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A Roman Holiday? A Jewish Journey?

With Jeremy Leigh and Julian Resnick

I am sure that most of you have been to Rome before. Just like Lord Byron you probably understood a long time ago that you have to spend time in Rome to be considered a cultured human being. And we are, are we not?

So why offer a Jewish Journey to a city that we know most of our journeyers will have visited before?

Because the way we do Rome - even though we will take you to some of the places you may have visited before - is just special. I can think of no better reason. I had been to Rome many times before but had I ever considered the meaning of the Edgardo Mortara case? Had I noticed the statue of Giodarno Bruno amongst the wares of the Campo di Fiori? Had I considered the Piazza Navona in the light of what went on there during Easter in years gone by? Had I been to the Tiburtina station where the Jews of Rome were sent off to Auschwitz? And the list goes on.

So, come away on a Jewish Journey to Rome, the eternal city, to see the city through the eyes of Jeremy Leigh.  The Arch of Titus, St Peters, Michelangelo's Pieta and Moses, the Coliseum, the Cinquescola, Tiburtina station, Piazzo del Popolo, Campo di Fiori, the Ghetto, Piazza Navona, the Forum Romanum, St Pietro in Vincoli will never look the same again.

Price will be £520 for double occupancy with a single supplement of £120.  The price excludes flights and is based on a minimum of 28 participants.  We reserve the right to add a surcharge if there is a significant devaluation of the pound against the destination currency.

A non-refundable deposit of £50 per person is payable with your booking form.  Due to the very high level of interest in this trip, we will accept the first 28 deposits we receive and after that will open a waiting list.  Final payment will be required by 31st July 2010 to secure your place after which any remaining places will be offered to those on the waiting-list.