbat-observant, and we can adapt any other tour to kosher. Luccia Laaisik, a registered guide in Italy and Jewish heritage expert, usually leads, with registered local specialists in some cities.
Asaf Peled founded Shin Tours in 2018 and designs every journey. Compare the five tours below, or ask us to plan a private trip of your own.
Five Jewish Tours of Italy: Durations and Prices
Our five Jewish tours of Italy suit seniors, multigenerational families, families marking a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, first-time heritage travelers, and kosher, Shabbat-observant travelers. Each runs on any date. At a few sites, such as the Vatican, you join a small group for that visit only.
| Tour | Days | From (per person sharing), 2026–27 | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Seniors Tour of Italy | 8 days / 7 nights | $6,510 | Older travelers wanting a gentler, mobility-adapted pace |
| Bar & Bat Mitzvah Tour of Italy | 9 days / 8 nights | $5,390 | Families celebrating a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in Rome |
| South of Italy Multigenerational Jewish Tour | 10 days / 9 nights | $10,110 (5-star hotels) | Three generations mixing heritage, coast, and countryside |
| Classic Jewish Heritage Tour of Italy | 13 days / 12 nights | $6,500 | First-time travelers wanting Italy's major Jewish sites |
| Kosher & Shabbat Jewish Italy Tour | 14 days / 13 nights | $8,420 | Kosher, Shabbat-observant families |
*Prices are in US dollars, per person, based on a group of 10 sharing a double or twin room, and exclude international flights.
Celebrating a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in Italy
Your child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah can take place at 14 Vicolo dell'Atleta in Trastevere, Rome, a building traditionally identified as a medieval synagogue. We match your family with a rabbi who suits your traditions, and Zoom calls before you travel to shape the ceremony around your child. The Bar & Bat Mitzvah Tour of Italy builds nine days in Venice, Naples, and Rome around the ceremony.
Prefer Your Own Dates? Design a Jewish Italy Tour Around Your Group
A tour of your own suits grandparents who want an unhurried morning in Florence's Great Synagogue. It suits a family that wants a full day in Rome's Jewish Ghetto. It also suits a group traveling on its own dates and at its own pace.
Every private tour begins with a conversation with Asaf, who builds the route and the pace with you. Ferrara can be added to trips that visit Venice, and Pitigliano to trips that visit Florence.
Share a few details about your group and get a free sample itinerary before you book.
Who Organizes Your Jewish Italy Tour?
Our founder, Asaf Peled, designs and oversees every Jewish tour of Italy as CEO of Shin Tours. He has been a registered tour guide in Israel since 2012 and founded Shin Tours in 2018.
Shin Tours is a private Jewish heritage tour operator, rated 5.0 on Tripadvisor (checked November 2026). It holds a Travelers' Choice Award 2025, with more than 200 five-star reviews on Tripadvisor.
In summer 2025, Rabbi Daniel Cohen led 20 members of Congregation Agudath Shalom, Stamford, Connecticut, through Rome, Pitigliano, Florence, and Venice. The trip was fully kosher and Shabbat-observant, and "Asaf left nothing to chance," Rabbi Cohen said. Read about Rabbi Daniel Cohen's congregation trip to Jewish Italy.
Before you travel, Asaf's team checks:
- Your guides – registered in Italy and expert in Jewish history
- Your kosher meals – certification checked in advance for the restaurants and caterers we book
- Your entry tickets – pre-booked, so you skip the ticket lines
- Your synagogue visits – registration arranged before you arrive
Asaf can design a private version of any of the five tours too.
Who Are the Guides on the Ground in Italy?
Luccia Laaisik, a registered guide in Italy and Jewish heritage expert, is usually your main guide on a Shin Tours trip. Italy is a large country, so in some cities and towns one of our registered local specialist guides leads instead.
Every specialist guide is an expert in Jewish history. Who guides each day depends on your group size and travel dates.
Our specialist guides also lead the exclusive private visits in Rome described below.
Why Book a Jewish Italy Tour With Shin Tours?
Shin Tours designs, manages, and stands behind your whole journey through Italy, from the first conversation with Asaf to your flight home.
Is the Whole Italy Trip Organized, or Just the Guided Tours?
Shin Tours organizes your whole trip to Italy. Hotels, airport and intercity transfers, trains, meals, kosher bookings, and synagogue registration are arranged before you land. The full list is under What's Included below.
