Private Tour

Half Day Private Jewish Vilnius Tour with a Litvak: Jewish Quarter, Ponar Forest

Overview

Available languages

Russian

English

5 hours 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

This is a unique tour with a litvak Ema Segal. Ema was born and raised in Vilnius in the 80s. During this half day tour you will not only hear and see a lot of interesting facts and stories about the Jewish life before and after WWII, but also hear Ema's personal story of growing up Jewish in the post-Soviet Vilnius.

This tour includes a 3-hour walking tour around the 2 Jewish ghettos (previously known as the Jewish Quarter), and later a drive to the Ponar forest. You will be driven in a comfortable 4-seat Volvo.

This private tour is suited for a max. 4 people group. Which allows for an intimate two-way communication.

THE MENTIONED TOUR PRICE IS FOR THE WHOLE GROUP.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Vilnius Old Town

During the 3.5-hour walking tour around the two Vilnius ghettos we shall follow the traces of Jewish culture in the old town where the Great synagogue was built and Gaon of Vilnius used to live. You will hear a story about the manifesto and the fight of Jewish partisans. We shall walk into the Choral synagogue, and explore a very old mazzes-making machine there.

3 hours 30 minutes • Admission Included

Paneriai (Ponar)

The Ponary massacre was the mass murder of up to 100,000 people by German SD and SS and their Lithuanian collaborators during World War II. The murders took place between July 1941 and August 1944 near the railway station at Ponary (now Paneriai), a suburb of today's Vilnius, Lithuania. Some 70,000 Jews were murdered at Ponary, along with up to 20,000 Poles, and 8,000 Russians POWs, most of them from nearby Vilna (Vilnius), and its newly-formed Vilna Ghettos.

1 hour • Admission Included

What‘s Included

Private transportation

Multilingual local guide: English, Russian, Lithuanian

Unlimited assistance, translation while talking to locals

All Fees and Taxes

Unlimited milage during the travel

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