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Old Oct 6th, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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Toledo Spain

Looking for suggestions for seeing the Jewish sights of Toledo next monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Will take the train from Madrid for the day. Anyone know a good guide?
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Old Oct 6th, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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There's a small but very nice Jewish museum and at least one historic synagogue in Toledo, if memory serves. A good place to start your search would be to check out a good guidebook on the city (Fodor's, Frommer's, etc.) or their online equivalents.
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Old Oct 6th, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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Here's the Toledo tourism office's website:
www.toledo-turismo.com.

All of the monuments and museums are listed, along with their hours, as well as walking tour suggestions, etc.
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Old Oct 7th, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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Your planned date for visiting Toledo (12 Oct) is a Holiday in Spain and a 'Puente' (i.e., 3-day weekend). It's liable to be crowded with people taking advantage of the Holiday.

You might say it's a double Holiday: el Día de la Hispanidad y la Virgen del Pilar.
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Old Oct 7th, 2009 | 10:03 AM
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Neds correct the 12th is a public holiday in Spain. Roads will be busier than normal and trains work to a Sunday timetable. Shops may be closed or open for limited hours. Maybe even museums on a closed/limited opening hours. Yes that may seems strange but it does happen at times.
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Old Oct 7th, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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contact the tourist office to see whether things are open...
there are two synagogues you can visit in toledo. one is a proper museum, there is nothing in the other but both are affecting and worth the effort. you don't need a guide (not a physical one), but just download some info. uk newspaper travel sections are very good on city guides or more specific pieces - try telegraph.co.uk, timesonline.co.uk, guardian.co.uk, independent.co.uk
if you plough through that lot you'll know more about toledo than 99.9% of spaniards, alive or dead!
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Old Oct 7th, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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We arrived in Granada on the 12th - it was jammed all weekend with Spaniards!
Don't know about Toledo, but it is s big holiday.
I though there would be more Jewish history in Toledo than we found.
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Old Oct 7th, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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Spaniards in Granada? How novel an idea is that ...
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