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• El Call, Jewish quarter: visit a remnant of the city's Jewish past, with comments on the area's history from its origins until the present
• Oldest synagogue: found and restored under the basement of a XVII century building, is available to visitors and for Jewish ceremonies
• Tablets from the Jewish cemetery, dating back to the X century
• City History Museum: itinerary through the ruins of Roman Barcelona, under the present city, where some Hebrew inscriptions can be seen on the walls

• The oldest synagogue in Barcelona reopens in 2002 after a long restoration process led by the Associació Call de Barcelona
• Some remaining cellar structures, dating from the V to XV centuries, are located below the four flights built in the XVII century
• A mezuzah from Israel, the 'hand dressed' Aaron HaKodesh; a menorah sculpted by artist Ferran Aguiló in Mallorca; a welcome inscription skillfully painted, and visitors from all over the world that will celebrate Judaism in this space
• A joint effort to bring back the soul of the synagogue, honoring from now on the memory of Rabbi Shlomo ben Adret

• Visit the Holocaust Memorial, dedicated on the 50th anniversary of the Shoah by the Jews of Barcelona
• Visit Anne Frank Square, dedicated in 1998 by the City of Barcelona to the young writer
• Exchange experiences with the local Jewish community. Comunidad Israelita de Barcelona (orthodox), the first community building in peninsular Spain since the expulsion of 1492; and Comunitat Jueva Atid de Catalunya, first reform congregation in the country
• Visit the newly established Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Studies
• Participate in shabbat services
• Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Chanukah, Tu Bishvat, Purim, Passover, Shavuot and Sukot
• Come to the International Jewish Film Festival organized by Macabi every spring
• Attend recitals of Ladino and Klezmer music
• Visit the Río Piedras publishing house, specializing in titles of Jewish interest from all historical periods
• Learn about Librería Europa, neo-Nazi publisher, sued by both the local Jewish community and the SOS Racism organization
• Meet Jewish artists, poets, musicians, photographers, designers
• Take a cooking class and enjoy a meal with Sephardic recipes you prepare yourself

Stroll through the restored historic district, visit the Jewish Quarter (Call) and learn about its history; visit the Bonastruc Ça Porta Center for Jewish Studies and the Museum of the Jews of the Middle Ages, on the site where Nahmanides ran his Cabala center.

Besalú

Visit this small walled city, see traces of its old Call, the market square and the buildings that remain from the Middle Ages. Its mikvah from the thirteenth century, discovered in 1964 and perfectly restored, is the only one in Spain from that era.

La Bisbal

One of the important Jewish quarters in Catalonia, its street layout remains intact. Visit a few other neighboring towns which had Jewish life in centuries past.

Wineries

The main Catalan centers of wine production have the most interesting buildings from the end of the nineteenth century. There is one cooperative that, in 1993, returned to the ancient tradition of producing kosher wine.