The Roman Jewish Ghetto: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Rome, Italy
30 minutes
Art & Culture
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Walking Tours
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City Highlights
Date
Today
May 28, 2025
What You Will Do
This is an intimate tour of one of Rome's most famous landmarks: The Ghetto. The traditional home of Rome's Jewish community, (Europe's oldest) the Ghetto was walled-in for nearly 300 years. It's still the center of Jewish life in Rome, full of history, sights and good food.
The tour guides you through the winding streets of the Ghetto, explaining everything along the way. You'll see ancient structures like the famous Portico D'Ottavia, and where the Holocaust took place in Rome. You'll explore the massive Neo-Baroque synagogue and also pop into a family-run bakery for the best kosher cookies in the world. This tour has something for everyone and with Voicemap's GPS-triggered audio, you can spend a quiet morning wandering around the neighborhood and know the answers to every question you might have.
The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
What's Included?
- Lifetime access to The Roman Jewish Ghetto tour
- VoiceMap Application
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
What's Not Included?
- Smartphone
- Transportation
- Food/Drink
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
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Fontana di Piazza delle Cinque Scole
Scola means synagogue, and so Piazza delle Cinque Scole contained the Temple, New, Castilian, Catalan and Sicilian "Scole". After the emancipation of the Ghetto, the complex was torn down, but the name has remained, the Piazza delle Cinque Scole.
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Additional Information
This activity is operated by VoiceMap Audio Tours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Guide Options
- Audio Guide - English
- Printed Guide - English
- Audio Guide - Italian
- Printed Guide - Italian
Customer Reviews
Crap.
2024-07-16
The first 10 minutes were great then I lost all the rest. could not get the rest of the recordings, all gone.
Frustrating and disappointed
2024-04-14
We were unable to follow the route. It was very confusing to know where to walk. We did not see what we wanted to see. We were extremely frustrated and disappointed.
Fantastic experience
2023-05-27
This was my first experience with a self-guided audio tour, and I am hooked! The narrator gave a terrific and powerful walk through the history of the ghetto, and I felt immersed the entire time.
I would recommend this particular guide to anyone who wants to explore this corner of Rome.
I would recommend this particular guide to anyone who wants to explore this corner of Rome.
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