05 Jun 2024
Alina was an engaging, knowledgeable, and thorough guide. The tour was scheduled for 3 hours and she spent 4 hours with us! She taught us a lot about Romanian Jewish history and arranged for us to see all the Jewish sites in Bucharest and meet a leader of each institution: 1) Holy Union Temple (History Museum of the Jewish Romanian Community where we spoke with the director; 2) Great Polish Synagogue (Holocaust history museum) where we learned from a local Jewish volunteer; 3) Choral Temple where we heard from Gabriel, the gabbai; 4) State Yiddish Theater where we met with the director; 5) We walked by Lion of Judah square and the Laude-Reut secular Jewish school with 1% of the students are Jewish. After our tour, we ate a delicious lunch at Abraham, an Israeli kosher dairy restaurant nearby. Tours by Locals is great to deal with for wonderful tours.