Jew Town Mattanchery spice,art & cultural Tour
Tour description
Meet and greet at Dutch palace. Inside Dutch palace stairs are going upto museum, downstairs we will meet.
Dutch palace entry close by 4.50pm ,Friday palace closed so please visit inside museum if desired before we meet.
From here we start stories from the kochi kingdom, king alliance with portuguese, Dutch and British. We walk and enter into jew Town,jew Town is adjacent to Dutch palace. Jew town market has remarks of jewish community surrounded with Quaint shops around Synagogue Lane and Jew Town Road sell antiques, carvings, and vintage collectibles. We will enter into Ginger house and Restaurant.
We listen history of jewish community arrival,we witness synagogue, synagogue lane and houses of jewish people.
We explore art and cultural tour includes visit to Binanale venues in Jew town. Witnessing manmade island, neighborhood of Muslim,hindu, christian and jewish community. We can enter inside temple if desired. Listeni g history of entrance of various religion into kochi from 1st century onwards.
We will visit spice ware house and can witness women and men working with cleaning,loading, packaging process for exports. We will also witness essential oil museum & incense sticks making process.
Here the tour finish but if any guest prefer to walk more towards fort kochi direction then
From here by walk we go to the St. George Orthodox Syrian Church. This is rebuilt in Egyptian architect in 17th century and attain award for its beautiful structure ,it is built with mud. To witness this church is precise for our eyes. Here tour ends.
We will walk via bazar road which spread The fragrance of the ginger, cloves, cardamom, turmeric and pepper which known as black gold will enter in our senses and our brain will try to recognise. We can enter another warehouse and can witness the dry process of spices mainly ginger.
I perform Raag Indian classical music,if you are music lover,ask if time permit me i will be happy to play for you n may it will be precise for your ears and eyes. We will walk to my house and with harmonium and tabla (my daughter playing) we will perform a peaceful melody. Peace be with you. Will meet you if i received booking.
