Odessa Walks

05/03/2025

A fabulous Krakow one day private tour. Managed to cover highlights of general history and put them in perspective of the city’s immense Jewish heritage. Visited royal Wawel, Kazimierz and the former Krakow ghetto. All in just … 9 hours 😉

Thank you, Laura for your visit, for exploring Krakow with Your Jewish Heritage Guide (www.yourjewishheritageguide.com) and for the fab review https://maps.app.goo.gl/X6TZeuC5yEsUcrty8?g_st=im

Hope to see you more either in Krakow or in Germany! 😀

16/01/2025

Fantastic full day tour of Krakow. From the Old Town to historic Jewish quarter in Kazimierz to the ghetto area it was a great journey through the centuries of Kraków’s history.
Excellent way to start 2025😊!

19/11/2024

Fantastic 2-day Berlin general history and Jewish heritage in-person tour experience. Thank you, ladies for exploring Berlin with us!

It was a great experience putting Jewish history into the general history perspective and building connections between places and various communities.
Love doing tours for the Curious Mind!😉😊

14/10/2024

Hey Virtual Travellers!

Our 3.5 week online trip to Germany continues with a 2-day visit to medieval Nordlingen (starts today, Monday Oct 14). See you in the medieval town founded in the crater impact of a meteorite.

This town is similar to another medieval Bavarian town of Rothenburg.

See you at 6.00pm German time /12.00pm US East Coast / 9.00am US West Coast

Emailed you the link together with the scheduled when we embarked on our trip last week😉

20/09/2024

Our Romania trip continues. We travelled from Bucharest airport to Siret, from Siret to Botoşani and today heading to Iasi from Botoşani. On the video are the views of Siret and Botoşani counties. That’s how north-eastern and Eastern Romania (former Moldavian kingdom) looks like 😊 See you in Iasi on Friday 😊😉

12/09/2024

It’s very exciting and rewarding to create memorable travel experiences for our guests😊

“My sister and I spend 4 days in Berlin( June 20-23) and hired Olga as our guide. We focused mostly on Jewish history. Olga designed a 4 day program for us. She was fantastic, incredibly knowledgeable,organized and very punctual. As it was a private tour we could make adjustments as needed and she was always flexible. She also organized a day trip to Potsdam which we loved. The Sanssouci Palace and grounds( a UNESCO World Heritage site) were amazing and the highlight for me was a visit to the Max Liebermann Villa in Wannsee and we also saw from the outside both the House of the Wannsee Conference and the Cecilienhof Palace where Truman,Stalin and Churchill met in the Summer of 1945 for the Potsdam Conference
We could never have done all this on our own.
Thanks for making our visit to Berlin very memorable.”
Avrille (San Diego, CA ) and Marcelle ( Johannesburg, South Africa)
(PS In spite of the crowds in Berlin for the Euro 2024 Soccer we were able to get around fairly easily)

Please spread the word! Your Jewish Heritage Guide www.yourjewishheritageguide.com
In-person Krakow, Berlin, Regensburg, Nuremberg Jewish and general sightseeing tours

24/08/2024

Hey Fellow Travelers! I hope you are ready for our final this summer Tatra Mountain Trip! We are starting in Zakopane today with 2 tours😉 Great weather, beautiful views, tons of history and culture. See you at 6.00pm Krakow time / 12.00pm East Coast time / 9.00am West Coast time in Krakow. Emailed you the complete schedule with the links. ❤️

01/08/2024

Congrats to the team and huge thanks for being part of Odessa Walks and now Your Jewish Heritage Guide 👍 Celebrating 13 years this summer since the company’s founding in 2011. The first photo on the left is from the last week’s tour in Odessa (July 2024). The rest are fun moments from between 2012-2022.

Just to clarify: Odessa Walks (www.odessawalks.com) continues doing tours in Odessa.