Your guides lead each day's touring, and our team handles everything around it.
"Their concierge-style service is exactly what you need when going overseas for a worry free experience." Michaella Brown, posted to Shin Tours on Google – Sep 2026
Who Do I Contact If Something Goes Wrong in Italy?
In Italy, you contact Shin Tours directly, at any hour. We give round-the-clock support throughout your trip, with direct access to Asaf Peled, our founder and CEO.
Your group also shares a WhatsApp chat with our team, so questions and changes reach the right person quickly.
"If we had a sudden need not on the itinerary we'd send a WhatsApp to our trip group and within a minute there'd be a response." Nechama Maslovsky, posted to Shin Tours on Google – Aug 2026
Can I Change My Italy Itinerary on the Go?
Yes. If you want a slower morning, an extra stop, or a different restaurant in Italy, ask your guide or our team at the time. We adjust the plan on the go wherever bookings and opening hours allow.
Synagogue visits in Rome, Venice, and Naples are booked ahead, so changes to those need more notice.
Can You Get Us Inside Italy's Synagogues?
Yes. Our specialist guides hold exclusive permission to lead private visits inside Rome's Jewish Museum and synagogues, and we handle the advance registration Rome requires.
In Venice, our tours go inside the Jewish Museum and the ghetto's synagogues. In Florence, three of our tours visit the Great Synagogue and its Jewish Museum.
In Naples, we arrange synagogue visits by written request (see Jewish Naples below).
What's the Difference Between Shin Tours and a Local Italian Operator?
A local Italian operator usually knows one city in depth and covers the guided part of each day. Knowing that Rome's Jewish Museum closes on Saturdays and Jewish holidays is local knowledge, and our specialist guides bring it to every city.
Shin Tours designs, manages, and stands behind the whole journey across Italy. You get one founder accountable for every day, a main guide supported by city specialists, kosher and Shabbat planning across several cities, and round-the-clock support.
We have run Jewish heritage tours since 2018 in seven countries: Israel, Morocco, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and England.
Which Jewish Sites Will You Visit in Italy?
Jewish history in Italy runs from the Arch of Titus, built around 81 CE, to the 19th- and 20th-century synagogues of Naples, Florence, and Rome. Our tours visit working synagogues, Jewish museums, and former ghettos in Venice, Florence, Naples, and Rome. Our guide to the top Jewish sites in Italy covers more.
Jewish Venice: The Ghetto Nuovo, Its Synagogues, and the Jewish Museum
Venice is on four of our five Italy tours, each with a guided day through St. Mark's Square, the Rialto, where Jewish merchants and moneylenders worked, and the ghetto in Cannaregio. Five historic synagogues stand around its squares, built by Ashkenazi, Italian, Levantine, and Spanish and Portuguese communities.
The Ghetto Nuovo
The Ghetto Nuovo became the Venetian Ghetto in 1516, when a decree of the Venetian Senate confined the city's Jews to this walled quarter. Its gates were locked every night until 1797, when Napoleon's troops ended the Venetian Republic. Today its main square holds three of the ghetto's five synagogues.
The Synagogues of the Venetian Ghetto
The Scola Grande Tedesca, built around 1528, is the oldest of the Venetian Ghetto's five synagogues. Each synagogue served a different community: Ashkenazi, Italian, Levantine, or Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Our Venice tours go inside, and we arrange the synagogues that open only by written request.
The Jewish Museum of Venice
The Jewish Museum of Venice reopened on October 22, 2026, after a restoration of about seven years. The work enlarged its galleries and returned three synagogues, the Scola Tedesca, Scola Italiana, and Scola Canton, to the visitor route. Our Venice tours include the museum.
Read more: guide to the Venetian Ghetto.
Jewish Florence: The Great Synagogue, Jewish Museum, and Former Ghetto
Florence is on three of our Italy tours, with a guided walk from the site of the former ghetto to the Great Synagogue. Jews are recorded in Florence from the 1320s, and Tuscany's Jews gained citizenship in 1861.
The Great Synagogue of Florence
The Great Synagogue of Florence opened in 1882, built in the Moorish style under a green dome and paid for by David Levi's bequest. Its first stone was brought from Jerusalem. Tourist visits don't run on Shabbat or Jewish holidays, so we plan your visit around them.
