Willingdon Island Trip Overview
Group Tour like a private tour!
We pick you up from your hotel. If you are arriving by ship to Kochi you will be met at side of the ship with pager board of Your Name. The tours are customized to suit the arrival and departure schedule of your ship to ensure you have a worry free Shore Excursion.
Comfortable transportation, entertaining and enriching experience.,
We offer a tour to visit the ancient Jewish Heritage in Kochi ( India) It explores the sites of Jewish settlements of Kochi, Muziris aka Kodungallur, Paravoor, Chendamangalam.
The tour involves a morning drive to the above villages which give you opportunity to find life of people civilized with great sense of hospitality. The tour visits preserved synagogues at above places which were ancient Jewish Settlements.in India.
A lunch break in a beach restaurant and a drive to the modern city of Kochi to visit a synagogue of the Ethiopian Jews which is preserved by the present warden is added attraction of this tour..
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Willingdon Island, India
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Willingdon Island, Kerala, India
Group Tour like a private tour!
We pick you up from your hotel. If you are arriving by ship to Kochi you will be met at side of the ship with pager board of Your Name. The tours are customized to suit the arrival and departure schedule of your ship to ensure you have a worry free Shore Excursion.
Comfortable transportation, entertaining and enriching experience.,
We offer a tour to visit the ancient Jewish Heritage in Kochi ( India) It explores the sites of Jewish settlements of Kochi, Muziris aka Kodungallur, Paravoor, Chendamangalam.
The tour involves a morning drive to the above villages which give you opportunity to find life of people civilized with great sense of hospitality. The tour visits preserved synagogues at above places which were ancient Jewish Settlements.in India.
A lunch break in a beach restaurant and a drive to the modern city of Kochi to visit a synagogue of the Ethiopian Jews which is preserved by the present warden is added attraction of this tour..
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Excel India Tours, Kochi (Cochin) 682040 India
We will receive you at the hotel where you are booked to stay. If it is to Kochi Port you are arriving we will meet you at the port by the side of the ship.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Jew Town, Old Cochin, Kochi (Cochin) 682002 India
From the point of pick up the tour will proceed to Jewish Town to visit the ancient Synagogue and the town of early Jewish settlers. ( Closed to visitors Fridaysafternoon and Saturdays.).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mattancherry Palace, Palace Road, Kochi (Cochin) India
From Jewish Town the tour will go to Mattancherry Palace Museum aka Dutch Palace Museum
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Fort Kochi Beach, Kochi (Cochin) 682001 India
From Mattancherry Palace museum the tour will go to Fort Kochi beach to watch Chinese Fishing nets in operation all over the beach.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Church of Saint Francis, Old Kochi, Kochi (Cochin) India
From the Chinese Fishing nets the tour will go to Church of St. Francis to pay homage to Vasco da Gama where he was originally buried when he died in Kochi C.E.1524
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Paravoor, Paravoor, Kochi (Cochin), Ernakulam District, Kerala
Ethiopian Jewish settlement and the ancient Synagogue. ( Monday Holiday)
(Drive from Kochi is 1 hour 30 minutes one way to the preserved Synagogue. Only if you have ample time should insist to go to visit this Synagogue.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cherai Beach Rd, Kochi (Cochin), Vypin Island 683514 India
At noon the lunch is taken here in the restaurant of the Cherai beach Resort.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kadavum Bagam Synagogue, Market Road, Cochin 35, Kochi (Cochin) India
After lunch the tour will return to Ernakulam Kochi..
At Ernakulam the tour will visit if time permits this synagogue. From Friday to Saturday the synagogue is open to Jewish visitors.upon special request.
Duration: 30 minutes