Your Jewish Heritage Guide (www.yourjewishheritageguide.com ) provides general sightseeing, cultural and Jewish Heritage tours in Germany and Poland

14/06/2024

Hello Virtual Travellers! Berlin is getting ready for the European Soccer Championship and we are getting ready for an exciting weekend of virtual explorations 😊
Don’t miss out on your chance to walk down Berlin’s iconic Federal Ribbon on the Spree, enjoy beautiful views (fingers crossed for the weather😉) and explore fascinating history of East and West Berlin ( you’ll cross the border several times within 1 hr!:)

The tour will run on Sunday June 16 at 8.00pm Berlin time / 2.00pm US East Coast / 11.00am East Coast

Here’s the link to join https://www.youtube.com/live/278l_oYr2Pk?si=qMtUzAlEB3JICAV7

The is on TV Calendar.

A complete Berlin Trip schedule was emailed to everybody on the mailing list.

Have a great weekend and see you in Berlin!

03/06/2024

Hello Fellow Travellers!

Here comes the Day 2 of our June Tatra Mountain Trip. Yesterday we visited a small town of Rabka and explored it general and Jewish history. It’s not by any means a mountain resort or a highlanders’ village , Rabka is just a small 10.000 ppl town in the Kraków’s region in the direction of the mountains . Prior to WW2, it had a 1500 Jewish community. The tour recordings will be available.

Today we are heading to the Polish Mountain Capital - Zakopane. Besides getting a feel for the mountain Capital, we’ll uncover its WW2 history.

Zakopane Tour starts at 5.00pm Krakow time/11.00am US East Coast time/ 8.00am US West Coast time

Then, we’ll be back to Bialka to enjoy a beautiful (hopefully!) sunset and do a relaxing evening walk:)
The tour starts at 8.00pm Krakow time/2.00pm US East Coadt time / 11.00am US West Coast time

See you in a bit 😉

02/05/2024

A quick update from Odessa😊😉 Jane, our Odessa Walks guide, took a guest from Italy on a private city tour. An air raid siren went on only once during a 5hr tour. The historic quarter is as beautiful as before the war

06/04/2024

The oldest wooden church in Zakopane, the Polish mountain capital, that we couldn’t visit today.

Look forward to seeing you on the tomorrow tours😉😊

08/01/2024

Hello Fellow Travelers!

Great news! We have proper winter weather in the Tatra Mountains, beautiful views and lots of sun! Looking forward to our 4 days of virtual explorations of the Polish skiing resorts, the Tatra mountains and the winter capital of Zakopane!!

Online tours start TODAY (Monday Jan 8 ) Here’re the schedule and the links:

Monday Jan 8

Tatra Mountains: January in Bialka Tatrzanska. One-Time Event!

4.00pm Krakow time/10.00am US East Coast time/ 7.00 US West Coast time

https://www.youtube.com/live/okgf9rmQ4Zc?si=n7ZiNq-EY8mGLY97

Tuesday Jan 9

Tatra Mountains: January in Bialka Tatrzanska.

7.30am Krakow time/1.30am US East Coast time/ 10.30pm US West Coast time

https://www.youtube.com/live/Zu-NVpWjnUQ?si=RvbUAa4kfL2OFhwJ

Wednesday Jan 10

Polish Winter Capital - Zakopane

4.00pm Krakow time/10.00am US East Coast time/ 7.00 US West Coast time

https://www.youtube.com/live/5j2xy1HG9zA?si=v7eoL6aalUqfAi_m

Thursday Jan 11

Tatra Mountains: January in Bialka Tatrzanska.

7.30am Krakow time/1.30am US East Coast time/ 10.30pm US West Coast time

https://www.youtube.com/live/4RB8DEpsW3I?si=V2qkH9cX_smJcBin

If I have a chance, I will schedule a 4.00pm live tour from Bialka on Thursday. I will keep you posted!😊

The Polish mountain capital is calling! Time to visit Zakopane, the Polish number one winter resort since the early 20th century. Why was it called Swiss Dav...