The Jewish Museum of Florence
The Jewish Museum of Florence fills two floors inside the synagogue, with ceremonial textiles and silver from about the 16th to the 19th century. One room is dedicated to the Shoah and to the Jews deported from Florence.
Florence's Former Ghetto
Florence's former ghetto was ordered by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1570 and in place by 1571. It was demolished in the 1880s and 1890s, and Piazza della Repubblica now covers the site. Our walk starts here and follows the community's road to emancipation.
Read more: where Florence's Jewish ghetto stood.
Jewish Naples: The Synagogue and the Old Jewish Quarters
Naples is on three of our Italy tours, with a guided walk that follows its Jewish community from Roman times to its modern revival. The walk also crosses the city's UNESCO-listed historic center.
The Naples Synagogue
The Naples Synagogue was inaugurated in 1864 through the influence of Baron Rothschild. It sits in rooms of an old four-story building off a small courtyard and still serves the city's Jewish community.*
*Visits to the Naples synagogue are arranged by written request for security reasons and are not possible on Shabbat or Sundays.
The Old Jewish Quarters of Naples
Most of the medieval Jewish quarter of Naples was demolished in the late 19th century. Two medieval synagogues survive as buildings, converted into churches in the 16th century, and our South of Italy tour sees them from the outside.
Jewish Rome: The Ghetto, the Great Synagogue, and the Arch of Titus
Rome is on four of our five Italy tours, and its Jewish community has lived in the same quarter for 22 centuries. A guided day covers the former ghetto, the Great Synagogue, and the Jewish Museum, and another reads the Roman Forum through Jewish history. Our kosher tour adds the ancient synagogue at Ostia Antica.
Rome's Jewish Ghetto
Rome's Jewish Ghetto was created by Pope Paul IV's bull Cum nimis absurdum on July 14, 1555, and ended as a legal institution in 1870. The quarter, which the community calls la Piazza, still holds a Jewish day school, a kosher butcher, and kosher restaurants.
The Great Synagogue of Rome and the Jewish Museum
The Great Synagogue of Rome was inaugurated on July 29, 1904, under a square aluminum-clad dome, and the Jewish Museum shares its building. Our specialist guides lead your visit inside both. The museum is closed on Saturdays and Jewish holidays, so we plan your Rome days around it.
The Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus was built around 81 CE by the emperor Domitian, at the edge of the Roman Forum. Its relief shows the Temple menorah carried through Rome in Titus's triumph after Jerusalem fell in 70 CE. Read the story of the menorah on the Arch of Titus.
Read more: what to see in Rome's Jewish Ghetto.
Can You Keep Kosher and Shabbat on a Tour of Italy?
Yes. Our 14-day Kosher & Shabbat Jewish Italy Tour is fully kosher and Shabbat-observant. We can adapt any of our other Italy tours to kosher on request.
We book kosher restaurants in Rome, Florence, Milan, and Venice, and a kosher chef cooks for you where kosher restaurants are scarce. We check kosher certification in advance for the restaurants and caterers we book.
The kosher tour keeps two full Shabbatot, on the Amalfi Coast and in Venice, with no touring and all meals arranged. In Venice, your hotel is a short walk from the ghetto, and Friday evening services are at the Chabad House.
On any tour, we can arrange a Shabbat dinner with the local Jewish community. Read more about kosher food in Italy.
"Every worry I had regarding kashrus, safe and comfortable accommodations, a tour that filled our days but didn't wear out our young children- every need was met to perfection." Nechama Maslovsky, posted to Shin Tours on Google – Aug 2026
What's Included in Your Jewish Tour of Italy
- Accommodation with daily breakfast – in the hotels named on each tour page
- Lunches and dinners – included unless the itinerary says otherwise
- Expert guiding – a local expert guide for each tour in the itinerary
- Entrance fees – all sites and synagogues in the itinerary
- Airport transfers – on arrival and on departure
- Travel between cities – by private car or minibus, train, or boat, depending on the route
Flights, Kosher Arrangements, and Schedule Changes
- Flights – we can arrange international flights for you, priced separately from the tour
- Kosher and Shabbat – available on every tour; see Kosher and Shabbat above
- Schedule changes – ask your guide or our team at the time, and we adjust the plan where bookings allow
What's Not Included
- International flights – priced separately if we arrange them
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses
- Optional extras paid on site – such as Napoli Sotterranea, the tunnels beneath Naples
